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Is Square Enix getting rid of the Dragon Quest subtitle?

Is Square Enix getting rid of the Dragon Quest subtitle?

One quirk I love about Dragon Quest localization is that each title has an odd alliterative title. It's corny and it fits right in the tone I love about Dragon Quest. But the remakes of II, III, and VII have removed that subtitle in favor of just a blanket remake or reimagined subtitle.

Dragon Quest XII had "The Flames of Fate" already announced, but I suppose when it is reannounced in a few weeks, we will see if they are truly getting rid of the subtitle.

What are your thoughts on the subtitles? Will you care if they remove them? It really is inconsequential if they are done with it, but I love them so much.

u/outfishing7 — 4 hours ago

Question about the Bit at the beginning?

I assume it's the goddess 'judging' you as the game implies, but does it come back later?

It seems, interestingly detailed for a little segment like this. I also wonder how many different possibilities there are. In both of my (unfinished) runs, I only ever killed the guy that you kill by 'accident' (I tried to spare him on my second run but sigh)

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u/TheGamingTurret — 6 hours ago

Tablet Targets glitch(?)

So a Scarlet Sands Tablet Target is “change your residents’ clothes” using the changing room. So I put an armoire in the room, put clothes in it and they just don’t put it on? I’m playing the Switch version on a Switch 2. Thanks in advance.

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u/Whole_Purchase_3623 — 7 hours ago

100% Completed Dragon Quest III 2D-HD Remake

After taking yall advice, I decided to do the post-game. The completionist in me wanted to 100% the game as much as possible. After defeating Zoma,

  • I reclassed all 3 of my party members to have all the abilities (including Channel Anger). (Wanted to keep hero on the party for the entire run).
  • Leveled all members to level 99.
  • I defeated Xenlon multiple times to be granted all the wishes.
  • Captured all 121 monsters.
  • Collected all 110 mini-medals.
  • Defeated the Grand Dragon to receive the Grand medal.

Unfortunately on the Switch there are no trophies or achievements :/

As my first ever Dragon Quest game, all I gotta say is wow. The game and series is pretty captivating. I spent about 100 hours on this run and really took my time and fought every encounter. I did not use Holy protection until the end when looking for missing medals and monsters. I got Dragon Quest I&II 2D-HD remake on deck, so that's the next move for me! Moving forward I now know to track collectibles so I don't have to go check every spot again lmao.

u/KingJynth — 18 hours ago

Check out my (mostly) slime collection.

If you have any questions please ask. My favorite piece of my collection is the ceramic dragon and slime. It’s around 30 years old.

u/releasethedogs — 20 hours ago

My first colored tattoo! Metal Slime is one of my favorite monsters from this series

u/kiniesta — 1 day ago

1 HD beat me

I'm quitting. I just did not enjoy this remake's gameplay. The story changes are cool.

I've been frustrated for the last couple play sessions. I just got face rolled by a Gold Golan spawn. Set up Cop Out. They both crit me and I die.

To the people who enjoyed the gameplay in this remake, my hat is off to you. I am officially done, i quit, and if I ever want to replay DQ 1, it will not be this version.

EDIT: I will add, I think the game would be significantly better if the hero had two turns per round. Without that option, I just don't care enough to keep going.

Final edit: Got to love the internet calling me names for expressing an opinion. Have a good day everyone.

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u/KouNurasaka — 1 day ago

In Dq2, what's the "right" way you're supposed to find the sunken ship? No walkthroughs or guides, just in-game hints and directions?

The Mermaid Queen says the ship is "North" but this is a very vague description.

There's a martial artist NPC in a field that says the ship left from Rippleport, but that's about it.

How is a first-time gamer with no guide supposed to properly find it?

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u/Icewind — 20 hours ago

The Erdrick is pretty cool

Ive played and beat dq1, 8, 9, 11, b1. And the slime game.

I just beat dq3hd2d and bought dq1&2hd2d and have started 1.

Its so cool to go from 3 right into 1 and see and have remembrance of the events of 3 as I reexplore the world.

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u/chukkaque — 21 hours ago

I made NES DQ3 QOL mod.

If you ask about DQ3, everybody recommend GBC, SNES or HD-2D
I guess I'm the only one who thinks NES DQ3 has it's unique charm.

Anyway I find myself open DQ3 map on the other monitor while playing it.
So I made minimap mod with some other features.

It is not polished product.
You need Mesen emulator and my HD Pack and lua script.

https://github.com/KCN2/dq3nes-mesen-hdpack-mod

https://preview.redd.it/24m8netlwd2h1.png?width=1796&format=png&auto=webp&s=0a0da9e67d7b000eb62f1a457fea48d28fdf2686

https://preview.redd.it/pxk5zstowd2h1.png?width=1796&format=png&auto=webp&s=caa23d9fd15438843dc7bbc0433611be3cf7e67a

If anyone doesn't want SNES BGM let me know.

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u/d1knight — 20 hours ago

Order for the orbs in DQ3 HD 2D?

I just got the ship and I sailed all the way the Theddon, did the Ultimate Key stuff, and attempted the boss fight for the green orb. And it made me wanna go somewhere else instead lol.

I went for the red orb first because it happened to be the easiest, I got the merchant town set up so now I just gotta dick around the world for a bit before the game tells me to go check on that town again. So what’s the next recommended orb I should go for? I did also discover Jipang on my travels, so maybe that one? Idk.

