Dragon Warrior Monsters, originally released in Japan as Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland (ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ テリーのワンダーランド), is the first video game in the Dragon Quest Monsters series. It was released in Japan by Enix on September 25, 1998, and co-published by Eidos Interactive in Europe in 1999 and in North America in 2000. It was the first Dragon Quest game to be released in Europe. It was released for the Game Boy Color before the console itself was released; however, the cartridge is backward compatible with the older Game Boy console in black-and-white color. The game was remade for the PlayStation as Dragon Quest Monsters 1+2 Hoshi Furi no Yūsha to Bokujō no Nakamatachi (ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ1・2 星降りの勇者と牧場の仲間たち). A mobile phone incarnation titled Dragon Quest Monsters i was released in Japan on January 28, 2002. The game features the characters Terry and Milly from Dragon Quest VI when they were children, before the events in Dragon Quest VI. Dragon Warrior Monsters is often compared to the Pokémon series due to their similar gameplay. Critics set the games apart by noting the in-depth breeding system seen in this game. Square Enix announced at the Tokyo Game Show in 2011 a re-release of the game for the Nintendo 3DS. The Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D (ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ テリーのワンダーランド3D) was released in May 2012.