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Dragon Quest Games Drawing Near? Luminaries Of The Legendary Line Registered In US
- Thread starter Poetic.Injustice
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Velcro Fly
Member
Getting some juicy iOS ports I imagine
Omegasquash
Member
First post is depressing only because it's what we're all thinking.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Definitely the iOS ports.
They were registered in Japan last fall, but it was the same English trademarks.
Starphoenix
Member
I'd love to believe these are ports of the old NES games for the Nintendo eShop, but I know the truth... 
jeremy1456
Junior Member
3 is my favorite in the series.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
Just give the west VII. It's like SE just doesn't like money.
Palette Swap
Member
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Tell Nintendo you will buy Dragon Quest 7 on 3DS in Club Nintendo surveys.
infiniteloop
Member
iOS maybe. finally get to play some dragon quest!
Sounds like Dragon Quest II because "Luminaries" is plural. Dragon Quest I and III each only had one character from the line of Erdrick/Roto. Dragon Quest II is the only game to have more than one character from the line of Erdrick/Roto.
Matchew
Member
Why tho? I know final fantasy VI looks weird but I would rather pay $10-$17 for this over $39.99. And I have a 3DS
ShockingAlberto
Member
Lower prices are only a deal if you don't feel like you're getting a worse product for it.
clem84
Gold Member
Unless you refer to all 3 games together? All the heroes from DQ 1 to 3 are the luminaries of the legendary line.
The more I think about it, the more I think that it could be some kind of DQ 1-3 compilation. Could this be the Wii 25th anniversary compilation from 2011 that had the NES and SNES versions of DQ 1 to 3? 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of DQ in North America so it's possible.
Matchew
Member
True. But haven't wee seen screens for these for iOS and aren't they direct ports unlike FFV-VI?
OmegaDL50
Member
Luminaries of the Legendary Line is definitely about DQ1 through 3.
1 and 2 go heavily into the fact the heroes are descendants of a legendary hero named Loto (Erdrick for those that liked the original NES localization),
The subtitle makes this a no brainer this is probably about DQ1,2, and 3.
It wouldn't be about DQ4,5, and 6 as that was about the Zenithian Race and Heaven, and the Zenithian trilogy already has subtitles for the DS remakes, and DQ7 is about
So yeah, the Loto trilogy seems the most logical answer, In fact said trilogy was actually a Wii release in Japan, which was never localized.
I really don't see a reason for them to localize this after all this time for the Wii U, so I'd say Android / iOS is more likely at this time.
1 and 2 go heavily into the fact the heroes are descendants of a legendary hero named Loto (Erdrick for those that liked the original NES localization),
which said hero Loto, is actually the main of DQ3 make it a direct prequel to DQ1 and 2.
The subtitle makes this a no brainer this is probably about DQ1,2, and 3.
It wouldn't be about DQ4,5, and 6 as that was about the Zenithian Race and Heaven, and the Zenithian trilogy already has subtitles for the DS remakes, and DQ7 is about
recreating a world piece by piece that was sealed away by God to prevent a great Demon from reviving.
So yeah, the Loto trilogy seems the most logical answer, In fact said trilogy was actually a Wii release in Japan, which was never localized.
I really don't see a reason for them to localize this after all this time for the Wii U, so I'd say Android / iOS is more likely at this time.
KiTA
Member
The reason they would localize them is this year is the 25th anniversary of Dragon Quest in the US. Those Wii remakes were made for the 25th anniversary of Dragon Quest in Japan.
But no, I was thinking this was DQ2, with DQ3 being the Seeds of Salvation. DQ2 involves the DQ1 hero's decendants, DQ3 has some other plot related things AND is the first game to introduce the Seed items that increase your base stats. However, the fact that they haven't registered Seeds in the US throws that one for a loop.
But no, I was thinking this was DQ2, with DQ3 being the Seeds of Salvation. DQ2 involves the DQ1 hero's decendants, DQ3 has some other plot related things AND is the first game to introduce the Seed items that increase your base stats. However, the fact that they haven't registered Seeds in the US throws that one for a loop.
