Posted on 3 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Level-5 has had a storied history with many iconic series on Nintendo systems, from the Professor Layton series to Inazuma Eleven among many others. One of the company’s earliest claims to fame however was Dragon Quest VIII.

In a recent interview with Yahoo Japan, Level-5 CEO Akihiko Hino detailed the events that led the company to developing a mainline entry in the iconic franchise. After expressing his disappointment with how certain aspects of Dragon Quest VII were handled, he was challenged by a producer to take on the project himself, leading to the development of one of the series’ most iconic entries.

We’ve translated Hino’s full comments after the jump.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Dragon Quest VIII is arguably one of the more important entries in the series. This was in part due to the game’s world, which was quite huge at the time.

Speaking about Dragon Quest VIII in this month’s issue of Game Informer, series creator Yuji Horii said:

“If you can see a mountain in the distance, you can run to that mountain and climb up it. Nowadays, this is pretty commonplace technology, but when Dragon Quest VIII was first released, this was groundbreaking.”

“I thought that laying out the story as a guiding path would make it possible to adventure and have fun in the world. While we have provided that path, we also intended for it to be possible to diverge from the path and enjoy the game freely.”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo has a new Dragon Quest VIII up to celebrate some of the accolades the RPG has been given my the media. Have a look at it below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

When Dragon Quest VIII launched in the west last month, new items were supposed to be delivered via SpotPass. For whatever reason though, nothing had been sent out to player – until now. Nintendo confirmed on Twitter today that, although “later than planned”, bonus items are going out.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Fernando in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo has uploaded 4 new trailers showing us Dragon Quest VIII for 3DS. Each one of these videos introduce one of the main playable characters that we will find inside the game.

Check out the trailers after the jump and learn about the different techniques that each character has to offer in Dragon Quest VIII.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Philip(@P_Trah) in 3DS, Reviews | 7 Comments

System: 3DS
Release date: January 20, 2017
Developer: Square Enix / Level-5
Publisher Nintendo

For a long time, it seemed like the Dragon Quest series was fairly underappreciated in the West. Not necessarily by its publisher Square Enix, but by the fans of its own genre. The series has usually garnered a cult following of sorts overseas all the while enjoying heavy praise in Japan. Yet to my pleasure, I’ve begun to see a somewhat recent change in that viewpoint. With the highly anticipated Dragon Quest XI on the Nintendo Switch’s horizon and the remakes of Dragon Quest VII and now Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King for the Nintendo 3DS, there couldn’t be a better time to get familiar with the Dragon Quest series. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is an adventure that those who are new to the series or those who are well acquainted with it won’t want to miss out on.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Dragon Quest VIII is out today, and to celebrate, Nintendo has put together a launch trailer for the game. Give it a watch:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 3 Comments

Dragon Quest VIII’s North American site was in a teaser state before, but it’s now fully opened. Access it here. The site has detailed gameplay information, clips, and screenshots galore.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Fernando in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

Two months ago we covered that early pre-orders of Dragon Quest VIII at the official Nintendo UK Store would get us a free poster, but it seems that the deal has changed for the better.

Nintendo UK’s official Twitter account has just posted that pre-ordering Dragon Quest VIII at the Nintendo UK Store will get us a poster and a Liquid Metal Slime keychain. Now that the deal is better, all UK gamers should pre-order it before Dragon Quest VIII launches on the 20th January, just 9 days away.

Pre-order @DragonQuest VIII at the #NintendoUKStore and you'll also get a poster and Liquid Metal Slime keyring! https://t.co/dKblhSL7zc pic.twitter.com/m97oc830jB

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) January 11, 2017

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

A short while ago, GameXplain wrapped up a live stream for Dragon Quest VIII. For the full recording with an hour of gameplay, watch the video below.

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