Publisher Compile Heart announced Dokapon Kingdom: Connect is coming out exclusively for Nintendo Switch on April 13, 2023. This title is being developed by Sting. It is a remake of Dokapon Kindgom, originally released on PS2 and later ported to the Wii. The price of the game is 6,380 yen (roughly $50). [Thanks, Ryokutya2089!]
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Dokapon Kingdom is a multiplayer party game with RPG elements where players compete against each other to win the favor of the king. The Compile Heart official twitter account shared a tweet on January 17, 2023 teasing the announcement. The caption reads “Have you ever had a fight with a friend?” in Japanese, and it includes a white picture with Japanese text that translates as “I guess fighting is part of youth.” The Dokapon series is infamous for testing friendships.
Dokapon Kingdom: Connect will be a straightforward port of Dokapon Kindgom for the PS2 and Wii consoles. The PS2 and Wii versions were a remake of a Super Famicom title. The first game in the Dokapon series released for the Super Famicom in 1994 under the title Dokapon 3, 2, 1: Arashi o Yobu Yuujou, which roughly translates to Dokapon 3, 2, 1: A Stormy Friendship. While the first Dokapon game never released overseas, Atlus published the PS2 and Wii versions in the US, and BigBen Interactive published the Wii version in Europe.
Here’s a trailer.
Developer Sting released a Japanese Switch port of the Nintendo DS title, Knights in the Nightmare back in April, 2022.
Dokapon Kingdom: Connect comes out for Nintendo Switch on April 13, 2023 in Japan. We still don’t know if the game will make it overseas.
