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01/20/2017 5:26 PM ·Spoilers

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Timed downloads like DQ7?

Does this game have anything that I can miss out on if I don't buy it right away, like the tablets in DQ7 that are only available for 2 weeks at a time with unique monsters and prizes? I want this game but don't really want to buy it immediately.

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  • Nintendoer

    01/20/2017 6:29 PM ·Spoilers

    From what I've read, there are daily downloads of some kind. But I don't have a clue on the details or if there's anything unique gained from them.

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  • twztid13

    01/20/2017 6:49 PM ·Spoilers

    WHAT!? I had DQVII since release, but I missed out on those things? I hate that this isn't explained. Reviews from IGN & Gamespot should dock pts for this stuff (esp when the game doesn't mention it). At least (from my understanding), FE:A d/l stuff was still available later if you were slow & methodical (& didn't access menus out of order, before they're explained), or bought it later.

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  • twztid13

    01/20/2017 7:01 PM ·Spoilers

    The only thing I've seen here are streetpass related (spotpass, thank goodness, is used, too). You set up a photo you've taken, then decorated, to be sent out while you get others' pics at same time. You get items when pics are 'liked'. 3 times a day, with min 3 hrs between each send, are the conditions. Not sure if the same items will be available in 6 mos, or not, as I don't have any likes yet.

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  • twztid13

    01/20/2017 7:42 PM ·Spoilers

    This.

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  • Nintendoer

    01/20/2017 7:58 PM ·Spoilers

    ^DQVII's download bar just finished going through all the Traveler's Tablets yesterday. If I had to guess, the cycle will probably start over on Thursday and go through them all again. If they do, you have a second chance to download them all. Keep an eye out at the bar in The Haven!

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  • FFL

    01/20/2017 9:08 PM ·Spoilers

    Darn, apparently I missed just one tablet from October, and with it, 4 monsters... and I can't get the final tombola ticket. Ugh, I hope they cycle through them again. Thanks for the info though, sounds like I wouldn't be missing much I buy DQ8 sometime later.

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  • twztid13

    01/22/2017 12:07 AM ·Spoilers

    What is tne final tombola ticket (or just a tombola ticket, period)? Do you miss out on part of the game if you can't get all of the streetpass tablets? I haven't gotten that far, yet, but I'm juggling tons of console games, along with Bravely Default, FE: Fates, DQVII, & now DQVIII on 3ds, along with many other 3ds games that I play less frequently. I wish I had discipline to stay w a single game

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  • FFL

    01/22/2017 1:51 PM ·Spoilers

    You get a stamp the first time you defeat a monster in a tablet dungeon, and you get a ticket for every 6 stamps you turn in. Each ticket can win you a random prize from the old lady in the hut in Haven.

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  • FFL

    01/22/2017 1:52 PM ·Spoilers

    You don't really miss anything, I'm just too obsessed with trying to accomplish or collect "everything" in a game when I can. The tombola prizes aren't that amazing.

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  • Nintendoer

    01/22/2017 3:28 PM ·Spoilers

    ^This. The DLC tablets and the prizes within don't unlock any form of significant content. It's all just for completion's sake.

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  • twztid13

    01/22/2017 5:05 PM ·Spoilers

    I have always been a completionist, but GTA4 & FF13 are the last 2 games I got 100% on. Now, I am overwhelmed with my backlog, so I have to adjust or I'll never finish any of them. I like to play blindly, but that conflicts w/ completionist mentality, too. As far as the stamps, do you only get one the first time you beat an enemy (like each unique enemy gets you a stamp)? Thanks for the info.

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  • FFL

    01/22/2017 5:21 PM ·Spoilers

    Yeah just one per enemy. But someone else said when you get all 417 stamps, you can start collecting them again.

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  • twztid13

    01/22/2017 6:30 PM ·Spoilers

    I tried to ask that in a way that answered this, but it didn't. Do you get a stamp if you happen to beat a monster that you've already beaten for a stamp (I ask because you said "first time" originally)? Or, is that not a possible circumstance (maybe those type of enemies don't appear for you once you get a stamp for them, or because it only rewards you for an initial victory)? Thanks again.

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  • FFL

    01/22/2017 7:11 PM ·Spoilers

    It only rewards you for the initial victory. There's just one stamp for each of the 417 monsters.

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  • twztid13

    01/27/2017 10:59 PM ·Spoilers

    Ahh, ok. Thanks for the info. I still have not run into anything in DQVIII that uses street pass besides the photo shares mentioned above, so I think you are safe waiting.

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