Dragon Quest V SFC, Part 7 - Finale

 

My God, that cat got huge.

Dragon Quest V SFC, Part 6 - Magic Carpet Ride

 

Today on DQV: Our heroes take on the three-tittied alien from Total Recall.

Dragon Quest V SFC, Part 5 - Let There Be No Doubt About It

 

Today on DQV: Our heroes put the "nasty" in "dynasty"

Dragon Quest V SFC, Part 4 - Sledgehammer

 

I WANNA BE! YA SLEDGE-HAMMAH!

Dragon Quest V SFC, Part 3 - Shonen Protagonist Prince Henry

 

...knocks. I am the one who knocks.

Dragon Quest V SFC, Part 2 - Gulag Blues

 

This game got 99% on Rotten Tomato.

Dragon Quest V (Super Famicom, 1992)

 

It's the Fifth Day of Christmas, and the actual day, which sounds like a good time for a 5 game. Today on DQV, we go back in time. Way back in time.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Part 9 - Finale

Do you like Huey Lewis and The News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in 1983, I think they really came into their own commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In 1987, Huey released Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends, it's also a statement about the band itself.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Part 8 - Stand Tall

 

This campfire kinda reminds me of Chrono Trigger. Which figures, because today's episode contains time travel.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Part 7 - A Dream of Spring

 

We last left DQV with Gazpacho a petrified lawn ornament / bird dropping target practice. Much time has passed, and winter has finally ended.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Part 6 - The Long Kon

 

This snow town is pretty. Too bad there aren't more places like this in the game. Debora is recovered from her odd weak spell, so we're off to Gotha. The homeland of our main character, Gotha is where he'll be crowned king. Also, it's almost Cinco de Mayo, and we need to prepare for Sancho's Daughter's Quinceanera. Finally, good things are happening for our heroes!

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Part 5 - Childish Bambina

 

Rodrigo decides for his daughter that Gazpacho is worthy. Worthy? Maybe Nera isn't worthy of ME!

And has anyone asked her opinion on anything?

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Part 4 - Images of Sorrow, Pictures of Delight

 

Today on Dragon Quest V: Our hero goes on a quest for rings so that he can get married. But to who?

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Part 3 - The Gulag Archipelago

 

Today on DQV: The Gulag. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn would be horrified.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Part 2 - Faerie Queen

 

Today on Dragon Quest V: A super-eventful part of a super-eventful game. Check out this world map. Looks a bit like DQIV's, with a large inner sea. Pretty sure this game's world is bigger though.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (iOS/Android, 2015)

 

Jumping over the Super Famicom release (for the moment). This is the first U.S. release of Dragon Quest V, one of the finest 16-bit RPGs to never get an official port over. Originally this came out on the Nintendo DS in 2009 and I wasn't able to get into it. Got maybe a half hour into the game. Now I'm playing the HD phone version from 2015. With new, crisp graphics, will I get further than a half hour this time?