History VideoGame / DokaponKingdom

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The No-Recoil Cannon, which is not only the best weapon stat-wise for the Robo Knight class, but transforms them into a tripod-mounted cannon when used to attack.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Wabbit Shield is a defensive equivalent. Only obtainable from Wabbits, which only show up during once-in-a-blue-moon outbreaks. Its Defense boost is outclassed by pretty much every shield obtainable outside the continent of Asiana, but it offsets this by buffing every other stat ridiculously.

%%* LostTechnology: The item that unlocks the Robo Knight prestige class.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Several of the [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]], including an excavating mole, a cat wizard shopkeeper, and dog clergymen.

* WarpWhistle: The Town Warp and Store Warp, which aren't exactly predictable, and the Guided Warp, which lets you actually choose where you'll end up.

* DumpStat: The defense (DF) stat is outclassed by the HP stat in increasing effective health, as each level up point grants 10 health while 1 DF will only mitigate about 3 damage. Most of your defense can instead come from equipping strong shields, so that points can be focused on other stats.

* GottaCatchEmAll: The game logs every equipment piece, job, and hairstyle obtained along with every enemy encountered.

* PrestigeClass: Eight of the eleven classes are prestige classes, with requirements ranging anywhere from just mastering any of the three start classes, to mastering three other prestige classes ''and'' retrieving a MacGuffin from a dungeon-within-a-dungeon that can only be entered by first getting an uncommon RandomDrop from a none-too-easy enemy.

* MagicKnight: The Spellsword job, which gets +2 points in Attack and Magic per level up.

* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: The pyramid dungeon in the Aphrike region.

* PrestigeClass: Eight of the eleven classes are, with requirements ranging anywhere from just mastering any one basic class, to mastering three other prestige classes ''and'' retrieving a MacGuffin from dungeon-within-a-dungeon that can only be entered by first getting an uncommon RandomDrop from a none-too-easy enemy.

* EpicFail:
** Using an Item Trickster or Money Trickster... which then steals your own item, field magic, or money.
** Using Strike and then getting Countered, which almost always guarantees death for the Striker unless their opponent is extremely weak.

* NoobCave: In Story Mode, the players start on a mini-board in the Prologue. The players will start at the south end of the board, with the goal being to get to Dokapon Castle at the north end. The lower part of the board is all item, equipment, and money spaces, and the upper part of the board has some easy monsters.

* MoneyForNothing: While the main goal of a game is to have the most money at the end, some games can get like this, where money accumulates really quick, really soon, to the point where you have enough to buy the most expensive spells and equipment several levels before you can reasonably traverse to their respective shops. Equipment not available in stores also tends to be far stronger while being easy to get. Even early on, the first big boss monsters will give more than enough gold to basically nullify the costs of the most frequent shops you'll visit. The only real [[MoneySink money dumps]] that exist are castle investments (which act as a win condition in the form of end-game score that cannot be removed) and the Casino, which has a strong enough success rate that it'll just continue to multiply your money.
%%* MoneySpider

* UhOhEyes: The Darkling, Rico Jr., and Overlord Rico.

* DumpStat: The defense (DF) stat is pretty much outclassed by the HP stat in terms of increasing your effective health. While it may serve some use early on, you can alleviate a low DF value easily with a good shield. Even having next to 0 DF (for example, if your shield gets broken) does not tend to be as much of a problem as one would think and a modestly high HP total can make up for it.

** Strike. Using it successfully causes ''lots'' of damage, but the relevant counter, Counter, not only causes your target to totally avoid the attack, no questions asked, but hit ''you'' for massive damage at the same time. Comparatively, Attack does less damage, but the relevant counter, Defend, only reduces the damage, and they don't get to strike back at you. High-level monsters like to Counter a ''lot,'' so Strike is difficult to use on them. It doesn't help that your strongest opponents, like Wabbits, Rico Jr., Wallace, and ''especially'' AI players on any difficulty setting above easy, will '''''[[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard always]]''''' [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard use Counter when you use Strike]]. And against Darklings? Don't even think about it; Darklings are coded in such a way that if their opponent uses Strike, no matter what their command is (in the case of other players), it will automatically be Countered. However, in the early game, a "Strike or Die" strategy can be very useful in quickly obtaining towns/levels/etc. And against (human) players, the psychological aspect of it usually breaks those high-defense stalemates.

The sixth game in the ''{{VideoGame/Dokapon}}'' series, ''Dokapon Kingdom'' is a turn-based RPG/board game hybrid developed by Creator/StingEntertainment and released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/NintendoWii, with an English localization released by Atlus USA for the [=PS2=] the same year and on the Wii in 2010. It is a VideoGameRemake of the second Super Famicom game, ''Dokapon 3-2-1'', and thus features a similar structure and ExcusePlot while significantly overhauling the gameplay to its modern incarnation. An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Dokapon Kingdom: Connect'' will be released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on April 13, 2023 in Japan, featuring online multiplayer functionality. An English localized release of ''Connect'' will be published by Idea Factory International on May 9, 2023.

