| News: October 2000 |
10.28.2000
Torneko: The Last Hope Release Date Enix of America just announced to release Torneko: the Last Hope on November 16, 2000, and recently updated their Torneko: The Last Hope site located at http://enix.com/torneko/. Torneko: The Last Hope is a random dungeon adventure game based on Taloon, the merchant of Dragon Warrior 4. Torneko: The Last Hope was released in Japan as Torneco no Daibouken 2 for the Playstation in 1999, the sequel to a Super Famicom game to a similar theme. Enix of America's Torneko: The Last Hope site has a message board, and lots of information and images on the game's characters, monsters, items, and locations. Torneko: The Last Hope received 37 out of 40 from Famitsu. The game so far sounds pretty exciting, and I heard it has great music by Sugiyama Kouichi. One bad thing I have heard was that Taloon lost his wacky abilities such as calling for reinforcements, singing a lullaby, etc. The game's new elements such as several cool ways to die, watching the monsters throw him out of the dungeon, taking a monster home as a pet, and robbing the shopkeeper should make up for that. Dragon Quest Translations Dark Force has updated us on the progress of a few Dragon Quest translation projects at Dejap Translations. Here is what Dark Force added Oct. 17:
The Partial Translations Page has replaced their site with this single message:
New Dragon Warrior Top 10 UpdateDragon Quest 7 Censorship It appears that Famitsu.com reported the confirmation of Dragon Warrior 7 to the US, but according to RPGamer.com Enix of America can not yet confirmed the US release for Dragon Warrior 7 and even claims they will not censor it. Probably Dragon Warrior 7 has been confirmed for release in the US by Enix of Japan, but Enix of America doesn't know it yet. |
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1.1 Stat Raising Codes Use these codes to raise the Stats of your characters. Activate them, go into your game, view the changes, then deactivate them 1.11 Hero Codes 01FFECC9 - HPS CURRENT 01FFEDC9 - HPS MAX 01FFEEC9 - MPS CURRENT 01FFEFC9 - MPS MAX 01FFF2C9 - AGL MAX 01FFF0C9 + 01FFF3C9 = STR AND ATK MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES] 01FFF1C9 + 01FFF4C9 = GRD AND DEF MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES] 01FFE9C9 + 01FFEAC9 = 65535 EXPERIENCE 1.2 Miscellaneous Codes Listed will be additional codes found in the game 1.21 Gold 01FF88CA + 01FF89CA = MAX GOLD 2.0 Dragon Warrior II GameShark Codes WARNING!!!! Using these codes can damage your game, use them at your own risk 2.1 Stat Raising Codes Use these codes to raise the Stats of your characters. Activate them, go into your game, view the changes, then deactivate them 2.11 Hero Codes 01FFECC9 - HPS CURRENT 01FFEDC9 - HPS MAX 01FFEEC9 - MPS CURRENT 01FFEFC9 - MPS MAX 01FFF2C9 - AGL MAX 01FFF0C9 + 01FFF3C9 = STR AND ATK MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES] 01FFF1C9 + 01FFF4C9 = GRD AND DEF MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES] 01FFE9C9 + 01FFEAC9 = 65535 EXPERIENCE 2.12 Eric Codes 01FF16CA - HPS CURRENT 01FF17CA - HPS MAX 01FF18CA - MPS CURRENT 01FF19CA - MPS MAX 01FF1CCA - AGL MAX 01FF1ACA + 01FF1DCA = STR AND ATK MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES] 01FF1BCA + 01FF1ECA = GRD AND DEF MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES] 01FF13CA + 01FF14CA = 65535 EXPERIENCE 2.13 Gwen Codes 01FF40CA - HPS CURRENT 01FF41CA - HPS MAX 01FF42CA - MPS CURRENT 01FF43CA - MPS MAX 01FF46CA - AGL MAX 01FF44CA + 01FF47CA = STR AND ATK MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES] 01FF45CA + 01FF48CA = GRD AND DEF MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES] 01FF3DCA + 01FF3ECA = 65535 EXPERIENCE 2.2 Miscellaneous Codes Listed will be additional codes found in the game 2.21 Gold 01FF88CA + 01FF89CA = MAX GOLD |
| RPGfan.com added several Dragon Warrior 1.2 GBC screen shots. Enjoy! |
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Dragon Quest 3 GBC Remix
| Enix announced Dragon Quest GBC Remix to be released on December 8 and released 7 screen shots. |
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Dragon Quest 7 Opening Screen Shots
| This actually isn't the most recent news, but not long ago theGIA.com added Dragon Quest 7 screen shots of the beginning of the game. |
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New Dragon-Warrior.com Top 10
I decided to have another Dragon Warrior top 10. With this one you send me your personal 1-10 favorite Dragon Warrior and Dragon Warrior Monster sites in separate lists in order from best to worst (first place, second, etc.)
