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FORTUNE STREET SMART – Board Game Review
FORTUNE STREET SMART is a Board game from SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd., first launched in 31st May 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 75+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes FORTUNE STREET SMART Stand Out
Apple iOS 9 Beta Notice (7/3)
This is an important notice for players of SQUARE ENIX games on the iOS platform.
Apple has officially announced the release of its iOS 9 Beta.
However, since our apps are not compatible with the iOS 9 Beta at this time, we regret we are unable to provide customer support for any trouble arising from installation of this OS (including, but not limited to, data recovery or undelivered in-game currencies).
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・In the free version, you can play on the "Shell Isle" map!
・More than 11 other maps are available via DLC!
・Screen alignment can be vertical or horizontal. See and play the game the way you like!
"FORTUNE STREET SMART" is a board game that is played using dice.
The rules of the game are very simple. The player who makes the most money, wins. Players can make money by buying shops and expanding them, or buy and sell stocks wisely and hope that you'll hit it big. The deep, strategic gameplay is highly addictive, and provides for hours of entertainment!
Basic Rules
- Roll the die.
- Buy shops that you land on, and receive money from
other players who subsequently "visit." - Collect the four suits (spade, etc.) on the game board,
and receive a "salary." - "Invest" in your shops to make them bigger!
- Buy all the shops in given area of the map to
"dominate" that area! - Looking to get rich quick? Learn how to buy
and sell stocks in the game!
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■Reception in Japan
Since it was first released in 1991, FORTUNE STREET has
been a staple of the board game genre in Japan, and now boasts over nine incarnations. Designed by Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii, FORTUNE STREET enjoys a strong following among Japanese users.
The key to success in this game is to observe your opponents' moves carefully, and use them as a guide to formulate your own game strategy!
■Free Version
You can download the free version for free, and play the game on the "Shell Isle" map unlimited times.
The Free version also has a built-in tutorial that will teach new players, step-by-step, how to play the game.
■About the Full Version
Full version $4.99
Maps: 5 total
Moon City, Antarctica, Cloverland, Hemisphere
*Shell Isle will still be available in the full version.
Characters: 10 total
Available at default: Skye, Melanie, Emily, Hiro
*6 more will be made available as the game progresses.
■DLC Packs
You can purchase DLC Packs for this title, which include new maps that you can play on, and new opponents that you can play against.
・DLC Packs $2.99 each
DLC Pack 1
Maps: Mountain, Japan, Bunnyland
Characters: MOCO, Echo
DLC Pack 2
Maps: America, Sol, Silk Road
Characters: Steven, Lulu
DLC Pack 3
Maps: Skyline, Freeway, Zodiac
Characters: Missy, Arthur
DLC Pack 4
Maps: Sea City, Dreamland, Aquarium
Characters: Nell, Mappa
DLC Pack 5
Maps: Caverns, Festival, Monsters
Characters: Baron, K.D.
■Compatible devices/OS
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4s
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5s
- iPhone 5C
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPod touch (4th generation)
- iPod touch (5th generation)
- iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (3rd generation) are no longer supported.
- Players who wish to continue enjoying the game on iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (3rd generation) are asked not to update.
- The game requires iOS version 6 or later.
- As this is not a universal app, we do not suggest playing on iPad or iPad mini.
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, FORTUNE STREET SMART is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th February 2015
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Please read the following before updating
Changes have been made to supported devices and operating systems
＜Bug Fix＞
■The game screen no longer shrinks when oriented horizontally on devices running iOS 8.
＜Supported Devices & Operating Systems＞
■The devices and operating systems supported are now as follows:
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 4s
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5s
- iPhone 5C
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
- iPod touch (4th generation)
- iPod touch (5th generation)
- iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (3rd generation) are no longer supported.
- Players who wish to continue enjoying the game on iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (3rd generation) are asked not to update.
- The game requires iOS version 6 or later.
