Dragon Quest Wars is a turn-based strategy game in the Dragon Quest game series series for Nintendo DSiWare. It is developed by Intelligent Systems, the Nintendo second-party studio responsible for titles such as Fire Emblem and Advance Wars series. The game was released in June 2009 and costs 500 DSiWare points. Each monster has their own distinct moves and characteristics. For instance, dracky has low health but can move the furthest number of places and is the only monster that can perform 'shove'. A monsters move will hit/effect any monster in range, even if they are on the same team.