Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 3DS port releases January 20th

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The 3DS version of Dragon Quest VIII will be hitting stores on January 20, 2017, as revealed by a Nintendo Press Release. New features include two extra recruitable characters, more side quests, a alternative ending, speeding up battles, and quick-saving. The game will also retain voice acting from the original PS2 release.

As players dive into the rich story of DRAGON QUEST VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, whether they’re visiting for the first time or coming back to relive the adventure all over again, they can enjoy full voice acting in all plot-important cutscenes, and new story content that will provide more back story about The Hero and the villainous Dhoulmagus. Further additions include additional quests to complete and dungeons to explore, and even a new alternative ending.

Returning heroes may also find that elements of DRAGON QUEST VIII: Journey of the Cursed King have been streamlined for this hand-held outing. The new Quick-Save function allows players to save and exit the game at any time. And for warriors in a hurry, battling foes is also much faster with the introduction of the “Speed Up” feature, allowing heroes to cut their way through each encounter with much greater haste.

Those who wish to capture mementos of their quest to restore peace to the land will now find it’s easier than ever before, as at any time outside of battles and cutscenes players can pause the action and take a photo of their adventure thus far. These photos can be customized in a variety of different ways, including allowing The Hero and his companions to perform special poses, adding stickers and filters, or putting a frame around the image to add a personal touch to their memory. Once the player meets Cameron Obscura in Port Prospect they’ll also be able to unlock Cameron’s Codex, where they’ll be rewarded for taking pictures of certain subjects, monsters and situations.

:arrow: Source: GBAtemp Press Inbox
 

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My first Dragon Quest is VII, which I'm getting pretty close to finishing. I really like it, and apparently VIII is better! So this is instabuy for me.
 
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I have the nip version of this that I bought last year. Its a downgrade from the PS2 version but
its still great with all the extra content. Hopefully they wont mess the US version up like they
did with VII's lag.
 

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I have the nip version of this that I bought last year. Its a downgrade from the PS2 version but
its still great with all the extra content. Hopefully they wont mess the US version up like they
did with VII's lag.

Tell me more! What makes it a downgrade from the PS2 version? If it's much better there, I'll play the PS2 version.

And what kind of lag is in VII? I didn't notice, but I'm playing on an N3DS, so maybe that's why.
 

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I didn't know it would come out so soon! I would have expected it to come out waaay after the Switch. Guess I gotta hurry up with VII then!
 

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I didn't know it would come out so soon! I would have expected it to come out waaay after the Switch. Guess I gotta hurry up with VII then!
Well yeah, it was, been talked about all year. *Stares at theme in signature*

Is also on smartphones as well. Wonder why no console hd port but mobile ports? Is a ps2 game, even a PC port maybe would be nice. Oh well, just that when is Dragon quest 10 or... X for the Roman people out there. :P
 

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