Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Nintendo 3DS)
A new adventure awaits!
Enjoy an epic re-imagining of this fantastic RPG adventure; new features exclusive to Nintendo 3DS!
Embark on an epic journey to save your king and country and lift the shadow of the evil jester’s spell in DRAGON QUEST VIII: Journey of the Cursed King!
The story begins when a jester, Dhoulmagus, comes to Castle Trodain and steals the King’s sceptre. He then uses its power to turn his majesty into a troll, the Princess into a horse, and the castle inhabitants into plants. The only one left unscathed from this attack is a castle guard who escaped the curse and must now step up to save the kingdom he’s sworn to protect.
Only by travelling the lands, recruiting allies, and following the trail of destruction that Dhoulmagus leaves in his wake will The Hero be able to retrieve the sceptre in order to restore Trodain back to its former glory.
Key Features
- New Quick-Save function, allowing you to save and exit the game at any time.
- Pause the action and take a photo of your adventure thus far.
- The “Speed Up†feature allows heroes to cut their way through each encounter with much greater haste.
Enjoy full voice-acting
Whether you’re familiar with the rich story of DRAGON QUEST VIII: Journey of the Cursed King or diving in for the first time, you can enjoy full voice-acting in all plot-important cut-scenes, and new story content that will provide more backstory about The Hero and the villainous Dhoulmagus. There are also extra quests to complete and dungeons to explore, and even a new alternative ending.
New Quick-Save function
Adventurers in a hurry no longer need to rush to a Church to save their progress thanks to the new Quick-Save function, allowing them to save and exit the game at any time. And for warriors in a hurry, battling foes is also much faster with the introduction of the “Speed Up†feature, allowing heroes to cut their way through each encounter with much greater haste.
Capture your journey!
Want to capture a memento of your quest? At any time outside of battles and cut-scenes, you can pause the action and take a photo of your adventure thus far. These photos can be customised in a variety of different ways, including allowing The Hero and his companions to perform special poses, adding stickers, filters, or putting a frame around the image to add a personal touch to your memory.
Share images & collect items!
Once you meet Cameron Obscura in Port Prospect you’ll also be able to unlock Cameron’s Codex, where you’ll earn rewards for taking pictures of certain subjects, monsters, and situations. All of these images can be saved to your Nintendo 3DS family system’s SD card and shared to other players via StreetPass. Once these photos have been shared, other players can give them a thumbs-up, and the more of these the image earns, the higher the chance of receiving a new item.
DRAGON QUEST VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
An evil jester has placed a spiteful curse upon the whole kingdom. In the space of a moment, the people were transformed into thorns and the land was frozen in time. To add insult to injury, the king and the princess were turned into hideous beasts!
In this enormous, turn-based RPG, embark on an epic journey to save your king and country and lift the shadow of the evil jester’s spell!
| Dimensions: | 13.8 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm; 100 Grams |
| Model: | 182709 |
| Origin: | Japan |
I didn't realize this game was only for European consoles. I give 5 stars because it was in a really good condition.
I didn’t realize this game was only for European consoles. I give 5 stars because it was in a really good condition.
Casi todo perfecto
Tanto la caja y el juego estn en buen estado pero el precinto no parecia el oficial y la caja de cuesta un poco abrirse por lo dems todo perfecto
Still my 2nd favourite game of all time
Love the long well written story which takes about 60 hours to get through plus about 150 hours to complete everything and even longer to max every single stat.
Been obsessed with this game since the ps2 original release and every 2 or 3 years I always recomplete this game especially to relax after a long dull day.
era un regalo
lo ha terminado pronto de lo mucho que le ha gustado
Huge areas to explore.Vast array of monsters.Great story. Huge amkunt of weapons and armou
Lots of battles, huge variety of monsters to slay. Vast weapons and armour.Huge terrain, and extras. Good story and visually pleasing on the eye. Brilliant game
One of the best games eve
Dragon quest is one of the very best sagas. I believe this game is one of the best games in the word. Millions of things to do, hilarious characters and an amazing story.
Fantastico!
Titoloo che sto rigiocando per la quarta volta, e su 2DS mi mancava! Prodotto ottimo.
