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darthdevidem01 on 08 June 2010
lestatdark said:

Slimes are to DQ what Chocobos are to FF. The most iconic beast of the games

By the time DQX is out I'll be well versed in these things

So what other staples are there? Like a Cid type character in each game?



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darthdevidem01 on 08 June 2010
Kenryoku_Maxis said:

Dragon Quest kinda created the JRPG genre.  So that's why most major JRPG (and console RPG) series have main themes similar to that.  I also think the Prelude for Final Fantasy (the song that is comparable to Dragon Quests 'Overture') didn't get officially adopted as the Final Fantasy main theme until Final Fantasy III or IV.  But I can't find the reference for which game it was off-hand.

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I'd really like people not to post spoilers.  But again, I have no power to stop them.  And I don't really want to be some ogre yelling at people if they do.  I've already heard a few myself.  I just choose to try not to look at them.

Lets hope people are courteous enough to not post spoilers.

I wanna go into this game fresh so thats the last trailer I'll be seeing, even though the trailer didn't spoil the story which is great!



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lestatdark on 08 June 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
lestatdark said:

Slimes are to DQ what Chocobos are to FF. The most iconic beast of the games

By the time DQX is out I'll be well versed in these things

So what other staples are there? Like a Cid type character in each game?


There's also quite a bit of item lore that's mantained through the games. Items like Falcon Sword, Metal King Shields/Armours/Helms. The Mini-Medals are also a staple, as they unlock some of the best weaponry. Casino is also a staple, and usually the only place to gain the best Whips in the game, Gringham Whip, which is also a staple. 

The theme almost always surrounds some kind of dark world super power that's threatening the land. And there's also the legend of the people of Zenithia, which has had some tie-ins in some DQs as well (The flying Castle of Zenithia appeared both on DQVI and DQVII as well, and in DQVIII, the Dracovians were the equivalent to the Zenithians as well).



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darthdevidem01 on 08 June 2010
lestatdark said:
darthdevidem01 said:
lestatdark said:

Slimes are to DQ what Chocobos are to FF. The most iconic beast of the games

By the time DQX is out I'll be well versed in these things

So what other staples are there? Like a Cid type character in each game?


There's also quite a bit of item lore that's mantained through the games. Items like Falcon Sword, Metal King Shields/Armours/Helms. The Mini-Medals are also a staple, as they unlock some of the best weaponry. Casino is also a staple, and usually the only place to gain the best Whips in the game, Gringham Whip, which is also a staple. 

The theme almost always surrounds some kind of dark world super power that's threatening the land. And there's also the legend of the people of Zenithia, which has had some tie-ins in some DQs as well (The flying Castle of Zenithia appeared both on DQVI and DQVII as well, and in DQVIII, the Dracovians were the equivalent to the Zenithians as well).

Yeah Zenithia was really cool!

Yeah I saw the casino's in DQV/IV Remakes but I really hate minigames in RPG's (except for Yakuza 3 ones) so I just skipped and continued the fabulous story.

But with the DS I hope some of their minigames are pretty innovative and fun.

with weapons all I used to do when I got to a new town was grind A LOT to get eniugh money to get a new weapon, that way I levelled up and could get powerful weapons.

I am glad there are no random battles though, it will encourage me to explore the dungeons and so on more.



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lestatdark on 08 June 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
lestatdark said:
darthdevidem01 said:
lestatdark said:

Slimes are to DQ what Chocobos are to FF. The most iconic beast of the games

By the time DQX is out I'll be well versed in these things

So what other staples are there? Like a Cid type character in each game?


There's also quite a bit of item lore that's mantained through the games. Items like Falcon Sword, Metal King Shields/Armours/Helms. The Mini-Medals are also a staple, as they unlock some of the best weaponry. Casino is also a staple, and usually the only place to gain the best Whips in the game, Gringham Whip, which is also a staple. 

