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Dragon Quest VIII

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
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North American cover art
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
Artist(s) Akira Toriyama
Takayuki Sameshima
Kazunari Matsuo
Writer(s) Yuji Horii
Composer(s) Koichi Sugiyama
Series Dragon Quest
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Android, iOS, Nintendo 3DS
Release 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
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic 89/100
Review scores
Publication Score
1UP.com A
Edge 8 out of 10
Eurogamer 9 out of 10
Famitsu 39 out of 40
GameSpot 9 out of 10
IGN 9 out of 10
Play 10 out of 10
X-Play 5 out of 5

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 first released in Japan in 2004, and was later released 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 popular 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 uses cel-shading textures 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 Hero, the main character, and his party of allies as they journey towards the goal of defeating the wicked Dhoulmagus. The kingdom of Trodain has been cursed by Dhoulmagus, with the King, Trode, and his daughter, Medea, transformed into a troll and a horse respectively, and it is up to the Hero to return them to their original form and save the kingdom.

Dragon Quest VIII enjoyed much success since its release, both in Japan and in North America. It is a Square Enix Ultimate Hits and a Sony Greatest Hits title. A survey conducted in 2006 by Famitsu earned the game the #4 spot as the best video game of all time, after Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII and Dragon Quest III.


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