Dragalia Lost

A mobile action RPG about dragons and royal pacts.

Dragalia Lost was an action role-playing game developed by Cygames and published by Nintendo. It was released for Android and iOS in September 2018 and discontinued in November 2022. The game received mixed reviews from critics.

Quick Facts

Developer: Cygames
Publisher: Nintendo
Platforms: Android, iOS
Released: September 27, 2018
Genre: Action role-playing
Modes: Single-player, multiplayer
Director: Hiroki Matsuura, Yuji Okada
Producer: Hideki Konno

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Did You Know?

The game surpassed 300,000 registrations in Japan in its pre-registration period a month prior to release.
Dragalia Lost received a nomination for Portable Game of the Year during the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.

Plot

The story is set in Alberia, a kingdom where dragons live and royal members can shapeshift by forming pacts with dragons. The Sacred Shard protected by the capital begins to lose its power. Euden, the Seventh Scion and youngest prince who has not made a pact, is sent by his father King Aurelius to seek out Midgardsormr, the Windwyrm, to forge a pact. He travels to the Mistholt with his sister Zethia and the faerie Notte, successfully forging the pact and meeting the Paladyn Elisanne and the mercenary Ranzal.

At the Halidom, former base of Alberius, he meets Cleo, who guards the castle's Shard. Aurelius appears and tries to seize the Shard; Euden inadvertently shapeshifts into the Holywyrm Elysium, but Zethia is kidnapped by Aurelius. Later, Alberia is renamed Dyrenell and declares Euden a traitor. A mysterious woman teleports the party to the Binding Ruins, where Aurelius is revealed to be possessed by an evil entity called the Other.

The possessor transfers to Zethia, and Aurelius dies. Zodiark, the last Greatwyrm not pactbound to Euden, forges a pact with him. Euden's older brother Valyx arrives with an army; Euden declares the Halidom New Alberia and resolves to fight Dyrenell.

Development

Dragalia Lost was a secret collaborative project between Nintendo and Cygames, with Nintendo purchasing five percent of Cygames' stock. It was Nintendo's first intellectual property released for mobile devices without prior appearance on Nintendo hardware. Director Hiroki Matsuura stated the main story comprises over 600,000 words in Japanese, including character stories and sidequests, with about 100 more words per post-release event, and that the development team focused on making characters fun to control due to the action genre.

The game launched in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and the United States on September 27, 2018, with later releases in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Singapore, and New Zealand on January 26, 2019. English localization was handled by 8-4, Ltd. Crossovers occurred with Fire Emblem Heroes, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Persona 5 Strikers, Rage of Bahamut, and Princess Connect! Re:Dive. In July 2019, Matsuura stepped down as director, replaced by Yuji Okada, CEO of Cygames' frequent partner BlazeGames.

In August 2022, discontinuation was announced for November 30, 2022. The soundtrack features songs from Daoko's discography, with the main theme 'Owaranai Sekai de'. The album DAOKO x Dragalia Lost was released on October 19, 2019, with a limited edition including a second disc of five bonus songs sung by in-game characters and a 60-page booklet. An EP, Overture by Lucrezia, and two singles by Siren, Polaris and Singing in the Rain, were released via Cymusic.