The hero, a nameless teenage boy in Japan, is trying out his new guitar one sunny day when he suddenly finds himself whisked away to another world.

He is woken by Tonto, an otomori and servant of the recently deceased Orochi, one of the seven wise dragons.

Most of the game centers around the battles, which use a turn-based system pitting parties of up to three dragons at a time (with up to three more in reserve) against each other.

Dragons gain experience points from battles with which they can attain higher levels.

After finding a dragon egg, it can be brought to the "Nest" in a town, where the player may hatch it by recording sounds into the DS's built in microphone.