Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
This is a portable version of the classic RPG, with added content and other 3DS enhancements.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is an adventure developed by Square Enix Business Division 6, released 27 August 2015 on Nintendo 3DS.
What Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Business Division 6 and released in 2015. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The court jester Dhoulmagus of the kingdom of Trodain stole a powerful magical scepter sealed beneath the royal castle. Using the power of the scepter, Dhoulmagus destroyed the castle, placed a curse upon the kingdom and its people, and turned King Trode into a troll and the princess into a horse. A sole surviving castle guard journeys with the king, the princess, a reformed bandit named Yangus and a few other companions in search of the evil jester and a way to break the curse.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Dragon Quest series
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is the 67th of 122 entries we hold in the Dragon Quest series. The next entry was Dragon Quest of the Stars in 2015.
What it launched against
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King launched on 27 August 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn and Mad Max.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn, Mad Max.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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