- As this is not a universal app, we do not suggest playing on iPad or iPad mini.
Download & Availability
FORTUNE STREET SMART is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get FORTUNE STREET SMART on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Ive always played the Japanese version of this game. And we appreciate you making it for the phone. We wish there were more levels. Ive paid for all the dlcs. Please make more.
Absolutely love this game!! Just like the Wii game!! Love it so much that we bought all the extras!!! Hope they make more in the future.
We love this game and we wish there was more fortune street in our life.
Guys! Love the app version of the cool wii game, but it lack value for us since there is no multiplayer feature.
Although it lacks the character from the Wii version, it certainly has more or less the same gameplay. If youre a fan of the gameplay itself, Id say its definitely worth it. If youre unsure, just download it and try the trial board out! And it surprisingly works well on even the latest firmware and models! Do wish Square-Enix would allow the devs to create DLC for this, though… Even more boards and maybe some added similarity (or even better than) the Wii version. IPhones can certainly more than handle the upgrades! (Even if theyre graphical!).
This game DOES have multiplayer, its just on the opponent selection screen! Up to 4 players.
Along side the Wii Fortune Street title! Still hoping Itadaki Street Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary will be localized.
Ive been playing this game for almost 4 years and just now realized it works with iOS 11. Originally we assumed it didnt, but when we were scrolling through our purchases we saw the download icon was available. This works on iOS 11! Anyways, like what must people are saying, the game is a blend of monopoly mixed with some cheery joyful humor and dialogue. If you prefer to speed up the game without dialogue, then theres a option to turn off. The game is fun and challenging, but not going to lie that we feel the computer tries to screw us in dice rolls sometimes. That aside we say the game is worth the look for thats how we first played, then bought the full game. We also purchased a few DLCs and while theyre bit pricey, overall we say its worth it. Yes people there is multiplayer. Not going to lie, we love the game.
Miss a bit of the MARIO version on the wii but love all the extra awesome worlds wish we could get a new gen version on consoles.
Absolutely LOVE this game!!! Please add online multiplayer.
Prior to downloading, we read every review carefully and was sad to hear it was apparently missing a key feature. However, that key feature is already there. Start up a game and as you select the computers to play, look at the bottom left corner and there is a button titled guest. Each guest can be a boy or girl and individually named and controlled. There lies the feature that everyone is complaining is not there.
Okay, we were at first intimidated by Fortune Street when a game like that came out for the Wii and critics said it was extremely confusing (so we thought this would be too). But after a few rounds it's actually pretty easy to understand and a fun alternative take on Monopoly. You can buy properties and opponents have to pay you if they land on them just like Monopoly, but you can gain the opportunity to "invest" in those properties and make them cost more, buy out properties from under people, buy stock in areas to make even more money. Then you have "Venture" cards, kinda like Chance and Community Chest, where they can either help or hurt your gameplay. Playing unlocks more maps and opponents, and the DLC is nice. It's pretty fun, definitely worth the download.
Love the Fortune Street series, and this game does not disappoint. Took us two games to get used to the controls, but we're having a blast now. Edit: Landscape is fixed now and the game is now iPhone 5 optimized! 5-Star game.
From the creator of the renowned Dragon Quest series, the Fortune Street series has been an institution in Japan but has been virtually unknown in the US. A must-buy for all board game fans.
We waited 2 years for someone on gamefaqs to figure out and post this as the game gave no explanation on how to win the Panda Award. Just gotta win with a zoo that has been invested in fully so that is shows the icon of a PANDA! Sharing this for all the other stuck Fortune/Itadaki Street fans.
Im skills test there are no instructions on how to get the panda award.
Love this game but it needs a visual update.
We love it yet we want to play as Mario and Dragon Quest characters just like the Wii version. Also we want some online multiplayer.
