Emerald Dragon
Emerald Dragon is a Super Famicom role-playing game released in 1995 developed by Glodia. It centers on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and character or equipment growth, with controls, information, and pacing arranged around television output, a directional pad, shoulder buttons, and a six-button controller.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.6 / 10
About this game
Emerald Dragon is a Super Famicom role-playing release centered on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and character or equipment growth. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make its immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on campaign length or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Characters, world building, maps, and music carry most of the atmosphere, while sprite animation, scrolling, color, and chip-based audio jointly carry readability and atmosphere. The main genre-specific friction is that dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, and language dependence can slow progress. In addition, password or battery saves, multiplayer accessories, manual dependence, regional language, and cartridge enhancement chips can affect original-hardware use. This description covers only this release and excludes emulator features, modern-port conveniences, and content from other platforms.
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AI review
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An inviting cast and useful conveniences, held back by frequent fights and permissive items.
Emerald Dragon's strongest invitation comes from companions with distinct feelings and relationships rather than its straightforward conflict between good and evil. Towns and dungeons include small puzzles and side activities, while an action budget gives movement and repeated attacks some tactical interest. Most companions act automatically, however, and items consume no actions, allowing repeated supplies to dissolve resource pressure. The novelty of positioning struggles to last through frequent random encounters. Dialogue portraits and occasional voices make the cast approachable, but indistinct monsters and fitting yet unmemorable music offer less spectacle. Map access, party discussion reminders and adjustable text and walking speeds help you return to the journey. It suits players who value companions and accessible progression, provided they can tolerate repetitive fighting rather than expect tightly sustained combat balance.
Strengths
- Appealing companions and portraits
- Useful map and speed settings
Weaknesses
- Frequent random encounters
- Free item use undermines balance
Who it is for: Players who value companions and accessible action-budget combat.
Play notes: The original is Japanese; direct control focuses on Atrushan and repeated item use can greatly reduce difficulty.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Characters and side activities sustain the guided journey, but frequent encounters interrupt exploration. | Reviewed | 6.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Movement/attack allocation is interesting, but unlimited free item use weakens resource pressure. | Reviewed | 6.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Portraits encourage attachment, while indistinct monsters and modest audio limit spectacle. | Reviewed | 6.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Speed settings, map access and party reminders ease navigation and continuation. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Glodia
- Publisher
- ASCII Media Works
- Release date
- 1995
- Platforms
- Super Famicom / SNES
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Turn-based CombatReal-time CombatExplorationSolo-friendlyLong-term ProgressionLevel ProgressionFantasy2D GraphicsStory-drivenTop-downMain Story 20–50 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Super Famicom / SNESWorldwide1995
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