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Yuji Horii reportedly announced DQ VII and VIII for the west at Japan Expo
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That would require effort SE isn't willing to put in. When even Theatrhythm is 2D-only you know they don't give a shit.
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Dragon Quest VIII is a no-go on 3DS for a lot of reasons but I'm glad they're finally talking about a French version for DQ VII.
Too bad Nomura isn't at Japan Expo this year, he might have dropped the real bomb about FF VII Remake
What are you even talking about?
They could/should release the original Monsters games on 3DS VC.
What reasons?Dragon Quest VIII is a no-go on 3DS for a lot of reasons but I'm glad they're finally talking about a French version for DQ VII.
Too bad Nomura isn't at Japan Expo this year, he might have dropped the real bomb about FF VII Remake
AcademicSaucer
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What a time to be alive.
Watch it only release in Europe because fuck NOA
Shuggananas
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Vyse The Legend
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PixyJunket
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Oh yeah, I guess amidst this wonderful (potential?) news, I forgot that Square-Enix is still, generally, trash-tier company.
HALLELUJAH
freenudemacusers
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No, but the games might protect a rapist from sentencing.
He was upset because it was not on PS4?
To be fair you might be able to use the C-Stick. FF Explorers uses it.
Lumpy Onion
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Probably the dumbest post I've read in ages. Thanks for this gem.
Palette Swap
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I'm pretty sure this is SE publishing it so we shouldn't have another Xenoblade on our hands. At this point, I'm taking this announcement as meaning both 3DS games are getting WW releases. The rationale for not translating DQVII in English falls apart if they're willing to translate it in French (and I assume other EU languages).
Maybe SE are making an actual western DQ push beyond mobile.
I'll tolerate this one because it's current and really fucking shameful.
Oh man oh man. That's enough confirmation for me really. This better not be some sick joke
JUST FREAKIN ANNOUNCE IT!!! All these contracts and waiting periods are annoying. Just like when Fire Emblem: Awakening got accidentally spoiled. Just... go ahead and spill the beans. Already in a big event with lots of press.
DiipuSurotu
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He's upset since I'd have to think he's a Squenix employee and the company wasn't ready to announce anything about the localization yet.
Granted, with how old DQ7r is at this point, they're way overdue, but you know how publishers can be.
Storm Chamber
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Yeah, I don't like that post from 4 pages ago either. Is he banned yet?
Pennywise83
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It's naif to call for a "massive downgrade" when the 3DS version has:
- faster battles;
- no more random encounters;
- new playable characters;
- new story chapters;
- SpotPass and StreetPass;
- a better framerate
in addition with respect to the original version.
For all of the games that DQ fans have never gotten because of low sales, fans should really support localizations for the sake of future games. Just my 2 cents.
But from all the accounts it was the specific mention of "3DS" that he was upset about, not that the games were being given french localisations.
Actually, you can play I-III on the 3DS as well, with some "help".
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Yeah. It's still a shame they never remade I-III in that DS engine, that would have been so perfect (I love the IV-VI remake engine).
Massive is an overstatement, there seem to be both downgrades (foliage, shadows, draw distance) and upgrades (framerate, visible enemies, battle speed, extra content).
You forgot IX...
And X! (If you have a Japanese IP address)
Might as well throw in I-III in as well, via homebrew emulation
EDIT: Oh wait, he said in English
PixyJunket
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And the upgrades seems to be far more interesting and worthwhile versus the downgrades.sörine;170861921 said:
That would have been neat for 3, thankfully we still got the SNES version officially here now in the West to on mobile. Though I still think GBC is probably my favorite overall due to monster medals. I still think it's strange that the ios and andriod version of 3 doesn't have monster animations when they existed in the SNES remake originally. Kinda funny since they are in the GBC version too -__-
Did they ever put up 1-3 on NES or GBC up in JP Eshop for 3DS? I would prefer GBC, but damn I would love to have the games portable
Or Square can just put the GBC versions up on the eShop.
Also I stupidly forgot DQIX and DQX kind of, so you can play DQ IV-IX in English on the 3DS. If Square ever does put up the GBC games on eShop, you can play THE ENTIRE SERIES ON 3DS.
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I can't wait for the inevitable Nintendo Direct about these games. The earliest we'll see them is 2016, but I don't even care.
"Please take a look"
"Please take a look"
Mine as well.
I'm a console gamer through and through... and I'll be buying these both.
I still wish we could get the other Slime game with the Pirates, I love the Rocket Slime game on DS, though I think those will never come. I'm just happy as hell that VII is finally coming as I've been wanting that remake the second it existed.
Points taken.
As for me I only interested in new story chapters. I didn't have any problems with original's framerate and strangely enough like random encounters.
I'll support them by buying Dragon Quest Heroes and Dragon Quest 7. Should be enough to show some enthusiasm.
As for DQ, SE is extremely stubborn to put it to VC or PS1 classics. Perhaps they're afraid of devaluing IP or something
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Yeah. On the one hand, I love having decent/good versions of DQ I-VI on my phone but on the other hand, it's incredibly frustrating that there's still no definitive version of these games. My favorite versions are probably the SNES ones but they're not very accessible on current hardware.
Still, these are probably my most played GBC games. I spent years playing and replaying them.
I guess the biggest hurdle there would be that they seem unwilling to reuse Dragon Warrior localizations, so they'd have to relocalize the GBC games with the mobile translations. That sounds counterproductive but that's clearly the way they're approaching the DQ brand in the West.
As for DQ, SE is extremely stubborn to put it to VC or PS1 classics. Perhaps they're afraid of devaluing IP or something
Pfft, like their iOS ports are that much better. Besides, those GBC games aren't exactly lookers, they can still sell their fancy upgrades with those around.
Point taken though, they do seem to think that way with DQ. Plenty of other classics I'd like to see from them though
I played DQ 1 and 2 back in the day, but have never played the third entry. The original cart is somewhat cost prohibitive, not outlandish though.
I've heard that the third is really the best of the original three games and want to give it a try at one point. Would love 3DS emulation, but I hear the mobile port is actually quite good.
Are you sure it's not a mistranlation of this bit?
"Horii also says that Square Enix are aware fans want the Nintendo 3DS remakes of Dragon Quest VII and Dragon Quest VIII in the West, and that the company is thinking about it."
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/07/0...e-square-thinking-about-localizing-3ds-games/
"Horii also says that Square Enix are aware fans want the Nintendo 3DS remakes of Dragon Quest VII and Dragon Quest VIII in the West, and that the company is thinking about it."
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/07/0...e-square-thinking-about-localizing-3ds-games/
It's probably because their revenue take from mobile ports are higher. That's really the only thing I can think of.As for DQ, SE is extremely stubborn to put it to VC or PS1 classics. Perhaps they're afraid of devaluing IP or something
They used to say they wouldn't rerelease DQ games on VC/PSN because they made more off full retail remakes and collections but the mobile ports have since sort of blown a hole in the devaluing excuse.
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