Really fun game, we love the concept. But the AI is so dirty. They roll exactly what they need to buy up all the shops on a street, completely pass by all your shops, and land on every single venture. You win for maybe the first 10 games, then even the D RANK CHARACTERS WHIPE THE FLOOR WITH YOU. Garbage.
Very fun game just like the WII version. But it has its issues. We dont think the NPCs will accept any amount of cash to sell their shops and it would help if the challenges had a description of what you need to do to beat them.
The fonts and font sizes are all super-weird for English. We can see that style working for Japanese, but people who read the Latin alphabet have to make too many mental adjustments between fonts and font sizes.
This is a great game that we love but we noticed after winning about 10 games the dice began to give us worse and worse roles and all of the cpus where getting so lucky it wasn't fair. Then we tested it with 2 real people us and our friend and we got creamed. This is a good game but it slowly gets more and more rigged and makes the odds less in your favor.
The game runs really well but is missing one of the biggest features, the ability to play with friends. It has no way, we.e. Pass-and-play, local wireless, or online, to enjoy the game with another human player. Other than that it is a great game, five stars if they add multiplayer.
This is the first game we ever felt was bad enough to offend us. After the amazing console versions, the makers of this game should be ashamed. Just awful. We hope someone will make an alternative clone thats actually playable. We get so frustrated trying to squeeze enjoyment out of this mess.
Like many people we loved the version on wii. So after playing the demo map, we figured that we could just buy the game. Little did they say you pay $4.99 and then you would have to pay $2.99 for the DLCs and you dont even get any new maps or characters to play against.
Removed what made it fun, Multiplayer. Plus the digital die is weighted.
Have been playing this a while now and it hasn't gotten old. Bought all expansions, and we usually don't make in game purchases. Love itadaki street games. For updates: This game really needs to do the spheres that you get when you land on opponents. Those are so much fun! Also could use more variety of cards to draw on bingo. Also for the love of all that is good let us skip the opponents' casino time! High or low is soooo slow. Finally, online play would be awesome, but we understand that would be difficult. Just an update every now and then would be nice. More game packs please.
Is complicated. Very very fun and is challenging. Computer does not cheat, ignore comments thst says it does. If you know what you're doing can win a high percentage of the time. We will most of the time, but it takes difference skills strategy and stragies depending on the type of game we are playing. Ths is not for the light hearted. Math geeks will love it, others will hate it, and say it cannot be won. We have played over 50 games and am not remotely bored of it.
We love this game so much! Extremely well made and fun! We've never payed more than .99 for a game but just had to have the full version of this and we're glad we bought it.
After playing a similar board game over the holidays, we were wanting to play something a little more sophisticated. The free demo was enough to convince us that Fortune Street was the game for us, so we purchased the full version. Having it on our phone is the perfect way to pass time when we're out. Some improvements would be nice for future versions: Online multiplayer (like the Wii version!) Map editor (we would pay extra for a map editor!) Universal iPad version (it looks OK on the iPad, but full screen would be nice. The iPad would better suit playing a board game with friends.) Re-translate some dialogue/menus (some things are worded too vaguely, we.e. We were nervous about "buying" it again on the iPad, but it eventually said the purchase was free because we already bought it… Some people may be hesitant to click Buy without explanation!) *Less sexy or "moe" characters (It seems like a family game, it needs more family friendly character design for Western sensibilities… So we don't feel weird playing this with family. We.e. Bunny suit or maid girls) The Wii version seems to address some of these complaints, so we bought it online. Thanks for bringing these games overseas to an English speaking audience.
We're considering buying the game but $3.99 is not 40% off. That's only 20%.
If you love Monopoly or played Fortune Street on the Wii then get this game. It's amazingly addictive. Just having this game on our phone is a great addition to our collection. Highly recommend this game it's very engaging and FUN.
We thought it was going to make us pay for everything again for our iPhone when we already bought it on our ipad, but it didn't! We love this game.
