How Dragon Quest VIII 3DS Compares to PS2

By Jorge Ba-oh 25.05.2015 5

How Dragon Quest VIII 3DS Compares to PS2 on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

Promotional material for the Nintendo 3DS remake of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King have highlighted the game's differences.

The major Dragon Quest VIII 3DS changes include the addition of new story plot points, full voice work and the inclusion of two new playable characters: Gerda and Morrie. The pair can be seen to be merged into the artwork for Dragon Quest VIII.

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There's also a teeny, tiny look at new screenshots for the 3DS remake - which eagle-eyed fans on NeoGAF have compared to the original PlayStation 2 version.

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Would you nab a copy of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King if localised for your region?

Box art for Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Developer

Square Enix

Publisher

Square Enix

Genre

Turn Based RPG

Players

1

C3 Score

Rated $score out of 10  9/10

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Sandy Wilson is offline. Sandy Wilson 25.05.2015#1

Awwww all the trees and grass are gone... Nah, this looks pretty sweet!

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RudyC3 is offline. RudyC3 26.05.2015#2

The downgrade was, unfortunately, to be expected. I don't even see why they bother porting it to THAT system, if it's only to downgrade it. Surely the additional horsepower of the New 3DS would have served the game well. I also hope they didn't pull a smartphone move and removed the brilliant voice acting :/ (the iOS and Android versions lack all the voice acting of the original).

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Sandy Wilson is offline. Sandy Wilson 26.05.2015#3

I think it would have been pretty cool for them to port it to vita... The downgrade would be much less. (Or even another exclusive for new 3ds)

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curtiscdragon is offline. curtiscdragon 26.05.2015#4

Man i just hope we get this title plus the previouse one for 3ds stateside....I would be the first to pre order

 
Snowtwo is offline. Snowtwo 26.05.2015#5

I am very excited for this game as I loved the original. I was actually confused that Gerta DIDN'T join the party in the first one as she seemed like she'd be a natural fit. Morrie is... weird. I don't know why they'd include him any more than they'd include that medal-princess (Minnie?). Regardless, depending on what it's like I'll be looking forwards to this.

Also, I fully expect tons of reviewers (not cubed3 reviewers of necessity) to claim that it's 'dated' or has 'horrible combat mechanics' because it isn't real-time. *sigh*

 

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