Once upon a time there was a mystery surrounding what, exactly, a trademark for a game called Dragon Quest Wars was all about. The mystery is over. It's a DSiWare board game.

It sounds pretty straightforward - a two player release in which players shuffle Akira Toriyama-designed monster pieces around a board. Players will be able to duke it out in a mindful, ponderous manner over Wi-Fi.

It's supposed to be one of those 'easy to learn, difficult to master' jobs.

Interestingly, the game is being developed by Nintendo-owned Intelligent Systems, the dev most famous for Fire Emblem.

It'll cost 500 Wii Points. Mention of a June release is floating about, but it's unclear whether that applies to the UK.

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