History Fridge / DragonQuestVIII

** Khalamari's skillset doesn't really test the party so he's out whereas Gemon's curse forces you to adapt to using Hero due to Gezyer's curse affecting the other party members. Tortured Soul is an early FlunkyBoss and Trap Box has status effects, allowing each boss to test various skills of the party before moving onto harder fights.
** Empyrea has no special gimmick whereas Captain Crow's tension gimmick tests your ability to counter his tension, wheras Gemon is a FlunkyBoss whose deficiencies are covered by it's henchmen, testing the party's might against opponents who can force them to miss their turn.

* How did [[spoiler: Estark]] make it to Memories Lane? Was he an enemy of the Dragovians who had to be sealed away aeons ago and what would happen if he escaped?
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* Red and Morrie's absence from Purgatory island is given a HandWave by Yangus explaining that they managed to escape. However, technically there should be a bounty on their heads.

* The high difficulty level of [[BonusDungeon Memories Lane]] works from a story and gameplay perspective. It makes sense that all of the Memoriam bosses are hard to defeat because it's [[LivingMemory how the party remembers them.]] In addition, the dungeon serves to challenge the player further since they're good enough to easily take down the [[BonusBoss Dragovian Lord's]] various [[PaletteSwap forms.]]

* Memory Lanes difficulty works from a story and gameplay perspective. It makes sense that all of them are hard to defeat because it's how the party remembers them. In addition, the dungeon serves to challenge the player further since they're good enough to easily take down the [[BonusBoss Dragovian Lord's]] various [[PaletteSwap forms.]]

** Though it may seem questionable that several story mode bosses are absent[[note]]Khalamari, Empyrea, the party statues, Megalodon and Rhapthorne's first form[[/note]], their absences can be explained. Khalamari's skillset doesn't really test the party so he's out. Empyrea has no special gimmick whereas Gemon is a FlunkyBoss whose deficiencies are covered by it's henchmen, testing the party's might against opponents who can force them to miss their turn. Though the party statues are interesting in concept, they're an ensemble of [[GlassCannon glass cannons]] who lack a proper unified offense, and the Megalodons don't have much in the way of unique gimmicks. Ruin is a BreatherBoss with a limited moveset though it's defence allows it to function as a StoneWall, giving it a unique niche. Additionally Servant of Darkness is all about offensive power, and it's minions exist to bolster their master's offensive might, testing the party to see if they have the means to quickly kill off the Dancing Flames in Memoriam. As for [[BigBad Rhapthorne]] himself, the training ground was designed to strengthen you against his final form, and he hasn't died yet in-universe, hence why he isn't fought there either.
* [[spoiler: Estark's]] appearance in Memories Lane as the final opponent actually has a good reason. Aside from being a regular superboss in the series, he also fits the "memories" theme of Memories Lane because [[{{Irony}}he doesn't actually remember anything about his past]] in a dungeon where all the bosses are memories of various bosses fought in the main story.

* Memory Lane's difficulty works from a story and gameplay perspective. It makes sense that all of them are hard to defeat because it's how the party remembers them. In addition, the dungeon serves to challenge the player further since they're good enough to easily take down the [[BonusBoss Dragovian Lord's]] various [[PaletteSwap forms.]]

** Though it may seem questionable that several story mode bosses are absent[[note]]Khalamari, Empyrea, the party statues, Megalodon and Rhapthorne's first form[[/note]], their absences can be explained. Khalamari's skillset doesn't really test the party so he's out. Empyrea has no special gimmick whereas Gemon is a FlunkyBoss whose deficiencies are covered by it's henchmen, testing the party's might against opponents who can force them to miss their turn.

* The Hero's immunity to curses, [[spoiler:at least once you start to realise how it affects gameplay]].
* The guards of the prison island, in a world where almost everyone has a British accent, have Australian accents.

* It seems that despite starting out equipped with a [[CarryABigStick club]], Yangus' best weapon class is axes. What weapon was he shown wielding when Hero and Trode met him? An axe.