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"They were nearly lost forever": How one JRPG superfan spent 340 hours saving Dragon Quest 7's DLC just before Nintendo's 3DS server shutdown

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Dragon Quest 7.

Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past, the 3DS-exclusive remake of Dragon Quest 7, was very nearly doomed to permanently lose its DLC with Nintendo's shutdown of the 3DS servers, but a dedicated fan managed to save and preserve the files just in the nick of time.

The 3DS version of Dragon Quest 11 has more than 50 DLC "tablets" that you can collect after a certain point in the game, as well as three post-game story expansion tablets. The thing is, these tablets are only available at a certain area in the game and they require a connection to download, which means they're no longer available in any official capacity because Nintendo shut down the 3DS servers on Monday. However, Dragon Quest enthusiast Gronya documented their harrowing journey of preserving Quest 7's DLC in the YouTube video below:

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