Dragon Quest VIII is coming to 3DS

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Dragon Quest VIII is coming to 3DS

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Postby Dima » Thu May 14, 2015 6:44 am

Only confirmed for Japan right now. Comes out August 27th. It will have all the PS2 content plus some other things like.

-New story scenario
-New companions Red/Gerda and Morrie
-Voiced events
-Orchestral soundtrack

It's not a New 3DS exclusive so i am very curious to see the graphics and the framerate (mobile port was a disaster). There is a scan floating around from a Japanese magazine that has some screens but it is taken from a phone and the quality is not the best (it looks good to me though). I would post it here but i don't remember the policy of the forum regarding scans.

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[url]http://www.dragonquest.jp/dq8/[/url]
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Postby NemZ » Thu May 14, 2015 7:19 am

Hmm. DQ8 was good times, but given the way that game handles variable character growth I really have to question the adding of more people to the party. The original had no character swapping at all, but rather the option of different builds for each.
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Postby xyz346 » Fri May 15, 2015 3:02 pm

This looks it could be good...Sadly with Square Enix's latest track record with localizing DQ games in the West, I'm not confident that we'll be seeing it.
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Postby Aiko Heiwa » Wed May 20, 2015 11:12 am

View Original Postxyz346 wrote:This looks it could be good...Sadly with Square Enix's latest track record with localizing DQ games in the West, I'm not confident that we'll be seeing it.

Let's hope for a surprise localization of it and DQVII 3DS announced by Nintendo at E3 then, eh?
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Postby Dima » Sat May 23, 2015 7:34 am

In game screenshots from promotional stands in Japan

[url]http://blog.livedoor.jp/kisarazumax1250/archives/44865518.html[/url]
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