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Dragon Quest 4 DS - Official Japanese Thread

soul said:
Great thread. Sadly I won't be importing this one the first day since I ran out of spending cash.
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Me too. I've really spent a lot lately. But I'll still be getting it, hopefully before the year runs out.
 
Hm, I just found out earlier that I'll have $300 instead of $150 through Christmas, so I can probably pick this up. Just need to actually buy it now.
 
Well... the official site was updated with the two missing DS features...

The opening theme will be orchestrated, and the immigrant town has been expanded so you can trade town members via wireless.
 
I guess I'll be playing this with headphones, that'd be a waste through DS speakers.
 
Really hope this will come to the US. However, with the official fan site closing, one can't help but think negatively about that.
 
Jonnyram said:
Wow... next week already.
Wonder if there will be severe shortages. Probably :/
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Lucky I got mine preordered.

Aeana said:
Well... the official site was updated with the two missing DS features...

The opening theme will be orchestrated, and the immigrant town has been expanded so you can trade town members via wireless.
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Not a bad feature. I still remember wondering around on the PS1 remake for hours trying to find the person I needed... Definitely really welcome addition (if enough JGaffers are playing this game!)
 
Aeana said:
Well... the official site was updated with the two missing DS features...

The opening theme will be orchestrated, and the immigrant town has been expanded so you can trade town members via wireless.
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Kintaro said:
Really hope this will come to the US. However, with the official fan site closing, one can't help but think negatively about that.
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Now I am full of sadness =(((((
 
according to an official statement released by Tsutaya, a really big Japanese store, you best pre-order DQIV if you wish to get it on launch day. The reason for this statement is that similar to Crisis Core: FFVII, S-E only supplies a limited amount of copies.
 
creamsugar said:
TV CM Director's Cut Ver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX8-iK2p2Gw
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Is it me or does the horse sound just like Epona.
And that CM is giving off some serious 80's vibes. :lol
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Huh?

Well, the wireless thing (which I can't use) sure will make the non-generic towns a LOT less frustrating. I only got I think 2 of the specialized towns, and they both got extremely annoying to get the last couple townspeople. I preordered the game, so I guess I'm on board! At Chapter 5 now on PS1 version for monster poster thing. Should I include the mimic versions of the party members? I also capped the travelling inn/shop in Chapter 3.
 
GhostSeed said:
And that CM is giving off some serious 80's vibes. :lol
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Far too many of the recent S-E ads have been like this. I remember FFI and II PSP as well as FFTA2 off the top of my head. Maybe FFIII DS and the Advance ports too?
 
Jonnyram said:
Far too many of the recent S-E ads have been like this. I remember FFI and II PSP as well as FFTA2 off the top of my head. Maybe FFIII DS and the Advance ports too?
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To be fair, most DQ ads have a live action portion... and have for years and years.
 
Aeana said:
Well... the official site was updated with the two missing DS features...

The opening theme will be orchestrated, and the immigrant town has been expanded so you can trade town members via wireless.
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Wow, excellent.

Ok, I'm gonna pre-order this. So Day 1.
 
Is anyone expecting to get this before Monday the 26th? I imagine Jonnyram, JohnTV, and Trin will, but I doubt I'll be receiving it anytime before that.

I'm getting there on the monster poster thing; I think I added right and will have the exact amount of space for everything. I had 1 spot extra, so I'm going to add a Lv8 Slime. I need to play through about half the game to get 1 sprite (Male Hero doppelganger), but that's not too bad. If anyone's curious, here's where I am now on the thing:

(contains spoilers as it will have every encounterable thing in the game, including all bosses

It'll be my new wallpaper when I finish up. Take a look and go down memory lane or something.
 
Red Scarlet said:
Is anyone expecting to get this before Monday the 26th? I imagine Jonnyram, JohnTV, and Trin will, but I doubt I'll be receiving it anytime before that.

I'm getting there on the monster poster thing; I think I added right and will have the exact amount of space for everything. I had 1 spot extra, so I'm going to add a Lv8 Slime. I need to play through about half the game to get 1 sprite (Male Hero doppelganger), but that's not too bad. If anyone's curious, here's where I am now on the thing:

(contains spoilers as it will have every encounterable thing in the game, including all bosses

It'll be my new wallpaper when I finish up. Take a look and go down memory lane or something.
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I should have it on wednesday.
 
Absolutely cannot wait for this game. Unfortunately I have chosen the free shipping method so I will need to wait 1 week plus to get this game in my hand... :(
 
Red Scarlet said:
Is anyone expecting to get this before Monday the 26th? I imagine Jonnyram, JohnTV, and Trin will, but I doubt I'll be receiving it anytime before that.

