Critical reception on the game was heavily divided; while its story was praised, its blacksmithing gameplay was not as well received by some reviewers, who called it tedious, while others found it a unique twist on the JRPG.

The player must craft and rent out weapons to heroes to assist them on dungeon crawls, ultimately attempting to defeat the Evil Lord who threatens the world.

[2] Originally, this was the only title not to be announced for Western release, with the publisher citing the high degree of translation required and debatable audience size for the game for a localization to be produced.

[6] Ron DelVillano of Nintendo Life rated the game 9/10 stars, saying that it had a niche appeal, but excellent writing, setting and presentation.

[7] In more negative reviews, Martin Robinson of Eurogamer rated the game 4/10 points, saying that some of the jokes fell flat and that the gameplay was overly repetitive with "fuzziness" to its systems.