Classic game well worth the purchase.
Arrived in great condition with the instructions in the package. A brilliant game with a brilliant story and characters and with the adding of being able to recruit another two characters. Really enjoyed the additions they made and had a wonderful time playing it.
Gran juego para pasarse horas y horas jugando.
Para mi es uno de los mejores jrpg de la historia de los videojuegos. Buena historia, grficos cell shedding muy bonitos, el combate es por turnos pero muy bueno y fluido. Es un gran dragon quest y muy largo. Para mi merece mucho la pena jugarlo.
I love dq8 and having spent a good 200 hours through various play through I expected to love this version. Overall super pleased was worth getting a 3Ds just for this, haven’t got too far yet but it’s really good!
Super nice not having to find the chestwith a map in it each dungeon and just having the map there. Sometimes feels a bit odd, it’s a touch screen device, sometimes I’d like to be able to select thing on the touch screen, and some of the button mapping seems odd, but that could just be that I’ve gotten very used to remapping every button!
The Photomode is a cool extra that i love for an hour then forget about then fall in love again!
And speeding up combat is great!
Only thing is don’t get excited for all the online content you could get, it got deactivated a year ago!
Still a great game though that I’d thouragly recommend
A classic among classic JRPGs
It always disappoints me that Dragon Quest doesn’t get more attention in the West. I suppose the more cartoonish graphics don’t appeal to people or cause them to write it off as a kids game – which couldn’t be more untrue. There are a number of mature jokes and some scenes that are borderline inappropriate. The art-style simply adds to the charm of the game, and as always for dragon quest, this game is full of charm. It’s also full of classic JRPG dungeon-crawling, puzzle-solving, treasure-hunting goodness. The addition of the camera function introduces a new side quest to photograph many people/monsters/locations/objects in the world and get rewarded for it. It’s essentially an extra task for completionists such as myself to sink our teeth into. DQ8 is one of my favourite games from the PS2 era and it’s even better now that it’s portable.
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I’m a fan of the Dragon Quest series and this is the first fully 3D entry I’ve played not counting the remake of DQVII.
With this series you get pretty much the same thing every time, with a few variations, so if you’ve liked other games in the series then it’s pretty guaranteed that you will like this one. It’s classic turn-based Japanese RPG stuff. Addictive and engrossing.
What I would say is that although this is a strong entry in the series I don’t think it’s the best. For me that still goes to number VI in the series and I would recommend the DS version of that for anybody looking to get into the franchise.
A few points about this port of the game, which originally came out on the PS2.
The graphics are pretty good for the 3DS (despite there being no 3D- not a deal-breaker). From videos I’ve seen I don’t think anyone should expect it to look as good as the PS2 game. The cell shaded look is dialled back somewhat but it still looks pretty solid.
Enemies are now visible on the overworld. This turns a 90 hour adventure into about a 60 hour one purely by taking out the grinding. This is very welcome, especially as many of the overworld sections are very large and to be constantly dogged by random encounters would be very annoying. For this reason alone I would recommend this version as the one to play for anyone looking to experience this game for the first time.
The world in this game is not the biggest. Both VI and VII felt bigger. I imagine a sacrifice was made during development to accommodate the full 3D. This means there is a little less of the fun of exploring new towns and cities. There are also too few optional missions and side-quests away from the critical path of the quest. It’s not as linear as VIII but for me the lack of branching content stops this game from being one of the very top entries in the series.
Overall this is still a great game that plays well on the portable 3DS and for me is one of the best RPG’s on the system. Even so, start with DQ VI if you haven’t played any of the others.
Game
Another one from the series that my sons and hubby enjoy playing
Brilliance
Even after 13 years this game is incredible. One of the BEST games ever made.
Good re make
Was a favourite game of mine back on the ps2. And enjoy playing it again on 3ds. Got a lot of hours out of this game. And the new stuff added was also interesting as well.
Childhood Memories
One of my childhood favourites on the PS2. So much nostalgia playing it again! Really enjoying it on the 3DS and the updated features like increasing battle speed which is a useful touch on the original. Would recommend to anyone who played it on the original and to newcomers.
i played it from ps2 and on the 3ds is awesome too! the only things i didn't like were ...