KiTA
Member
Square Enix US used to be Squaresoft US. They fired the Enix side of things outright when Enix bought out Squaresoft. They have a far greater passion for the Final Fantasy side of things, and it shows.
Haha, I wish I could share your optimism. It's gonna be the iOS ports.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
Even Final Fantasy Zero didn't get released. I'd say we need Nintendo to publish if we want to see that collection or DQ7 at all. If it wasn't for Nintendo we never would have gotten the DS remakes in English.
I don't see a WiiU version happening either, but I'd buy like 12 copies if it did. iOS/Android is much more likely, and if all three come in one package then I'd probably buy it. I'd hate myself the next morning for doing it, but DQ needs all the support it can get outside of Japan.
Nintendo only published DQ VI and IX, the other two were published by SquareEnix.
KiTA
Member
And Joker2, which apparently killed the franchise in the US.
Things ARE different this year, because it was registered in the US.
I believe the turnaround between trademark registration and release of DQ6 was what, 2 months?
Hours Left
Member
I wouldn't go that far, but the fact that we had to wait so long for it, and we still got the version without all the upgrades was truly ridiculous.
KiTA
Member
It was even more dumb when you discover that SE had finished the Joker 2 localization long before the eventual US release. After doing all that work, they decided to just abandon it and waste the money they paid to localize it. Nintendo swooping in pushed it back to the Joker2 Professional era, meaning we got the version with no one playing the multiplayer. =/
Going by the prices you can find this for new, this must have bombed pretty hard. But I don't think they would project the sales of a spin-off games to a mainline game. The sales of VI might have been a bigger factor. But it certainly killed our chances for the 3DS DQM remakes.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I'm really only interested if it's Dragon Quest VII on 3DS.
If DQ7 doesn't come this year, I'm going to be severely disappointed. Seeing the 3DS 2014 releases schedule, I'm sure Nintendo could use a few more localizations. Also, the audience is there, Lots of RPGs already paved it's way. And well, everything with a remote chance of coming has made it outside JP so far*, including Senran Kagura, Kokuga and PxZ.
*And no, EX Troopers never had a chance, not with the dumb way it's assets were created.
*And no, EX Troopers never had a chance, not with the dumb way it's assets were created.
Depressing, but true.
Dragon Quest have generally sold so NOT-well that both Square Enix AND Nintendo are hesitant of bringing more DQ games outside Japan. Your argument doesn't hold much water. It's more like Square Enix LIKES money and unprofitable (or not profitable enough for big publishers like SQEX & Nintendo) ventures like Dragon Quest remake/port localizations are a no-go for any publisher looking for titles to localize
Probably this. The ESRB has already rated the iOS/Andriod versions of Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest II and we know the first eight games are being ported to iOS/Andriod, so it's probably just one of them.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
I'm praying for the 3DS games. I'll take any of them.
KiTA
Member
This. I really think SE needs to look into a subsidiary in the US for their smaller titles. I get with the royal mess that SE US is, games that sell less than 3 million copies are a sales flop, but I'd like to at least see a small fragment of SE US survive the upcoming crash.
Except the ESRB DQ 1+2 isn't by Square Enix...
Sammy Samusu
Member
Interested in DQ7 and DQ10.
Or maybe they are getting ready for the DQ11 announcement? Who knows!
Or maybe they are getting ready for the DQ11 announcement? Who knows!
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I only want the remake of VII or the Monster games, I wouldn't buy anything else.
I've already convinced myself it won't happen, at this point I just hope BD was popular enough so we get Bravely Second.
I've already convinced myself it won't happen, at this point I just hope BD was popular enough so we get Bravely Second.
Vyse The Legend
Member
I'm sure it is coming, but Nintendo keeps the release schedule close to their chest. They like announcing things quarter by quarter, hence the Directs. Personally, I think they should announce things a year at a time, because right now, the impression is that 2014 is a bit barren.
kunonabi
Member
Same here. If we don't get those I don't see myself really keeping up with the series anymore.
clem84
Gold Member
It's not a done deal. Reggie's tweet from last year possibly points to some kind of DQ game coming to Nintendo consoles. There are reasons to be optimistic for a console version.
I have a hard time swallowing that when 9 sold fairly well.
