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[Zeyphersan]

-Update-

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

http://www.4gamer.net/games/301/G030150/20150513004/

-Original-

http://nintendoeverything.com/dragon-quest-viii-announced-for-3ds/

No more info on that site

Original source: http://www.dragonquest.jp/dq8/

 

[Edge_Maverick]

Square Enix is bringing Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, which first launched for PS2 in 2004 and more recently for smartphones in December, to 3DS in Japan on August 27 for 5,980 yen, the company announced.

Visit the game’s promotion website here.

Source: http://gematsu.com/2015/05/dragon-quest-viii-remake-coming-3ds

 

[GWX]

shit just got REEEEEL

edit: unexcited, just remembered DQ is dead in the west.

 

[sörine]

XI not going to PS3/4 after all?

 

[Vamphuntr]

Hopefully the framerate doesn't suck. I'm game if it runs well and look good.

 

[Santiako]

And we'll never see it here.

 

[bomblord1]

3DS more powerful than PS2 confirmed?

 

[Parakeetman]

I approve of this greatly. Guess I can put my PS2 copy sitting here on the desk away lol.

 

[Aaronrules380]

And we'll never see it here.

that first post

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Day Zero for metal slime edition 3DS

 

[Neuromancer]

Cor, blimey!

What are the odds of a NA release?

 

[Cheesemeister]

Now watch it never get localized and you'll never get to play it due to region-locking.

 

[Shizuka]

This is huge.

 

[fredrancour]

Oh hey, another port that'll never get localized in the us.

i guess there are several dsgames I could play instead if I really want to get into the series.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Hopefully they can do better than the mobile port.

 

[Zeyphersan]

I approve of this greatly. Guess I can put my PS2 copy sitting here on the desk away lol.

Assuming it comes to NA and the framerate is solid, I'll definitely pick it up

 

[Keyouta]

And probably not releasing in the west, though I hope it does.

 

[javac]

Releasing in Japan on August 27th 2015.

Official Website

 

[NormalFish]

Seems odd to do 3DS and not Vita. Isn't the iOS port in an engine that vita has a version of?

 

[manueldelalas]

Is this a true port, or a port of the cellphone version which was online based, like the DQX port?

 

[SoulUnison]

that first post

Uh...

 

[jiggle]

finally a good way to play this on the go

 

[ferrx]

I have this on iPad

 

[sixteen-bit]

I honestly wasn't expecting this after the iOS port.

 

[STG!]

Cool, hope it comes stateside! Loved VIII.

 

[Illucio]

FINAAALLLYY!
I've been wanting this since forever.
WWWOOOOOOTTTT!

 

[Monado Blade]

Want to be excited but can't cos I don't want to be disappointed.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Please, come to NA!

 

[Aaronrules380]

Seems odd to do 3DS and not Vita. Isn't the iOS port in an engine that vita has a version of?

Vita doesn't sell, and Dragon Quest has been on 3ds for a while with the monsters games and DQ7

 

[ActStriker]

wut

 

[Bitanator]

Holy shit! this is great news

 

[Mory Dunz]

XI not going to PS3/4 after all?

Why not all 3?
I don't really care about the series so I've been confused as to why it matters much.

 

[sörine]

Is this a true port, or a port of the cellphone version which was online based, like the DQX port?

Unity doesn't compile to regular 3DS so probably not a mobile port.

 

[Takao]

Is this a true port, or a port of the cellphone version which was online based, like the DQX port?

The iOS/Android version of VIII is native. Square Enix ported it to Unity.

 

[Busaiku]

SE pls

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Fuck NOA for never localizing this

Spoiler

Post from my future self

 

[Robert at Zeboyd Games]

Great game but I'm not sure I want to replay it at 240p.

 

[Lindsay]

How big of a downgrade should we be expecting? Cause DQ8 still looks and sounds really amazing. More amazing than the 3DS can likely replicate!

 

[AniHawk]

finally get to see this on the big screen

Spoiler

of a 3ds xl

 

[Soltype]

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Can't wait to never see this in the West either.

Thanks Square Enix.

 

[wapplew]

What this mean for DQ11?

 

[Mifec]

anyone who didn't play this, get on it, it's deffo in the top 3 ps2 rpgs

 

[Femmeworth]

Oh god, what if this doesn't have voice acting either. Then again, it might not be localized.

 

[transience]

This is great news provided it gets localized -- but I was hoping for a higher fidelity system. I hope the 3DS can match the PS2 because this game was goddamn gorgeous.

Still, I'll play a potentially compromised version over none at all. Just gotta get this to come out here.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Uh...

it was the first post of a seperate thread before the two were merged

 

[LiK]

dammit

 

[Salsa]

mh

ok

it better be faster

won't have PS2 loading at least

probably a port of the mobile version, right

 

[Bishop89]

3ds? Would have preferred vita, but whatever. Will still get day 1 (if it ever comes West). one of my all time favourite games

 

[StevieP]

What this mean for DQ11?

It's obviously exclusive to Vita