I destroyed the game in a week! i played it from ps2 and on the 3ds is awesome too! the only things i didn’t like were the censorships on some scenes in the game… too bad
... played ps2 version the 3ds version is well made like the original few voice actor changes here and there ...
his is well worth the purchase if you have played ps2 version the 3ds version is well made like the original few voice actor changes here and there for new dialogue purposes
This is the big one
Oh boy, Dragon Quest 8.
I originally played DQ8 as a demo back in 2004/5 and played the complete game over the summer of 2005. It is a game I cherish and have very fond memories of. I was living in a pretty grimy flat, working a lousy job and this was the brightest, chirpiest and most positive thing in my life at the time. The game looked beautiful, it sounded gorgeous and the tale of magic and mystery was invigorating.
12 years have passed and it is now available on the 3DS. Over the last decade I’ve played almost every Dragon Quest game in the main series and half a dozen of the spinoffs. There have been highs (Rocket Slime, Joker, DQ4, 5 and 7 on the DS/3DS) and lows (DQ 9 and DQ Heroes) but they’ve all had one thing in common: they’ve been based on the Level 5 cel-shaded design of DQ 8. Each of these games has been designed to resemble the art style, the music and the interface of DQ 8. As such, returning to this important and influential game I don’t feel as if a day has passed since I last saw the credits roll.
So how does it stand up? Really well. The game still looks great (though not as crisp and bright as it did on the PS2) and sounds fantastic. The characters you know and love are still there (I will always be a huge fan of Yangus) and the world is still as mesmerising to explore as it ever was.
If you are new to Dragon Quest, this is where you start.
However, I do have some criticisms. Please note that these should not put you off playing, but rather offer some advice and minor warnings.
Firstly the plot is very mechanical – unlike, say, DQ 7, there are no branching paths (or the illusion of branching paths) and the narrative beats are usually as simple as: ‘Go to point A, now go to point B, now go to point C’. While there is an open world to explore, the plot has to be tackled in sequence and felt to me as if it had one too many false endings. Secondly, while the 3DS version introduces some exciting differences, I never really found myself making use of them. There’s a camera you can use to take photographs of the game world for rewards, but the rewards were always meagre and some of the conditions you had to meet in order to take the photographs were frustrating (for instance having to stand in exactly the right spot for it to register). In addition, you can now add two new characters to your party, but by the time I unlocked them I was so far into the game that I couldn’t satisfactorily introduce them to my line-up without ruining my battle strategy. Thirdly, you still cannot respec your characters. I’d strongly recommend for your first playthrough that you have the Hero focus on Swords, Yangus on Axes or Scythes, Angelo also on swords and Jessica on staves. This will make your life a lot easier (fisticuffs Yangus is a laugh, but will have you tearing your hair out!) Finally, they’ve buffed the final boss and he is cheap. JRPGs are notorious for cheesy boss fights (bosses who are overpowered or who spam the same stupid attacks over and over again), but to reach the final boss and then have to spend 2-3 hours fighting metal king slimes just to increase your characters’ HP to over 350 so they can avoid being insta-killed is a real mood killer!
Ultimately, however, this is a magical game. It is no longer my favourite in the series (this is now a tie between 5 and 7) but it absolutely needs to be on every gamer’s bucket list.
DQVIII is a must have.
This is the game that led me to play japanese roleplaying games. It has a wonderful story and well thought out characters. It’s impossible not to love Yangus.
Fantastic.
Before you read any further: BUY THIS.
Back in PS2 era, this was the first Dragon Quest game to get a full release in the UK. The series is called Dragon Quest in Japan, and Dragon Warrior in the USA. This game is the eighth in the series but the story is not linked to any other DQ release — and now it has a very well ported version on the 3DS. In Japan it is equally as popular as the Final Fantasy franchise.
Square Enix have brought us a masterpiece of cute, non-threatening, incredibly engrossing and addictive gameplay. You get the sense that the game doesn’t take itself too seriously, unlike the Final Fantasy series, and yet there is sooo much attention to detail you can’t help but notice the amount of hard work that has gone into producing this wonder of entertainment.