The sixth game in the ''{{VideoGame/Dokapon}}'' series, ''Dokapon Kingdom'' is a turn-based RPG/board game hybrid developed by Creator/StingEntertainment and released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/NintendoWii, with an English localization released by Atlus USA for the [=PS2=] the same year and on the Wii in 2010. It is a VideoGameRemake of the second Super Famicom game, ''Dokapon 3-2-1'', and thus features a similar structure and ExcusePlot while significantly overhauling the gameplay to its modern incarnation. An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Dokapon Kingdom: Connect'' will be released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on April 13, 2023 in Japan, featuring online multiplayer functionality. An English localized release of ''Connect'' will be published by Idea Factory International.

* Bowlderise: [UpdatedRerelease Connect] changed the clothes on the female characters, such as chance Boutique, the Female Warrior, and the Female Acrobat, covering the former's chest and navel, the latter two's legs.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Strike. Using it successfully causes ''lots'' of damage, but the relevant counter, Counter, not only causes your target to totally avoid the attack, no questions asked, but hit ''you'' for massive damage at the same time. Comparatively, Attack does less damage, but the relevant counter, Defend, only reduces the damage, and they don't get to strike back at you. High-level monsters like to Counter a ''lot,'' so Strike is difficult to use on them. It doesn't help that your strongest opponents, like Wabbits, Rico Jr., Wallace, and ''especially'' AI players on any difficulty setting above easy, will '''''[[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard always]]''''' [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard use Counter when you use Strike]]. And against Darklings? Don't even think about it; Darklings are coded in such a way that if their opponent uses Strike, no matter what their command is (in the case of other players), it will automatically be Countered. However, in the early game, a "Strike or Die" strategy can be very useful in quickly obtaining towns/levels/etc. And against (human) players, the psychological aspect of it usually breaks those high-defense stalemates.

* BonusBoss: Do all of the king's [[SideQuest side quests]] and he'll receive a piece of inflammatory mail from an imp named Wallace. Not ready to put up with this, he tasks you with finding Wallace and teaching him a lesson, failing to mention that he's perpetually several levels above you and reads inputs nearly as blatantly as Rico Jr.

** While unrelated, these jobs actually serve as a quest chain to earn your way up to the BonusBoss.

* BossInMooksClothing: [[spoiler: Rico Jr.]] after they become a DegradedBoss after Chapter 4. Their stats are equal to the average of all the players, so they level up as players level up and get stronger as they get better items. They can be as strong or stronger than the actual bosses.

* DeathIsCheap: Revivals, Angel Chokers, and the Acrobat's Play Dead field skill can all bring an adventurer [[spoiler: and Rico Jr.]] back to life immediately after being killed with half of their max HP. Regardless, adventurers will automatically revive within 1-3 days after being killed, depending on what comes for their corpse:

** [[spoiler: Rico Jr.]] becomes a BossInMooksClothing after their first defeat at the end of Chapter 4.

* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The Tower of Rabble, where the player [[spoiler: first]] fights Overlord Rico.

* GratuitousFrench: The Item Store shopkeeper Chance Boutique

* NoobCave: In Story Mode, the players start on a mini-board in the Prologue. The players will start at the south end of the board, with the goal being to get to Dokapon Castle at the north end. The lower part of the board is all item, equipment, and money spaces, and the upper part of the board has some easy monsters.
* NotQuiteDead: Justified with [[spoiler: Rico Jr.]], who always carries a Revival and thus never stays dead.

* NumberOfTheBeast: The Darkling's Draco Blade and Demon Shield each provide 333 of their respective stat. Defeating Overlord Rico [[spoiler: the first time]] earns you 6666 EXP.

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: SP and HP. SP increases hit rate and evasion rate for physical attacks in battle, as well as for field magic. A moderately high HP total can make up for a low, even almost 0 DF stat. These are also both stats that most pieces of equipment will not raise, so it can be especially important to invest in them.

* PoorPredictableRock: Any AI opponent who doesn't [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard cheat]] will usually play to their best stat and your weakest when deciding to use a physical or magical attack, and will rarely Strike or Counter. [[LuckBasedMission That doesn't mean "never", though...]]
* PurposelyOverPowered: The Darkling Class. There's a reason only players in last place for a prolonged period are given the option of using it. They are given the best weapon and shield in the game, and it will take a very long time before other players get access to anything that comes close to their strength. Even then, the Darkling still has the Overlord's Crown, by far the best accessory in the game, which gives them a massive stat boost way above the closest-second, the Dokapon Crown. And if a player is fought by a Darkling, the Give Up option is removed. meaning odds are the non-Darkling is going to die and lose something important. Along with this, the Darkling rolls 2 to 5 spinners each turn, making them much more mobile, and each turn, a Darkling gets points for their Dark Arts, which can screw over the other players in several ways (ranging from [[YouWillNotEvadeMe yanking them into combat]] to '''''completely resetting their progress''''').

* VillainExitStageLeft: Justified with [[spoiler: Rico Jr.]], who always uses a Revival and then teleports when an adventurer kills them.
* VillainTeleportation: [[spoiler: Rico Jr.]] does this.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never revealed what happens to [[spoiler: Rico Jr. after the death of his father.]]