So you have to wait for the actual sales to show who wants it versus trying to predict it, as always.Originally Posted by DJZen
Because some of us pay attention to things. :rolleyes2 If there's no DQ on the PS3 that's essentially the death knell. Not in the US but in Japan. However, failure in Japan equals failure everywhere.
The polls contradict a prediction! Blasphamy! Some one get my Crystal ball out of the waterfall and I will likt ya know what will go down.So you have to wait for the actual sales to show who wants it versus trying to predict it, as always.Because some of us pay attention to things. :rolleyes2 If there's no DQ on the PS3 that's essentially the death knell. Not in the US but in Japan. However, failure in Japan equals failure everywhere.
Bipper
I can't wait! I love the Dragon Quest series. I thought Journey of the Cursed King was great. I hope they remake the others for the PSP somehow.
More RPGs are always good news for me. I hope they show a turn order this time =) /BitchesAboutItForTheMillionthTime
On a Wii it could be neat I guess... Pick things out of the menu with the controller, drag items around in your inventory... Hmm... It will be crazy pretty on the Ps3 though.
Now I'm suddenly wondering how I'm supposed to move and control a 3-d camera with the Wii's motion controller. I'd have to move with the analog stick and spin the camera left and right with the motion sensor I guess... And my arm is weak and feeble and I'm allergic to effort and I can't handle that much movement. xD
I hope the people who handled VIII's localization handle IX's too.
Why wouldn't they?
Given Square-Enix's DS support, I'd say a DS remake ala FFIII or ala DQIV PSX is more likely.
Don't forget that they already remade DQ I-III for Game Boy Color. Since they scrapped their plans on the DQIV PS1 remake, it's the most likely candidate for a DS remake, unless they want to bring over V or VI.
There just doing that because they think that Wii will probably end up selling more than PS3 and that's a good possibility it's been years siunce I played only Nintendo games. I wonder if Star Fox will be back.
Yellow Winged Angel
Yeah, I don't think they buy Sony's consoles because they like Sony, but because of the games that are on the Playstation. Japaneses like DQ a lot (more than FF) and I think that they will surely follow the DQ games and the others games they love, not the console.Why wouldn't they?
As I've said before, to say that the Japanese like DQ is a massive understatement. There are laws governing when DQ games can and can't be released. When a new DQ game is released, national productivity drops notably FOR A WEEK. This means enough of the country runs out, buys the game, and plays it religiously for a week to cause lower work and school attendance and performance. There is no comparison in the US gaming market. Even if S-E were to remake FFVII for the PS3, it would be NOTHING compared to how excited Japan has already gotten over the release of DQVIII. In case I'm not making this clear enough, THE POPULARITY OF DQ IN JAPAN IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO WESTERN GAMERS BECAUSE NO GAME IN THE US OR EUROPE IS ANYWHERE NEAR AS POPULAR. NO COMPARISON CAN BE MADE. YOU CAN'T EVEN BEGIN.
Yeah, it all started with DQ3. People called in sick at work and skipped school, lines to buy the game were several city blocks long, people were getting mugged in the streets just to buy the games, etc. SO it's against the law for a Dragon Quest title to be sold in stores except sunday.
From Wikipedia:
Dragon Quest is such a cultural phenomenon in Japan that there are live-action ballets, musical concerts, and audio CDs based on the Dragon Quest universe. There is actually a Japanese federal law stating that the Dragon Quest games can only be released on Saturday or Sunday, so as to avoid tens of thousands of work and school-related absences nationwide. The London Philharmonic Orchestra has performed for several Dragon Quest music albums.
Yeah yeah, we get it already. Most of us already know how popular it is over there. :rolleyes2
Its popularity in Japan can't be overstated.
What makes Dragon Quest games one of the best RPG series ever is the fact that it's just a pure RPG. No rediculously easy battles, no complex menus to navigate through, no uber-confusing plot, no unnessesary bells or whistles. Just what RPGs need to be, a large scale pure adventure for the player to explore, gain strength, free of perservatives, no fillers and all adventure.
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