I'm getting there on the monster poster thing; I think I added right and will have the exact amount of space for everything. I had 1 spot extra, so I'm going to add a Lv8 Slime. I need to play through about half the game to get 1 sprite (Male Hero doppelganger), but that's not too bad. If anyone's curious, here's where I am now on the thing:

(contains spoilers as it will have every encounterable thing in the game, including all bosses

It'll be my new wallpaper when I finish up. Take a look and go down memory lane or something.
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I'm hoping it'll get here on Wednesday, but odds of that happening are very slim (though it has happened a few times, P-A has been really good lately). Stupid Thanksgiving. :(

The wallpaper is looking really good so far!
 
So is it confirmed that the game has all of the improvements that the PSOne remake featured?
 
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Hey, they have the party order wrong there!

Being able to SEE the types of townspeople will make things a little less confusing when kicking them out or just trading; I didn't know some character types.

I'm pretty much done with my wallpaper thing, I'm just missing 1 sprite and am going to redo a couple. Those who've played the game before will probably see the pattern I went with.

Link is same as earlier. Red bar is because that's where my taskbar is on my resolution.
 
Preordered mine the other day. Can't wait! Gotta try and get through it before Tales of Innocence hits, if that's possible.

My DS is gonna stay warm this Winter, that's for sure. :)
 
Are they going to change the interface for the US release, like with DQVIII? (I don't know if they did with DQMJ) I don't want to wait even more, because it looks like the sooner we could see it here would be March or so.
 
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Are they going to change the interface for the US release, like with DQVIII? (I don't know if they did with DQMJ) I don't want to wait even more, because it looks like the sooner we could see it here would be March or so.
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The interface looks like it was designed with the US in mind this time. I doubt they'd change it, but who knows.

I especially doubt you'll see it before March, though. You never know, but I wouldn't bet on it.
 
john tv said:
The interface looks like it was designed with the US in mind this time. I doubt they'd change it, but who knows.
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That was kind of what I thought, as well. The whole thing with showing images of the characters on the top screen seemed like a happy medium between the classic first person DQ style (which is kept intact on the bottom screen) and DQVIII's fully third person viewpoint.

I wouldn't expect lots of changes to the menus themselves, though.

Ranger X said:
This and FF4 better get a US release because if they don't i will be angry. REALLY angry.
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Well, I don't think you need to worry about Final Fantasy. :P
 
Red Scarlet said:
I'm pretty much done with my wallpaper thing, I'm just missing 1 sprite and am going to redo a couple. Those who've played the game before will probably see the pattern I went with.
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Ch 5:
Esturk
doesn't get a bigger picture? :)
 
Link1110 said:
Ch 5:
Esturk
doesn't get a bigger picture? :)
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No room, and I'd wager
Death Pisaro
should get a bigger one since more of story role, blah blah. I don't see a way to get them both big.

I'm almost caught up again and I bumped into 6 Hagure Metals, and managed to kill 5 of them! Brought me from 120,000xp to 170,000xp. A few fights later, I bumped into 6 more!
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Which makes me wonder, what's the most you guys have killed in 1 fight or most xp you've gotten? I guess the MOST in this one is about 240,000 in one fight, the NES version was around 160,000 or so? I think I got about 200,000 in part 3 when my single hero killed 5 of these guys. I think they're 40,000 a pop in that by yourself. What's you guys's most?
 
Ranger X said:
This and FF4 better get a US release because if they don't i will be angry. REALLY angry.
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Aye Aye! I plan to brand DQ4 on my ass and protest outside of SE if we dont hear word by March. Your welcome to join me!
 
madara said:
Aye Aye! I plan to brand DQ4 on my ass and protest outside of SE if we dont hear word by March. Your welcome to join me!
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Hmmmm. I think I'll just import it. It seems to be the less painful decision.
 
madara said:
Aye Aye! I plan to brand DQ4 on my ass and protest outside of SE if we dont hear word by March. Your welcome to join me!
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I'm with you!


Where do you guys/gals recommened I import from? I have only imported one other game and it was from NCSX and I wasn't happy with them. Play Asia good?
 
Loto said:
I'm with you!


Where do you guys/gals recommened I import from? I have only imported one other game and it was from NCSX and I wasn't happy with them. Play Asia good?
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I usually use NCSX or Play-Asia. I only use NCSX, though, because I live like 10 miles from them and everything comes next-day without paying extra. Play-Asia is better if you don't get NCSX's fringe benefits.
 
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