Madō Monogatari


Madō Monogatari, formerly known as Sorcery Saga outside Japan, is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game franchise created by Compile. The first game was released in 1990 for MSX2. Sega published the Game Gear remakes based on 1-2-3. The characters of this series would later be used in the puzzle game Puyo Puyo.
The plot of the first game consists of a six-year-old named Arle Nadja, who has passed the written test and she needs to scale a giant tower to pass the actual test. In the second game, ten years later, Arle Nadja encounters Schezo Wegey, and also Satan, and in the end Carbuncle joins Arle Nadja.

Characters

  • Arle Nadja – the main protagonist of the series.
  • Monsters – the main antagonists of the series.

    Gameplay

Gameplay combines role-playing elements with some unique twists. For example, there are no numeric stats; instead, everything is represented by character facial expressions and sprites. Another is the complete lack of physical attacks. Everything utilizes one of four magical elements: Fire, Ice Storm, Thunder, and Bayoen. Some enemies are weaker against one particular magic attack than another.

Games in the series

Remakes

Disc Station