Let's talk about and obsess over Dragon Quest! The 35-year-old JRPG series has its hooks in us, and we're okay with that. Austin played through the whole series in a single year and is blogging about it, and Beej is discovering and adoring the series right on his heels. From character spotlights to deep dives into mainline games and more, we hang out each week to rave about Dragon Quest and celebrate the series!
Like all Geek to Geek shows, we try to keep a clean rating. DQ is about fun for us, and if you can play DQ with your kiddos, you can listen to our Dragon Quest podcast with them too! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dragonquest/support
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Apr 21, 2023
S5 E6 - Dragon Quest Catch-Up Hour 2023 (plus Trails to Azure, Fire Emblem, FF16, and more)
00:45:02
Okay, look, we know it's 45 minutes and not a full hour but the Dragon Quest Catch-Up Hour is back for 2023! This week, we're catching up with the latest Dragon Quest news and chatting about a whole lotta games we're playing or looking forward to - like Slime Mori Mori 3, Final Fantasy XVI, DQ Treasures, Fire Emblem, Trails to Azure, Trails To Reverie, and a lot of other stuff too!
This week, Austin is out of town and B.J. is stuck in meetings, so we've compiled the Dragon Quest Treasures supercut - every episode on DQ Treasures back-to-back!
This week, we're chatting about Dragon Quest Wars. Since the eShop closed for the 3DS it seemed like a good time to chat about this DSiWare game. We also talk about other DSiWare games and about tactical RPGs, including Vandal Hearts, Battle Ogre, FF Tactics, Triangle Strategy, and more. Plus, some tidbits on Advance Wars and Infinity Strash releasing later this year.
This week, we're chatting all about the third Rocket Slime game. Slime Mori Mori 3 never made it into English officially, but there is a fan translation! Austin, though, has been checking it out in Japanese (for reasons discussed in this episode) and is here to tell y'all and Beej all about it.
S5 E12 - Beej's Guide To Every Dragon Quest Game (Plus Some Hot Takes & Austin Too)
00:50:09
This week, we're flipping the script and B.J. is giving us his run-through of mainline Dragon Quest titles, plus hot takes like #paradegate and hating fish. Austin does the Shameless Self Promotion song because everything is backwards.
This week, Austin catches everyone up on his DQ11 replay and talks about why the vanilla version is the best version. Plus, some stuff on Serena and Erik, Tockles, and high school reunions.
S5 E10 - Slival, Healix, Healie and Our Other Favorite Dragon Quest Slimes (Plus DQ Jokes)
00:35:38
This week, we're counting down our favorite slimes in Dragon Quest. Our lists are pretty different, but include slimes like Slival, Healix, and Healie. Plus, reading aloud terrible Dragon Quest jokes fed to us by an AI program.
This week, Austin talks about his Dragon Quest XI replay. It's his fifth time playing the game (only second of the vanilla version though) and he's learning (or at least remembering) all sorts of things he missed back in 2018. Plus, some tidbits on Chained Echoes, Octopath Traveler 2, and Tony Hawk (yes again).
This week, Austin is sharing five fun facts he's learned about Dragon Quest 2 since doing some research for a project he's working on. From alternate endings to weird factoids about vinyl records, there's hopefully something here you didn't know yet! And if you know them all, hopefully you'll have fun listening to B.J.'s impression of a Cake song. Plus, did we just discover the ending to Dragon Quest 12?!?!? (No, probably not.)
This week is another Patreon request episode where we explore the idea of Dragon Quest going into other video game genres - like kart racing, fighting, and dancing. We also chat about Austin's Dragon Quest XI replay, PS2 memory cards, and the Beatles (trust us, it makes sense when you listen to the episode).