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u/Asad_Farooqui — 1 day ago

I am now Torn on what to do (Vocations)

So, my obvious goal is to level all the 'main' vocations from the first 'row'

But after that. No idea what I want to do, I know I want Dryad for Marribell.

But I'm still deciding what to put on the others (From the second row).

I also don't know if I should do any more 'grinding' for VP because right now I can just mash A through random encounters on Normal difficulty strength.

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u/TheGamingTurret — 22 hours ago

Unable to complete DQXI. Please help

Hi guys. I just wanted to ask some advice on finishing DQXI.

I’m near the end and I love the game, but I find it too lengthy and I’m unable to finish it. Basically, I’m a the point where each boss has become impossible to beat. My party is Lev. 49 and I’ve been trying to level up, but all I can get is 1 level up every 1-2 hours fight, which is incredibly annoying.

Last week I decided to give up; bought FF XVI; finished it in a week and now I’m back to this pointless, never ending fighting to level up my party and potentially beat the boss.

I can’t find any easy or God mode so that I can reach the end (I’m stuck fighting the dragon on Mount Huji) so any advice would be really appreciated. Is there any way to quickly level up? Any settings that would allow me to finish the game? Thanks in advance.

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u/TheseusBi — 1 day ago

DQ 1/2 Japanese OG: Password was the path of pain.

Credits of the photos are at the bottom.

In the Japanese original version of DQ I & II you weren't able to save, and you had to note down the password each time to resume next time. In DQ1 it was 20 letters at max, and in DQ2 it could be 52 letters long! (Having more items results in a longer password.)

In that era kids often recorded wrongly, losing the entire progress of the last play. DQ2 OG was notoriously difficult, so password failure was really heartbreaking.

For what's worse, the screen was CRT, so it looked blurry! Some Japanese letters can look confusing on CRT like ば (ba) vs ぱ (pa)—notice the upper-rightt dots vs circle. Perhaps わ (wa) vs ね (ne), or め (me) vs ぬ (nu) might be confusing.

In DQ2 inputting the password is a pain. (You use the D-pad letter by letter.) That's why its theme is Love Song Sagashite = Only Lonely Boy, the happiest track of the game, to alleviate players's suffering.

However there are positive sides too, especially for DQ2: (i) Passwords didn't remember health. All characters are resurrected with full HP & MP. This was relieving, in particular e.g. after that long dungeon. (ii) Chests and others reset too. So in the later game you often farmed >!the whackolyte in Midenhall to get a new Lightning Staff.!< This unforgiving title had unintentionally exquisite balance with these factors.

In Japan DQ 1 & 2 were released for Famicom (= Japanese NES) and MSX 1 & 2 (home hobby PCs). Yes, the first game came on 27 May 1986.

Photo 1: From 30年前の今日発売されたファミコン版「ドラゴンクエスト」を,当時生まれてもいない編集者がプレイ。竜王を倒す旅は驚きと戸惑いの連続だった at 4gamer.net.

Photo 2: From the video 【直撮り】DQⅡ つよくてニューゲーム風RTA 29分35秒 Part.1/2【ブラウン管テレビ】 at nicovideo, 2:18.

u/d9wHatena — 1 day ago

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined: Missable Trophies?

Hey! I couldn’t find a clear answer online but I’m going for platinum for this game. Is there any missable? Can I play the game without worry of missing something for platinum?

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u/Dag_89 — 1 day ago

Mermaid Scene

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I was wondering, I was doing that story without the Prince of Cannock (I don't want to spoil anything, but the one in which Prince of Cannock is not in the party) I got to the wrong island and started this story about the fishermen and the sirens without the Prince of Cannock, went back and finished the one I was doing, so he's back at the party, continued with the sirens and he says this.

My question is: is the outcome the same whether he's in the party or not? Does somebody else say it? Has somebody tried doing this without him?

u/Keywiz_ — 1 day ago

bday gift idea???

Hey everyone! I was wondering if I could get your opinion on a birthday gift. Soon it'll be my boyfriend's birthday and he really loves Dragon Quest. The thing is, he already has all the games and the artbook... This is the first birthday we’re celebrating together since we started dating, so I really want to give him something creative and thoughtful.

My idea was to make a handmade plexiglass painting of his favorite DQV illustration. However, since it's Akira Toriyama's art, I'm a bit paranoid about how he might react, given that the process involves "tracing" the original lines onto the glass. I don't think he would be "upset" either at all, but I’m overthinking it...

If you were to receive a handmade gift like this as a DQ fan, how would you feel? I don't know much about the game myself, so I would really appreciate your honest thoughts! 😭

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u/laurs_ul — 1 day ago

Just one more week guys!!

All aboard the hype train for the Dragon Quest 40th anniversary! Chugga chugga choo choo!!!

Especially hoping for a Dragon Quest XII trailer. But from what Yuji Horri was saying on that podcast we'll be eating good regardless

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u/TheGamerdude535 — 2 days ago

I just unlocked moonlighting so, naturally…

I proceeded to grind in Al-Balad and maxed out everyone’s vocations 😅 I absolutely had no need to do this but it gave me dopamine and I have no regrets.

This is my first experience with VII, I’ve played every game in the franchise apart from IV, VI and VII and I’m having a blast.

So far I think DQ X is probably my favourite so far, with DQ VIII a close second. I love the whimsy vibes these games give.

u/kensaiD2591 — 1 day ago