The theme almost always surrounds some kind of dark world super power that's threatening the land. And there's also the legend of the people of Zenithia, which has had some tie-ins in some DQs as well (The flying Castle of Zenithia appeared both on DQVI and DQVII as well, and in DQVIII, the Dracovians were the equivalent to the Zenithians as well).

Yeah Zenithia was really cool!

Yeah I saw the casino's in DQV/IV Remakes but I really hate minigames in RPG's (except for Yakuza 3 ones) so I just skipped and continued the fabulous story.

But with the DS I hope some of their minigames are pretty innovative and fun.

with weapons all I used to do when I got to a new town was grind A LOT to get eniugh money to get a new weapon, that way I levelled up and could get powerful weapons.

I am glad there are no random battles though, it will encourage me to explore the dungeons and so on more.

I'm on the opposite camp, I loved the random battles. I'll wait to see how they're implemented, but I can almost feel that they won't put grinding spots due to that >_>. I want my metal slime grinding spot damn it!



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routsounmanman on 08 June 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
routsounmanman said:

European launch is too close to Starcraft 2. Don't blame me SE and Nintendo if I completely pass this up...

Person who's name is hard to spell whats Starcraft 2? rofl j/k j/k

Well by the time you get it we'll have done all the quests so we can help you!


Bah, go play a crappy game like FFXIII or something...



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darthdevidem01 on 08 June 2010
lestatdark said:
darthdevidem01 said:
lestatdark said:
darthdevidem01 said:
lestatdark said:

Slimes are to DQ what Chocobos are to FF. The most iconic beast of the games

By the time DQX is out I'll be well versed in these things

So what other staples are there? Like a Cid type character in each game?


There's also quite a bit of item lore that's mantained through the games. Items like Falcon Sword, Metal King Shields/Armours/Helms. The Mini-Medals are also a staple, as they unlock some of the best weaponry. Casino is also a staple, and usually the only place to gain the best Whips in the game, Gringham Whip, which is also a staple. 

The theme almost always surrounds some kind of dark world super power that's threatening the land. And there's also the legend of the people of Zenithia, which has had some tie-ins in some DQs as well (The flying Castle of Zenithia appeared both on DQVI and DQVII as well, and in DQVIII, the Dracovians were the equivalent to the Zenithians as well).

Yeah Zenithia was really cool!

Yeah I saw the casino's in DQV/IV Remakes but I really hate minigames in RPG's (except for Yakuza 3 ones) so I just skipped and continued the fabulous story.

But with the DS I hope some of their minigames are pretty innovative and fun.

with weapons all I used to do when I got to a new town was grind A LOT to get eniugh money to get a new weapon, that way I levelled up and could get powerful weapons.

I am glad there are no random battles though, it will encourage me to explore the dungeons and so on more.

I'm on the opposite camp, I loved the random battles. I'll wait to see how they're implemented, but I can almost feel that they won't put grinding spots due to that >_>. I want my metal slime grinding spot damn it!

Random battles hampered my exploration motivation, I hate being interrupted by a battle while exploring! Maybe enemies will die and reappear so, if your at the opening of a cave we'll just have to go in and out to get enemies respanwabled



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Fossil on 08 June 2010

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9031103

Hey folks, here's a FAQ that gamefaqs set up based on their hands-on experience. It's nothing major, but it does answer a few wi-fi related questions and addresses the accent issue (which, to my relife, has been tonned down signifficantly from IV) for those who are concerned.

 

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andremop on 08 June 2010

Cool trailer, nothing more than that. But it doesn't matter... my hype is still at 114% and counting!!!

 

This "connect with up to 3 friends" is locally or the game has some options for playing online? Cause I don't have anyfriends who'll buy this game... :(



darthdevidem01 on 08 June 2010
andremop said:

Cool trailer, nothing more than that. But it doesn't matter... my hype is still at 114% and counting!!!

 

This "connect with up to 3 friends" is locally or the game has some options for playing online? Cause I don't have anyfriends who'll buy this game... :(

I think its online cus I have no friends who'll buy it either ROFLROFLROFLROFL!



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