Damn you. I'm a sucker for any DQ related. I ordered from GS and now have to sell my other Amazon copy on ebay. All for that DQ pouch.
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Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King (3DS) |OT| Cor Blimey!
- Thread starter Dandy Crocodile
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Damn you. I'm a sucker for any DQ related. I ordered from GS and now have to sell my other Amazon copy on ebay. All for that DQ pouch.
Amazon screwed up, they probably thought it launched yesterday.
They shipped it yesterday and gave me 1 day air (I did 2 day).
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Damn, my Amazon copy isn't even preparing for shipment yet.
Schadenfreude
Member
You are a lucky person, Busaiku. That happened to me with Pokemon Sun but it was only a day early. Not a whole 2 days.
Excellent.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Damn mine hasn't shipped yet.
Same thing for me from Amazon. Game was delivered today, shipped yesterday.
My Best Buy copy shipped out today and looks like I'll be receiving it along with gravity rush 2 tomorrow. Super excited to dig into both of these. DQ8 was the game that got me into the series. I'm very curious to see how the new content fits into the game. It actually ended up being one of my favorite ps2 games and I think I just picked it up for $5 on clearance at Best Buy way back.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Thanks to this post, I checked my order and they screwed mine up too. I should be getting it tomorrow according to the tracking.
I think this is the first year since I started using Amazon that I've gotten something early, and I started in 2003. That's if it shows up.
Fingers crossed.
How do you do that? Didn't find anything useful via google.
if you have CFW,you can play the uncensored version if you apply a patch
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-dragon-quest-viii-8-restoration-project.451932/#post-7024126
also,some people managed to inject the orchestral music instead of the synthesized music in the game,but i guess you need to extract the original files your self.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-dragon-quest-viii-8-restoration-project.451932/#post-7024126
also,some people managed to inject the orchestral music instead of the synthesized music in the game,but i guess you need to extract the original files your self.
The n00b Avenger
Member
Well that's a bit misleading. There's one new dungeon that's not post-game and another new post-game area that you can't really call a 'dungeon'.
Easystride
Member
My Amazon order says I'll be getting it today, sweet! I never get stuff early from Amazon!
Elaugaufein
Member
So how long to play is it to enable the free weekly DLC ?
DQVII was super obnoxious with how long it took and the low cap on number of weekly dungeons.
DQVII was super obnoxious with how long it took and the low cap on number of weekly dungeons.
mordecaii83
Member
Do we have any idea how meaty the new story content and dungeons are? I don't really care about the rest of the changes, but I'd buy this version if those two things add enough to the game.
ThePeoplesBureau
Member
Got a good deal on the price with Prime discount, so what the hey. Barely touched DQ7 yet but it's nice to know this will be sat on the shelf waiting for me when I'm ready.
Exp/gold rate is slightly increased. If you don't avoid enemies (which are now visible instead of random) then you will be higher level with more money than if you played the original the same way.
They also made it so HP/MP are restored on level up, which primarily impacts the start of the game.
Looks like mine is set to arrive today as well. I haven't finished DQVII yet, but that'll be getting shelved for a bit while I play this. Been wanting to play since the PS2 release, but never got around to picking it up for some reason.
Edit: Is there an online guide for this anywhere that's similar to the one that Nintendo published for DQ7?
Edit: Is there an online guide for this anywhere that's similar to the one that Nintendo published for DQ7?
darkjedi187
Member
Looks like you have my luck. Still hasn't shipped and it was supposed to ship yesterday.
ThePeoplesBureau
Member
I only preordered my copy using Prime this morning (expedited shipping), and tracking is quoting Saturday for delivery. I've had this before, sometimes the tracking just shifts and the delivery turns up on the release day anyway.
ZeroMaverick
Member
So if I was going to play one of the DQ 3ds games, this would be the one, huh? I mean, this over 7?
PixyJunket
Member
Yes, a hundred times yes.
I mean, unless you like a game that is mostly just walking and talking.
ZeroMaverick
Member
Cool! Short on cash atm (Switch and textbooks sucked me dry), but I'm definitely adding it to my list.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Well they both existed in the original game. Red was in the story for a bit already, now she's just a full party member.
Morrie is optional so I doubt if he has any significant contributions, though.
I've read its after finishing the first town, so much earlier!
Dakhil
Member
The new characters are written into the main story to some extent (with some new dialogue at some scenes).
Nope, I'm not salty at all that Amazon shipped some orders already but not mine. 
It says "preparing for shipment" and arriving tomorrow but damn I sure would've liked to get it a day or two early.
Curious, when did you guys preorder? Mine was from Nov 3. Wondering if they're shipping based on preorder date or just randomly.
It says "preparing for shipment" and arriving tomorrow but damn I sure would've liked to get it a day or two early.
Curious, when did you guys preorder? Mine was from Nov 3. Wondering if they're shipping based on preorder date or just randomly.
PixyJunket
Member
I only ordered mine yesterday (from Amazon) so I'm probably screwed for release date, ah well.
Dakhil
Member
Nope, I'm not salty at all that Amazon shipped some orders already but not mine.
It says "preparing for shipment" and arriving tomorrow but damn I sure would've liked to get it a day or two early.
Curious, when did you guys preorder? Mine was from Nov 3. Wondering if they're shipping based on preorder date or just randomly.
I preordered on 1 April 2016. And Amazon's saying that it's preparing to ship my order and that Dragon Quest VIII will arrive tomorrow.
I think when they're shipping Dragon Quest VIII is based on how close your location is to one of Amazon's warehouses.
It does suck that some people get Dragon Quest VIII early whilst I have to wait until tomorrow to get my copy.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
I pre-ordered one year ago on January 20. It shipped last night, from an Arizona center to me in Michigan.Nope, I'm not salty at all that Amazon shipped some orders already but not mine.
It says "preparing for shipment" and arriving tomorrow but damn I sure would've liked to get it a day or two early.
Curious, when did you guys preorder? Mine was from Nov 3. Wondering if they're shipping based on preorder date or just randomly.
There's also outfit restoration patch out there, if you want more skin.
PixyJunket
Member
Hnnng, might finally move me to look into custom firmware or whatever is needed for this.
I ordered mine on Nov. 3. It shipped out yesterday from CA via Next Day Air (I chose release date delivery when I ordered it) and will be delivered in VA today. I definitely have warehouses much closer than that, so not sure what they based shipping on.
Magicpaint
Member
Seriously. The female warrior NPC is really silly looking. The only Jessica outfit censorship that's weird to me is the bunny girl one, seeing as she actually shows more skin in the new version.
sensui-tomo
Member
only 1 outfit seems odd for the amount of change it got, everything else though doesnt even seem like a big change. Then again nobody really uses it that much due to its poor stats and the sole purpose of it is to be combined to make a better armor.
You're probably right. Still salty.
Not a fan of the platemail bikini?
FaustsBoon
Member
Can anyone speak to any "missables" in this game? I tend to like going into my mega-RPGs with a minimum of knowledge, except a fore-warning of anything which can be permanently missed out on.
Also, what does this game's famously robust post-game entail? Almost doubling the original length sounds wild.
Also, what does this game's famously robust post-game entail? Almost doubling the original length sounds wild.
Not that I can think of, you can backtrack through pretty much the whole game if you need to
Dakhil
Member
There are missable items in this game.
One of the missable items are the Mini Medals in Martha's Cottage.