Well this is pretty cool. According to several Japanese gaming blogs and sites, those who reach the true ending of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age -- which released just a couple of days ago in Japan -- are presented with a code that allows them to download the very first Dragon Quest game from the PlayStation Store free of charge. This PlayStation 4 port even comes with its own small set of Trophies, believe it or not.
The original Dragon Quest -- otherwise known as Dragon Warrior in North America -- launched on the NES all the way back in 1986, and it's been ported to a number of systems over the years including the Nintendo Wii and smartphones. It's never appeared on a PlayStation platform until now, however.
What a nice little bonus.
[source blog.esuteru.com]
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hope they leave it in the UK version, I'll never get it but it would be neat
That's pretty cool... so we probably won't get it. I actually completed the original DQ a number of years ago. It's a nice game. Very simple yet quite challenging - at least, you can't rush ahead. A really nice touch is that after you beat the final boss, you carry on playing - not in a state right before the final boss was defeated, but afterwards. The world is all happy now. Poisonous swamps are now flowerbeds. The townsfolk are all celebrating and thanking you. It's very cool.
@Matroska That's cool, I hope the us version has this promotion too.
@Matroska I'm pretty sure Dragon Quest Builders riffs on what happens when you beat the boss, too.
it would be nice if we got this too, hell i would even take a seperate PSN release i would have to pay for
Also, it's so cool that they went the extra mile with this and added Trophies and stuff. Like, the bonus on its own is awesome, but that's just the icing on the cake.
That wont be in any other version then.
And do you need to beat DQ11 to get it or can you just buy it?
@get2sammyb which sounds especially thematic considering that DQB is reportedly a sequel to the first game's alternate "bad ending", too.
@BLP_Software It's in the 3DS version as well and you need to beat the game to get a "password". I don't know if everyone gets the same one.
hopefully they do this for the west they could give us one of the heroes games or even builders
I think this kind of reward give more reason to finish the game.
I wish more games has bonus like this, for completing it.
If i remember correctly i got a free copy of dragon warrior when i first subscribed to nintendo power back in the 80s. That game will always have a special place in my heart. Ive never thought of it before but i suppose i owe it to that game why ive always loved rpg games and aspects.
If the Western version has this I will buy it and jump through any hoops necessary to get Dragon Warrior. Many people discovered their love of JRPGs with the first FF game but for me, it was Dragon Warrior. I probably pumped hundreds of hours into that game.
I can't wait to be able to play it again on my PS4, realize it's really difficult and cumbersome by today's standards, and fall off of it within a half a dozen hours.
Super cool. Beat the game on NES about 5 years ago, it's be nice to go through it again! Can't wait for DQ11
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