Daikaijuu Monogatari

Daikaijuu Monogatari is a Japan-only video game series of mostly Role Playing Games developed by BIRTHDAY. It features a fire elemental hero and three ally creatures called Shell Beasts saving the world from evil. It utilizes a Dragon Quest-styled battle system in the games.

The original game was released in 1988 for the Famicom as Kaijuu Monogatari, published by Namco. The next game, called Daikaijuu Monogatari (or Greater Tale of Shell Monsters by a translator) for the SNES, was released in 1994 before Christmas. From this release, the series is published by Hudson Soft.

Birthday released a sequel called Daikaijuu Monogatari II for the Super Famicom in late 1996, which has detailed graphics, a time system, and much more. In the following year, a Trading Card Game called Daikaijuu Monogatari: The Miracle of the Zone was available.; there is a Game Boy game and Game Boy Color game featuring this TCG. A manga based on the "MOZ" series was also released. A Spin-Off featuring one of the main Shell Beasts was released for the Game Boy Color, with a sequel.

The Daikaijuu Monogatari series is presumed dormant since the turn of the Millenium, although a mobile version of the 1994 game was released in 2006. This series is one of the Dragon Quest clones out there, but one of the better ones. BIRTHDAY has worked on many other properties, including the anime Fushigiboshi no Futagohime.