You don't have to send me both your top 10 Dragon Warrior AND Dragon Warrior Monsters sites, and you don't have to send me a list of all 10 sites. Send me a list up to 10 sites for Dragon Warrior and Dragon Warrior Monsters separately.
I will award points by your place value. 10 points for first place, 9 for second, all the way down to 1 point for 10th place.
To get an idea fo who you might want to vote for go to the Dragon Warrior Fan Site and Dragon Warrior Monster Site Directories.
Vote for your top 10 by emailing your lists to me at jimgray@writeme.com.
10.1.2000
Dragon Quest 7 Review by Ian KellyDragon Quest brought back Ian Kelly's faith in Role Playing Games. 10/10. You actually feel like your playing the game. Dragon Quest 7 is actually more story-oriented than the past Dragon Quest games. Ian Kelly describes the changes in Dragon Quest very well. The changes in the game stay true to Dragon Quest, except he admits the FMV clips do seem out of place, and should have been taken out. Dragon Quest 7 does have many problems, but would still be considered one of the best RPGs around.
ZDnet.com Dragon Warrior 1.2 Review
A very objective review mostly stating what Dragon Warrior is, its history, and a little of what it's like to play the game. They gave it a very high score: 9.6.
Dragon Warrior 1.2 GBC Remix Game Shark Codes
Jimeous posted these Game Shark codes used for Dragon Warrior 1 (of the Dragon Warrior 1.2 GBC game). I have no idea where he got them from, but hopefully they work!
- 01FFECC9 - HPS CURRENT
- 01FFEDC9 - HPS MAX
- 01FFEEC9 - MPS CURRENT
- 01FFEFC9 - MPS MAX
- 01FFF2C9 - AGL MAX
- 01FFF0C9 + 01FFF3C9 = STR AND ATK MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES]
- 01FFF1C9 + 01FFF1C9 = GRD AND DEF MAXED [NEED BOTH CODES]
- 01FF88CA + 01FF89CA = MAX GOLD
- 01FFE9C9 + 01FFEAC9 = 65535 EXP [MAX]
Renaming Characters in the Dragon Warrior 1.2 GBC Remix
A message was posted on Enix's Dragon Warrior Message Board about how to rename Prince of Cannock and the Princess of Moonbrooke. First choose a saved Dragon Warrior 2 file. To change the name of the Prince of Cannock select continue from the Dragon Warrior 2 menu, then put the arrow next to the adventure log you want to change. Press and hold left, select, and start simultaneously and press A. To change the Princess of Moonbrooke's name press and hold down right instead of left.
More Dragon Warrior 1.2 GBC Remix Mistakes
JLG2000 posted a message on Enix's Dragon Warrior Message Board about Dragon Warrior 1.2 GBC "bloopers." Here are a list of some more mistakes found:
- When you hold the princess in Dragon Warrior 1 facing up, she has blue hair.
- In Dragon Warrior 2 the ocean tile that's around the double bridge (above Midenhall) doesn't have a coastline
- When you collect gold, it says "Thou has gained" instead of "hast".
- When you're looking for the Prince in Midenhall Castle, the king tells you that he just went to Midenhall.
- When you try to use magic (with just the hero), it says "You can't use the spell."
Dragon Warrior 1.2 GBC Remix Sales
The Dragon Warrior 1.2 GBC Remix placed #7 in the top 10 sales for Game Boy games 9/17-9/23!
Dragon Quest 3 GBC Remix Screen Shots
RPGfan.com added some new screen shots for the Dragon Quest 3 GBC Remix
Dragon Quest 6 Monster Chart!
Focus made another Monster Chart! You have probably seen these on Zenithia. For an icon-maker, like me these are very useful! Dragon Quest has stunning graphics, and I belve this is the first time they have been made into icons!
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Sakura Con 2001 I got an email from Isaac Alexander, the convention Chairman for Sakura Con 2001 with some interesting information about this particular anime convention (hopefully that will have Dragon Warrior Slime stuffed animals):
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Hello. My name is Isaac Alexander, and I'm the
convention Chairman for Sakura Con 2001, The Pacific
Northwest Anime, Manga, and Gaming Convention taking
place April 27-29 in Everett Washington (Just 20
minutes north of Seattle).
http://www.sakuracon.org We're expecting between 1,200-1,500 people to attend our convention this next year. At Sakura Con 2000, Enix America made their public debut. You can see a review of their panel here. http://www.fansview.com/2000a/040200b.htm They have stated to me personally that they will be attending our convention next year, and hope to meet with as many Dragon Quest fans as possible. They'd also love to see as many people dressed up in their favorite Dragon Quest characters. Since our convention is so close to E3, they don't know if they'll be able to have many news announcements at our convention, but they assured me that they'll try. Thank you for your time. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Sincerely Isaac Alexander Sakura Con 2001 Convention Chairman |
