605: Dragon Quest VIII
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🗓️ 15 April 2024
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Retronauts is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-purpose DIY website platform for pros and beginners alike. |
| 0:08.0 | This week on Retronauts, that one time an adventuring party hunted down a clown by literally following a horse's ass. Oh, yeah. Hello and Salutations I am Nadia Oxford your host for this week's episode of Retronauts. |
| 0:43.7 | Hello. |
| 0:44.7 | I'm here to talk to you all about a very important 20 year anniversary. |
| 0:48.3 | Dragon Quest 8. |
| 0:49.4 | I know, I can't believe it either. |
| 0:51.0 | Dragon Quest 8, like 20 years now, uh, uh 20 years now we're talking about five years at the most |
| 0:55.2 | here but you know I don't make the rules of time apparently so yeah this PlayStation 2 |
| 1:00.7 | RBD Classic it made some pretty big changes to Dragon Quest games as a whole, |
| 1:06.6 | especially as to how they were localized and received in the West, which is a impression that |
| 1:11.6 | persists to this very day. |
| 1:13.5 | This is a very cool and overwhelming topic, |
| 1:15.7 | which is why it is a good thing. |
| 1:17.4 | I have my good friend, Derek Bittner |
| 1:19.8 | of Good Vives Gaming to talk to me about Dragon Quest 8. |
| 1:24.0 | Hello for, hello and thanks for joining me Derek. |
| 1:27.0 | How are you doing? |
| 1:28.4 | I am doing very well. |
| 1:29.7 | Thank you for the invite because I have gotten fascinated by Dragon |
| 1:34.6 | Quest over the years I got to say and aid is an interesting topic like it's a very |
| 1:39.4 | much a linchpin game I feel at least for the Western audience. |
| 1:43.0 | Absolutely like we'll get a little bit more into the history of Dragon |
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