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Japanese smash platform game Dragon Quest VIII gets a re-branding for a European release as The Journey Of The Cursed King.

Dragon Quest: The Journey Of The Cursed King

Poor King Trode has been turned into a troll, his daughter Princess Medea into a horse and his subjects into brambles. His kingdom, Trodain, is frozen in time.

Background

The story begins as you, the hero (one of the King's guards), and your eccentric band – King Trode, the Princess and a reformed bandit named Yangus – arrive at the town of Farebury in search of an evil jester named Dhoulmagus. He is the madman responsible for stealing a forbidden sceptre from King Trode's castle and cursing the whole kingdom. Now he roams the land killing innocent victims.

United by a common goal, characters Jessica and Angelo join the party on a quest to bring the devilish Dhoulmagus to justice.

Since the record-selling Japanese release new features have been added for the European versions. The game has been optimised for full-screen PAL 50Hz and the game's text has been rendered into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The game also features the addition of English voice-overs recorded by a British cast, a full-orchestral soundtrack, a completely renovated menu system, new battle abilities, and improved animations.

Dragon Quest: The Journey Of The Cursed King offers players a huge, epic adventure in a seamless world. Roam as far as the eye can see and battle against a wide variety of unique monsters by deploying spectacular attacks and spells – all in 3D for the first time ever.

Key game features:

Unique visual style (a befits characters designed by Akira Toriyama, the world-famous creator of the Dragon Ball Z anime franchise)

Intuitive game balance makes this title easy to pick up, allowing rapid engagement with the story and environment

Freedom to go anywhere the eye can see in a huge, seamless and colourful world

Battle against a wide variety of weird and wonderful monsters

Party members deploy spectacular attacks and spells in stunning 3D

Individual party members' behaviour can be customised for optimal battle performance

Time passes from day to night revealing an entirely different side to towns and dungeons

A companion publication for this game: Dragon Quest: The Journey Of The Cursed King Official Guide – The Complete Companion is being published by Piggyback in the UK to coincide with the games release.

Dragon Quest: The Journey Of The Cursed King is out now, exclusively for PlayStation2.

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