You play as the survivors of the Dragonblood Clan who set out to take revenge on the Kingdom of Medius, who destroyed their home and captured the Dragonblood Oracle, Amica. To obtain the power they need to enact their revenge, they forge a pact with the Astral Dragon Atruum.

Use your newly acquired powers to take on quests from villagers and raise your status in the kingdom. How you perform in these quests can have a direct effect on the game’s final outcome.

Quests aren’t all about defeating enemies, though. You’ll guard a ship’s passengers against monsters, search for hidden treasure, rescue a princess from a castle under siege, and a lot more!

Choose from four playable characters (Empress, Warrior, Shinobi, or Witch) and defeat your enemies to gain experience and level up. You’ll receive points as you level up that can increase your attack power, defense, agility, and other parameters. Customize your character in a way that best suits your individual playstyle!

Team up with up to four players in co-op multiplayer action via local wireless, or go online with Nintendo Switch Online and use worldwide matchmaking system to play with adventurers all over the world. By strategizing and working together with your party, you’ll be able to achieve even greater results and reap even better rewards!

The playable characters in Dragon Marked for Death: Advanced Attackers are the Shinobi and Witch. The playable characters in Dragon Marked for Death: Frontline Fighters are the Empress and Warrior. I bought the Japanese game in Osaka and this included all fighters including the DLC that allows even more quests.

I admit I had no real expectations going into this game, Dragon Marked for Death looked exactly like any other side-scrolling fighter with 16-bit graphics and it plays exactly so. The sole difference is that this game is quite hard and not for the feeble minded.

Imagine a new game where the most basic of enemies need at least 5 slashes to kill with your basic weapon set… This is what Dragon Marked for Death is all about. A pretty easy premise, do the quest in front of you, protect or attack or whatever is asked of you. But damn, this game is hard from the start.

My first quest, a level 1 quest, it took me 5 tries to finish and I am by no means a newbie to the genre. It may have felt a little too hard even. But all is fair in games like these. It is not like this game is not fun, on the contrary, it is a lot of fun even. Just hard.

My favorite attack right now, the basic fire blasting one. Sadly you need to charge it and that does leave you open to attacks, but the payoff, damn, that pay off is a barrage of attacks all hitting the good way.

Another fun part to the game, the RPG elements and upgrading your character. Get items like potions to heal up during long extensive battles, … There is a lot to do in this game, it provides a great bang for the buck, but keep in mind, the learning curve for this game is on the higher side and should be kept in mind when deciding whether or not you want to fork over the cash for this game.