Sparrowhawk
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Please! There's barely any text compared to a massive RPG like DQVII. I need it.
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Yuji Horii reportedly announced DQ VII and VIII for the west at Japan Expo
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Please! There's barely any text compared to a massive RPG like DQVII. I need it.
chaosblade
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If this does happen hopefully they just announce/confirm it soon and get it out of the way, like Nintendo did when Reggie spilled the beans on Fire Emblem Awakening.
It wan at a stage show as part of a French event. So it makes more sense in that context.
OuterLimits
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Until I am able to pre-order the game, I won't believe it. Hell, until I'm actually playing it on my 3DS I won't believe it.
ramoisdead
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That's how I feel. All the more reason why this should be officially announced in order to make 2015 the best year in gaming for the ages.
Japan Expo takes place in Paris.
Benzychenz
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Keep em coming.
I want my 3DS library to have DQ7, DQ8, DQM, DQM2, Rocket Slime 3, and Theatrhythm DQ.
I want my 3DS library to have DQ7, DQ8, DQM, DQM2, Rocket Slime 3, and Theatrhythm DQ.
Famitsu has published their own story about the Square Enix showcase at Japan Expo: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201507/05082479.html
They have a better account of yesterday's announcement:
At the end of the DQ stage, Yuji Horii said "I want to announce one thing. I want to release Dragon Quest VII and VIII for 3DS in France!", to which DQ producer Ryota Aomi replied: "Wait! There is no official announcement yet!"
So it doesn't seem 100% certain at the moment but I guess Horii definitely wants to make it happen.
They have a better account of yesterday's announcement:
At the end of the DQ stage, Yuji Horii said "I want to announce one thing. I want to release Dragon Quest VII and VIII for 3DS in France!", to which DQ producer Ryota Aomi replied: "Wait! There is no official announcement yet!"
So it doesn't seem 100% certain at the moment but I guess Horii definitely wants to make it happen.
mickagau33
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Why is that ?
Herb Alpert
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YianGaruga
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"I will release my Dragon Quest in France. My will." - Horii
Well if I'm the creator of some games I want as many people to play them as possible but that doesn't mean the company is willing to allocate the funds to make that happen.
Really? Horii would be crazy to say something like that if the localisation hadn't even started.
The backlash would be amazing.
mickagau33
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But it could also simply means he announced the games while there is no official announcement yet (which is true !) . I don't think SE would announce the games at a French event with a french localization first, seems pretty unorthodox. ;-)
Sir_Crocodile
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I'd assume they want to keep him sweet, I don't think they can contractually make mainline DQ games without his say so. And it's not a huge cost for these ones given the bulk of the translation work is done.
pretty sure it's happening
Waking up to this news again feels surreal.
Two huge Dragon Quest games are coming! Everyone was convinced DQ7 was a lost cause at this point in the 3DS' life. It sort of leaves me with questions on how it's possible? When are these expected out and Who translated them/ is translating? It's possible DQ7 is already done/ near completion but was held back, otherwise I have no idea how they got the manpower together to translate both these huge games for 2016 (I guess DQ7 could be winter 2015 if we're lucky). Treehouse seems pretty packed with projects at the moment but the mention of French translation makes me think it'll be NOE handling translations - I guess SE could have got off their arse and is doing it themselves. I guess we'll see soon enough.
Edit: Just read the Famitsu story above. That's more worrying.
Two huge Dragon Quest games are coming! Everyone was convinced DQ7 was a lost cause at this point in the 3DS' life. It sort of leaves me with questions on how it's possible? When are these expected out and Who translated them/ is translating? It's possible DQ7 is already done/ near completion but was held back, otherwise I have no idea how they got the manpower together to translate both these huge games for 2016 (I guess DQ7 could be winter 2015 if we're lucky). Treehouse seems pretty packed with projects at the moment but the mention of French translation makes me think it'll be NOE handling translations - I guess SE could have got off their arse and is doing it themselves. I guess we'll see soon enough.
Edit: Just read the Famitsu story above. That's more worrying.
Considering SE has only published one 3DS game in Europe I'm not sure they'd announce it all.
Well it depends how much he wants it to happen. DQVII was that long ago that the developer(ArtePiazza & Cattle Call IIRC) might not be available and Square Enix's presence on 3DS is miniscule.
Pennywise83
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Because he's been dismissive throughout the whole topic about the possibility of this happening.
Yeah, this is Fire Emblem: Awakening all over again, sort of. I.e. an announcement made before when it should've been done.
I disagree, lack of landscape and controller support, makes them not perfect for mobile at all. Though I could take the portrait only mode, if they would add controller support. I might even pick up a NVidia shield just for the DQ games.
WOW, that's some worrying news to read. I truly hope it does come out in the west.
The fact that he calls it an announcement is pretty telling there's something in the works.
Oh don't worry, they may not bother to bring the 3DS localizations over but they will definitely do it for those imaginary PS4 versions you want!!
Yup, you got me. I want them to release the games on that console I don't own.
Red Liquorice
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This, this is my dream come true. I feel all gooey-eyed.
I'm going with this.
Sammy Samusu
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I don't care if they release DQ 7/8 as a Dual Pack like the Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire pack, shown below:
It'll sell.
If they do decide to do that, hopefully it stays available for more than one week.
Oh wait, Nintendo of America...
YianGaruga
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Use some kind of border between the two halves and ship it.
Wait, what? Does Hori actually own part of the DQ license?
themagicalkitsune
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yup looks like a japanese game.
Uh yeah. He owns the majority of the DQ license. Nothing happens for DQ without his approval. I'm also pretty sure that Toriyama and Sugimori (sp?) also both own a piece of the IP.
Didn't know that, I thought it was a Square Enix property and he was just the heading producer for it.
tauroxd
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DiipuSurotu
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Yuji Horii isn't an employee of Square Enix. He is a freelancer (with his own personal studio called Armor Project). In fact, Enix itself started out as a video game publisher which employed zero internal programmer/designer and struck publishing deals with freelancers instead.
Yes, I am aware Enix was a different company before they merged with (or were bought by?) Squaresoft. Just didn't know the kind of deals they made and assumed Square Enix held the full rights like they did with Sqauresoft properties. Pretty interesting stuff.
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