Dragon Quest VIII w/ FF12 demo draws near

[Magus]

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3144002

Microsoft isn't the only company hoping to cash in on the Thanksgiving frenzy this holiday season; Square Enix will release the highly anticipated (and rightfully so!) RPG juggernaut Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King on November 22.

Similar to Konami's strategy with Zone of the Enders and the bundled Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty demo, everybody who picks up a copy of Dragon Quest VIII also nabs themselves a free copy of the first publicly available demo of the other RPG juggernaut coming from the company, Final Fantasy XII.

No one's had a hands-on with an English-speaking playable since last year's E3, which means everyone at 1UP is anticipating the release of Dragon Quest VIII just as much as all of you probably are. If you're not, well, then, you should be!

Sadly, the demo will have to hold us off until the full game's likely late 2006 release in the US.

Well, that clinches it.

[DarkEpyon]

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Whoah.... that's good news indeed. I'm also surprised to see this as the first game in the series to not be called "Dragon Warrior" over here. i thought they couldn't use the DQ name over here.

[IRC]

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I'm still probably not going to buy Dragon Quest 8.

[Manji]

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that's very enticing and quite the incentive. smart move for square enix. rook takes bishop.

[Loki]

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Well, in spite of this added disk I still am.

Take that you killjoy!

[IRC]

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The game is still two years away. Why should I tease myself for that long? And Dragon Quest looks uninteresting. I'll probably end up playing it at sometime, and I'll probably end up liking it. But it just looks so bland.

[DK]

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Final Fantasy....

that name takes me back.

[Vonwert]

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I already have DQ8 and the Slime Controller pre-ordered

[Thief of Dreams]

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figures on 360 launch >.< >.<

[Valkysas]

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oh, like there was going to be anything else worth playing that day.

[OrinMaxden]

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I could care less about Final Fantasy 12. I can't wait for DQ8

[Magus]

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I don't understand your reasoning but okay.

[OrinMaxden]

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I have seen some Dragon Quest 8 demos floating around. Anyone know where I can get one?

As for Final Fantasy XII I haven't really been into one since 7. 9 was ok and 10's graphics were good but thats about it.

[The Dark Jester]

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Im more stoked about DQ8 than FFXII.

DQ8 makes my drool boner tent pitch.

[Pandacon]

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Can't wait to get this for both DQ8 and the FF13 demo. I love both series, even though I have yet to ever beat a DQ game.