The story isn’t particularly difficult to follow, to begin with: serach and destroy the magician who cursed your King and hometown. Woopeedoo, sounds great! But as with all great RPG’s, you get side-tracked doing many other tasks, and the lot starts the thicken as you get further in the game.
The side-quests are very rewarding. The monster arena takes some time as you ave to travel the world to collect your monsters, but you do get some great features which help you in battle!
The casino’s are a little annoying, I find. I don’t wanto to spend hours playing bingo and fruit machines to obtain one ultimate weapon, but unfortunately you have to if you wantthat particular item!
The graphics are fantastic (again porting a PS2 game to 3DS is amazing). There aren’t any FMV cut-scenes, because the in-game graphics are the best in an RPG that it doesn’t’ need them.
As you will have read, character design has been created by the chap who brought us Dragonball Z. I’ve never really been into that series, but you can see the style has been brought over successfully. The characters (good and bad) are colourful, and some what childlike and fun/cute.
Music is fantastic. Orchestral and well produced, you’ll be humming it for hours after playing it. (Or if not humming, it’ll be going round your mind for ages!)
This game will keep you engrossed for hours upon hours! My advice to you would be to obtain the walkthrough as you could miss plenty of small things (and save your time when it comes to monster hunting.) Also rememeber to spend a great deal of time levelling up your characters, as once you leave the first island, it becomes much tougher one the second island! (If you get bored of the pace, the 3DS port allows you to play the battles at an increased speed,which allows for quicker progress through dungeons – great if your time is limited, like playing on your lunch break.)
And if I hadn’t said it already: BUY IT. Enjoy it. It’s one of the finest RPG’s I’ve ever played (on two machines).
Five Stars
op game stiill playing now , loads more side quests grea
PS2 classic made better on the 3ds
Great game! Old school turn based system with its presentation is fun to play and it has a fast forward button to make battles faster. Story is decent with quirky characters. Only issue is the leveling system can make you feel like your wasting your points in skills that are worthless but this can be remedied by looking at a leveling guide however you can still get through the game even if you feel like you wasted your points (like I did). Overall worth getting if your looking for an on the go RPG.
Pretty good. Voice acting prese
Pretty good. Voice acting present, which I understand was a problem with the android release. Does have quote a bit of grind but a thoroughly worthy jarpig.
For westeners trying to get into the DQ universe, this is where you should probably start.
Fantastic port of the original Dragon Quest 8
Fantastic port of the original Dragon Quest 8; which if you’ve never played is a turn based JRPG for the Playstation 2,it is basically the same game but is easily accessible on the 3DS. Would recommend to any JRPG fans looking for a new game to play or for anyone that has played the original!
Fantastic and addicting JRPG
addicted to this game, loved it growing up, now being able to play it on the go is incredible, the music is a big let down tho, the orchestra versions of the OST was far bette
A meaty RPG for your portable console
Great game, great story and for the most part the graphics look cleaner than the PS2 original (albeit with some low res textures to keep the file size down).
Lots to do. I never finished the original and I’m over 50 hours into this version with probably another 10 or so hours to go.
he game doesn’t use the 3D function or the stylus which is great as you don’t suffer from eye fatigue and intuitive controls, the game itself is great, controls are solid, good classic rpg turn based combat system. Post game content, dlc content, more content than the original release and 2 extra party members…my only real gripe is no newgame+, original release didn’t have it so I’m not suprised this didn’t, just would have been a nice touch…definitely recommend for rpg lovers
Excellent game!
I played the PS2 version years ago. It is the best Dragon Quest game and in the DS the graphics are better so if you are a fan, don’t hesitate. It is worth the buy!
Five Stars
Brilliant game for all RPG lovers. Fast delivery from this company
What can I say about this game? for me- PERFECT.
This has been my all time favourite game since It first came out back on the original PS2 after clocking over 300 hours.
