Despite Dragalia Lost’s positive reception and a nomination for “Portable Game of the Year” at the 2019 DICE Awards, Nintendo decided to pull the plug on its mobile game and bring it to a close sometime after the final July 2022 update. Closing down Dragalia Lost will mean its long-running plot will come to an end as well with the final phase of Euden’s adventures taking center stage. Players who want to experience Dragalia Lost before it’s too late, or who want a little lore refresh, should read up on Alberia’s history ahead of the final update.
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Dragons And Feudal Family Dynamics
Dragalia Lost centers of the kingdom of Alberia, where King Alberius and the Six Greatwyrms fought for peace prior to the main events of the game. When the Sacred Shard – a powerful artifact that protects the capital – begins to inexplicably lose power, Euden, Seventh Scion and youngest Prince of Alberia, sets off to find a way to save his people. For any gamer feeling a little lost amid the vast amounts of lore, Nintendo released a handy comic that summarizes the story called Notte’s Super Rad Plot Synopsis, which can help to bring them up to date.
All members of Alberia’s royal family have a shapeshifting ability where they can form pacts with powerful dragons and utilize their forms. At the start of the game, Euden has yet to make a pact with a dragon, and the early chapters focus on his Dragon Selection Trial. Unbeknownst to Euden, his father becomes possessed by a dark entity known as The Other and becomes a tyrant. He kidnaps Euden’s twin sister Zethia, but it turns out she was The Other’s target all along and King Aurelius sacrifices himself to save his son when a possessed Zethia betrays them all. Aurelius’ consciousness also transfers to Zodiark, one of the last Greatwyrms, and forms a pact with the prince. Euden forms pacts with various dragons along his journey, as well as recruits a number of allies to help his cause.
Euden forms New Alberia from his homebase of Halidom to stand against the possessed Zethia. Over the course of the chapters, The Other (also known as the demon Morsayati) uses Zethia in his goal of using the Flow Eternal to destroy all dragons. He is eventually defeated in Chapter 14 and Zethia is freed, and Nedrick, the real Seventh Scion who Euden unknowingly replaced, becomes the primary antagonist. He later joins Euden and his companions, and Nedrick, Zethia, and Ilia (a goddess and founder of the Ilian Church) search the memories of the Sacred Tree for ways to defeat The Progenitor – the actual villain who has been behind all the game’s events.
Euden and his assorted friends must fight to prevent The Progenitor’s return, but he is eventually unleashed during Chapter 23 and the heroes face a dark future. Just when all seems lost, Prince Emile, the previously narcissistic and antagonistic brother of Euden, appears with an army to rescue the erstwhile adventurers. Euden is determined to face up to The Progenitor/Xenos, but he is convinced by his allies that he is not yet strong enough. He learns of the Dragon Necropolis, a place where he might gain new powers and finally defeat Xenos. Euden travels to a black mana-plagued desert in search of the Necropolis, and learns the Primordial Windwyrm left behind a part of himself to defeat the Progenitor. The scene is now set for a big final showdown with Xenos in the final two chapters of Dragalia Lost.
Dragalia Lost: The Final Updates
In a blog post released on March 22, 2022, Nintendo announced that part two of chapter 26 of Dragalia Lost will be released in July and that this will conclude the story of the main campaign. The summon showcase released on March 31 will be the final content update that the game will receive, besides the aspects of the main campaign that will conclude the story. Nintendo has assured fans that event revivals and summons showcases for existing adventurers and dragons will continue to be accessible until service ends at a later date.
For Nintendo’s first stab at an original mobile IP, Dragalia Lost really delivered. With crossover events with other fan-favorite titles like Persona 5, Dragalia Lost gave gamers a fun and diverse mobile experience. There are so many IPs in Nintendo’s back catalog that would make excellent mobile games, but fans hope that Dragalia Lost was just the first of many original mobile IPs.
Dragalia Lost is available for Mobile.
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