Like others have said, it's like Monopoly, but better! The gameplay is fun and we constantly want to play just "one" more game. The AI can be tough, but not so that you can't regularly beat them. It has a cute look, but we personally wish they would have kept the original's pixel art. Oh well.
We can't begin to describe how fun and intense this game is. At first, we played it once or twice and it was pretty good, but then we started doing skill mode and quest mode and oh man. Fantastic game! It's definitely got awesome replay value. We would pay money for final fantasy characters or dragon quest characters in future DLC packs :( Square Enix always has the best games :).
We've hit a real gem here. We highly encourage you to buy some of the extra packs, especially the last one. Hattori is adorable, and the map is really fun.
Great game should play if you like monopoly. It takes skill and knowing how to use the stock market as well as maintains your stores.
If you thought Monopoly is a great game, you need to check fortune street out. Its much more engaging, uses stocks and is overall super fun.
Ok so a few weeks before this game came out we were trying to find an English patch for the 1991 super Famicom version of itadaki street (the Japanese title of this series) and was having no luck. Then Square Enix releases this port, and it is FANTASTIC! Basically everything we could have asked for, and only 20 dollars for the whole package, seems like a great deal. This game is HARD though, do not get it if you're afraid of losing to the CPU players, because you will. Finally, while no online multiplayer is a minor bummer, it's a port of a Super Famicom (SNES) game that needed a lot of graphical tweaks already, we're fine with them not trying to affix a subpar multiplayer component to it. The local multi option is still intact though if you really need to play against humans, will just require you to pass device around.
Great game. Very addicting. One issue we're running into is collecting the Trophy for building many Gallerias. We have bought entire board out, built all the Gallerias and it still won't credit this Trophy. Which makes it impossible to complete all the skill tests. Game makes you start talking to the opponents! It's great! Just wish we could go further.
Fun Japanese-flavored alternative to Monopoly. This game screams for Bluetooth/wifi multiplayer though.
See above title. Needs wifi play. Also why am we not getting all the maps, if we bought the full version, but now we have to buy so-called "DLC". Especially if we bought the full version? Nice game otherwise.
Great but very overpriced. Great soundtrack.
This game is fun and addictive but lately it is closing randomly. It would also be better if you could earn stages like you do competitors.
It's a good game, but they should really add a "multiplayer mode" and you can choose other players in the game, like Skye or Hattori.
Overall good game but you need to buy additional packs to get all the maps and the skill test become repetitive. The game designers were very in imaginative here.
The game is great. A very good addition to the Top Street series. The only complaint we have is the poorly designed AI. If this game supported either Bluetooth, local, or online, we would like that. But the game just isn't the same against an all A.we. Game.
We love this game. There are many different memories we have of playing this game with close friends and enjoying some drinks. We were really hoping for online multiplayer, but this game does not support that. Only local. Second, it isn't a universal app. If these two things could be changed, we'd gladly pay whatever cost. We'd be incredibly happy.
Sadly you pay $5 to unlock only the opportunity to pay $5 more for half a dozen add-ons. Which you'll want to do because it doesn't unlock that much content. On top of that it's simply not a great version of the game. The basic, classic gameplay is there, like Monopoly but fun. Except not that fun because the computer players are poor, multiplayer is only pass-and-play, and the touch controls are awful. (For example the game is almost unplayable at the fastest speed because, inexplicably, touch sensitivity is tied to game speed, so you scroll faster than you can see.) If the game was a true modern version of Itadaki Street and wants trying to nickle-and-dime us we'd give it a much higher rating. Previous versions of the game are tons of fun.
We love the Wii version of this game and wanted to play it any time. So we were super exited wen we found this we saw oh look no mario caricatures oh well that's ok. We play it and BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! If u like the Wii version dont even waist your rime trying this one.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.3
- Size: 163.81 MB
- iOS: 5.1.1 or later
- Languages: JA
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.]()
Last updated: 11th February 2015 | Genre: Board | Developer: SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.