So what makes this different? The little nuances that makes this experience feel fresh and innovative. The add of a quick save function just means you can casually breeze through this. You can speed the battle speed up to double, which not only helps in grinding those levels up to 99 but makes the game feel like you’re battling in 60fps- You’ll never go back to normal speed. The addition of the Cameron’s codex quest line pits you through regional photograph challenges, some which are time based (like capturing certain enemies during their animation), in exchange for really hard to obtain items which certainly aide you in your quest to take down Dholmagus and Rhapthorne thereafter. They also added the feature of “no game over” if the party is killed (which will happen in this challenging game) and spawns you back at the last place you saved- without any loss of exp- just gold lost.
All characters are lovable including the additional 2 characters that you pickup during your quest
Red- the loveable rogue/bandit leader of Yangus with deadly speed with her fan.
Morrie- the moustache crazy claw man with psych boosting abilities for everyone.
I find it really hard to complain about this game but there are some little features that should be added via the download content option.
Firstly, give us an interactive map where we can click to zoom instantly there,
Secondly, and this is the only gripe I have with this game- give us the original orchestrated soundtrack that was so beautiful in the original- at the moment the soundtrack is the inferior midi version- which does take away from the experience for me personally.
Reliving a Classic
I played the original on PS2 and have thoroughly enjoyed reliving one of my favourite games just as much the second time round!
The storyline lasts forever, so if you’re looking for playtime value for money you won’t get much better than this.
Also came a day early which was nice. 🙂
Loved playing it on PlayStation 2 and love the 3ds ...
Loved playing it on PlayStation 2 and love the 3ds version even more! Great story and great characters (hilariously great vocals)
Just buy it.
Arrived on the day it said it would and plays without faults.
Great game, great quality.
If you had this game as the PS2 version, or want to try out a Dragon Quest game, then I recommend you get this.
This is one of the best RPG's of all time
This is one of the best RPG’s of all time. It’s classic in style, so don’t go in expecting an FF15 style game. If you love JRPG’s (especially classic ones) this game cannot be missed.
The PS2 version of Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King has long been one of my favourite games so to have it available now on 3DS and so “on the go/bus/bed/at work under the desk” makes me more excited than a 48 year old woman has a right to be. But I am so there you are. I would’ve bought this had it been exactly the same as the PS2 version but to my delight there’s extras in this version. Apparently there’s an extra dungeon, more ending options, more playable characters and probably more things I am yet to discover. What I have found so far is a photography side quest which earns you new items in return for taking photographs of various monsters, characters and other things. Some of the photo requests require you to beat a certain number of a particular monster before a new, tougher monster appears for you to capture on film. Wait until you find the “pink mummy”. You’ll know what I mean when you find it. Hilarious. You can develop this side quest further by editing your photos and turning them into postcards and exchanging with other players onine or via StreetPass. All in all, this is an amazing RPG and I am extremely happy to have it on the small screen.
*Purchased on the eShop*
A great celebration of one of the best PS2 games ever. A considerable improvement over the PS2 version thanks to the tweaking and rebalancing done to it. A huge game with a massive open world and fun and charming characters. Very nice art design even if the game shows its age. All the new content also adds to the adventure and longevity.
If I had to say anything negative would be the the awesome orchestral soundtrack of the original has been replaced by dated MID sound.
Other than that, a great opportunity to enjoy the DQ series.
Loved the original game on PS2 (still have it) and this is a perfect port, yes the voice acting is still included. IMO the best in the Dragon Quest series. So much better than the latest DS one that was released. Played 3 hours so far and I’m falling in love with the game all over again. Apparently there was lots of censorship regarding the outfits. It’s Nintendo, so guess that was expected.
The game doesn’t play in 3D and the only problem for me is the text hurts my eyes, feels like my eyes are struggling to focus. The text is almost blurry, like the text was in Pokemon Moon/Sun.
Quick save is a neat little addition for playing on the move or before your battery dies. Worth every penny for bit of JRPG nostalgia.
Love this game on the PlayStation Two, and I love this version also, I’m not too far into the game just yet, but the two main differences I noticed straight away are that, you can speed up battles which I think is great because it makes grinding out levels that much quicker, and the second thing I noticed is that the wild Monsters you encounter appear in the world, they don’t just randomly show up, you can physically see them before you encounter them.