Play Blue Dragon - Awakened Shadow (Italy) Online

You wake up with no memories in a world where battles are fought by controlling shadow creatures—drawing their attack paths on the touchscreen turns fights into this weird mix of strategy and reflexes. The dungeons are straightforward, but bosses will wreck you if you don’t time those shadow combos right.

Developer: AQ Interactive

Genre: RPG

Released: 2010

File size: 73.17 MB

Game Overview

Blue Dragon - Awakened Shadow is one of those DS RPGs that actually makes good use of the touchscreen—you’ll be drawing paths for your shadow creatures mid-battle, which sounds gimmicky but ends up feeling surprisingly tactical. The story picks up after the first game, but you don’t need to have played it; you’re just some amnesiac waking up in a world where everyone fights using these weird shadow monsters.

At first, I thought the combat would be slow, but chaining attacks with your party (you can recruit NPCs or even play co-op) keeps things snappy. The art style’s got that classic Akira Toriyama charm, and the music’s way better than it has any right to be on a handheld. Just don’t expect a deep open world—it’s more about linear dungeons and boss fights that actually make you think.

If you’ve got a soft spot for mid-2000s DS RPGs with a bit of flair, this one’s a solid time.