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''Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King'' was released in North America on November 15, 2005, and shipped with a playable ''Final Fantasy XII'' demo disc. Additions and changes to the North American version of ''Dragon Quest VIII'' include: voice acting, new animations, enhanced music and sound effects, additional spells and attacks, and a new menu interface. It was also the first game in the ''Dragon Quest'' series to bear the original, Japanese "''Dragon Quest''" name (rather than "''Dragon Warrior''") in North America. | ''Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King'' was released in North America on November 15, 2005, and shipped with a playable ''Final Fantasy XII'' demo disc. Additions and changes to the North American version of ''Dragon Quest VIII'' include: voice acting, new animations, enhanced music and sound effects, additional spells and attacks, and a new menu interface. It was also the first game in the ''Dragon Quest'' series to bear the original, Japanese "''Dragon Quest''" name (rather than "''Dragon Warrior''") in North America. ''Dragon Quest'''s North American name was changed, due to a trademark conflict with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game role-playing game] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonQuest DragonQuest]'', which was published by wargame publisher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulations_Publications Simulations Publications] in the 1980s until the company's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy bankruptcy] in 1982 and purchase by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSR,_Inc. TSR, Inc.], which then published it as an alternate pen-and-paper RPG line to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons Dungeons & Dragons]'' until 1987. | ||
In 2003, Square Enix registered the ''Dragon Quest'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark trademark] in the US, making the "''Dragon Warrior''" name obsolete. Thus, this installment of the series was the first after 2003 to be released outside of Japan and to receive the word "''Quest''" in its title. | |||
A demo disc for ''Dragon Quest VIII'' was released in America during the fall of 2005 through certain venues, including ''Shonen Jump'' magazine. ''Dragon Quest VIII'' is also the first flagship ''Dragon Quest'' game to be released in Europe. It was released in Europe on April 13, 2006, under the title ''Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King'', dropping the sequel number. Unlike the North American version, the European version does not contain a ''Final Fantasy XII'' demo. | |||
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