Video: Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince "Monster Showcase"

Series is so good. I've played the DS games in the past and loved them to bits. With over 500 monsters, I'll be playing this for the whole of December.

Christmas will come early. I already like this more than Pokémon S/V due to the cake land alone. Looks like it from the footage that it has similar performance issues too, but that's never stopped this monster wrangler // Pokémon trainer.

Really a shame about the day 1 DLCs, that stopped me from even considering a purchase.

Between this, Super Mario RPG, and Persona Tactics, my backlog is going to hurt a bit.

I am definitely curious about this. I really enjoyed Scarlet/Violet, and I am pretty familiar with other Dragon Quest games.

I'm hopeful this is more Treasures rather than Infinity Strash.

Decent overview video, though I'm admittedly not fond of the narrator's voice. He feels like he's trying a little TOO hard. I do appreciate the puns. One of the reasons I enjoy the Dragon Quest series as a whole.

This'll be an eventual pickup. Way too many games right now. I've been saying and typing that a LOT in 2023.

@Zeroo I know right, I'm in the same boat.

Full price 59.99 is not a problem for me, but the day 1 DLC is insanely priced and most of it seems to remove the challenge of the base game.

I don't know why companies release paid DLC that undermines the game's normal difficulty.

Still - I'm a long time fan from the DS games and I'll likely pick it up on a sale.

Already pre-ordered! Let's gooooooo!!!

Also, yet another game that proves ScarVio should run way better than it does -_-

@Chocobo_Shepherd how does it prove ScarVio should run way better? Dragon Quest Monsters The Dark Prince demo isn't exactly a flawless experience, lol. Plus the graphics look worse than Scarlet & Violet, even.

I am literally trying to make a giant wartoise and a hunter mech to transfer over to the main game right now!

@Zeroo Sca/Vio does have pretty good character detail, this is true, but it's maybe not a good example to defend with regard to actual performance on Switch. Gameplay is solid and visuals are pretty nice in still images. Although:

-Frame rates still drop to "slide show" levels when near water, when it rains, or when near any area that is populated (AKA most locations).

-Objects and people pop in about 12 feet from where the player is standing.

-Patches have already been released for Sca/Vio, but these issues are still present and there is no hope they will ever be improved.

The demo for The Dark Prince does have some frame drops, this is a valid criticism, but the difference is Sca/Vio is a mainline Pokemon game that still has massive performance issues after multiple patches over almost 10 months, while your judgment of DQM Dark Prince's performance is based on a pre-release Demo, whereby the company still has much opportunity to patch and improve.

I just think it's a bit too early to say Sca/Vio is better performance-wise when DQM Dark Prince hasn't even released yet and Sca/Vio is infamously one of the worst performing games on Switch, despite already releasing all of their performance patches.