Dragon Quest VIII

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is a role-playing video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. It was released in Japan in 2004, in North America in 2005 and PAL regions in 2006, making it the first main series installment released in the PAL region. It is the eighth installment of the Dragon Quest series and it is the first English version of a Dragon Quest game to drop the Dragon Warrior title. A version of the game for Android and iOS was released in Japan in December 2013, and worldwide in May 2014.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
North American cover art for PlayStation 2
Developer(s)Level-5 (PS2)
Square Enix (3DS)
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Director(s)Akihiro Hino
Producer(s)Ryutaro Ichimura
Yoshiki Watabe
Designer(s)Yuji Horii
Programmer(s)Yasuhiro Akasaka
Artist(s)Akira Toriyama
Takayuki Sameshima
Kazunari Matsuo
Writer(s)Yuji Horii
Jin Fujisawa
Atsushi Narita
Composer(s)Koichi Sugiyama
SeriesDragon Quest
EngineUnity (Android/iOS)
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Android, iOS, Nintendo 3DS
Release
November 27, 2004
  • PlayStation 2
    • JP: November 27, 2004
    • NA: November 15, 2005
    • AU: April 12, 2006
    • EU: April 13, 2006
    Android, iOS
    • JP: December 12, 2013
    • WW: May 28, 2014
    Nintendo 3DS
    • JP: August 27, 2015
    • NA: January 20, 2017
    • EU: January 20, 2017
    • AU: January 21, 2017
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Dragon Quest VIII uses cel shading for the characters and scenery and is the first game in the series to have fully 3D environments and character models. The game retains most of the series' role-playing game elements, such as turn-based combat and the experience level system. Dragon Quest VIII follows the silent protagonist and his party of allies as they journey towards the goal of defeating the wicked Dhoulmagus, who cursed the kingdom of Trodain and its people. Dragon Quest VIII was a critical and commercial success, later being released under the Sony Greatest Hits brand.

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