The player is able to order it to explore until he/she finds an island that is suitable for settling and building a new colony.
The player begins with a ship stocked with the necessary items to start a settlement.
The game was published by Ubisoft in North American regions a year after being released in Europe, as by then the company had acquired the Anno IP. There are three game mode options, consisting of a story mode, continuous play, and multiplayer.Īlthough it was branded under the Touchstone Games branding in Europe, it is actually an independently-made game that Disney Interactive Studios acquired the publishing rights for in those regions (the Anno games were published by various companies). The game makes extensive use of the system's touch screen capabilities. ESRB: E, PEGI: 7 Source Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery is a real-time strategy video game of the Anno franchise for the Nintendo DS.
