[1] GungHo Online Entertainment, the company that hosts the Japanese server of Ragnarok Online, expanded its business for video game consoles; Ragnarok DS is the sixth of eight games for DS to be released by them, along with Love Revo!!

The massively multiplayer features of the original are not present in this version,[2] but it supports up to three players simultaneously in a variety of multi-player dungeons.

[4] The game follows the plights of the main character Ales as he ventures out in the world to form a guild after the death of his mother.

Along his way to fame and fortune several characters are introduced and join Ales in completing specific tasks, usually resulting in permanent companionship.

The mirage tower, a 50 floor dungeon consisting of a boss character every 5 levels is a single or multiplayer challenge and contains the most valuable items in the game.