IGN: Normally a safe and quiet town, South Arc has experienced an increasing number of attacks by the monsters that have recently infested the nearby forests. Frightened to leave their homes, the villagers requested help from the King. Coincidentally, similar reports have been popping up throughout the entire kingdom, leaving the King with few solutions for South Arc. With no clear answer to their problem the citizens of South Arc go about their daily lives as best they can, until one day hope comes in the form of a young orphan...

You are that orphan, and the time has come for you to get a job - this town will support you no longer! You're forced to explore the vast world for a calling, some sign, maybe even a hint at what you should do for a living. Well, wouldn't you know it! You get a calling… from a shovel... literally. When you stumble upon a talking shovel you suddenly find yourself with more than you bargained for. Your new responsibility is to dig a nearby dungeon, lure the town's monsters inside and vanquish them. Can you tolerate the overly verbose shovel, and conquer South Arc's monster population, while convincing the mayor that a dungeon should never be used as a tourist attraction?
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Delays! Delays! Publisher Atlus sends word that the release of its Nintendo DS talking-shovel starring RPG Master of the Monster Lair has been pushed back from September to October 21.
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