Velcro Fly
Member
I'd consider buying 1-3 and 8 for iOS. Much rather have 1-3 on 3DS VC or PSN or something instead but I guess I'll take whatever legit version of the game I can get.
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Dragon Quest 1-8 coming to smartphones.
- Thread starter Aeana
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To viable platforms =D. I don't see DQ coming to Vita ever unless it's a PSM game.
funkystudent
Member
Would buy a bunch of them if released on console / handheld.
BUT I already know Square Enix doesnt want my money.
BUT I already know Square Enix doesnt want my money.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Never played DQ8, I will buy this if it comes stateside.
aka you wont buy DQ8.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
SE should just make DQ multiplatform (if its affordable). So DQ11 on 3DS/iOS (maybe Vita if it doesn't look too bad).
Velcro Fly
Member
I'm honestly warming up to smartphone gaming 
That would probably be an expensive money hat.
How many Japanese gamers(including casual ones) haven't played DQ or couldn't have gotten their hands on it easily before?
sörine;85278145 said:
SE doesn't really seem to care about DQ in the west and I doubt this is going to change much.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
In terms of gameplay, RPGs are a good fit for smartphones. Not really hindered by limited input the way more action-orientated games would be.
The problem is when you want to actually invest any decent amount of time into them without setting your hands on fire or chewing up battery you want to use for actual phone functionality.
The problem is when you want to actually invest any decent amount of time into them without setting your hands on fire or chewing up battery you want to use for actual phone functionality.
Red Liquorice
Member
Chance of some sort of compilations for the 3DS? (Like 1-3, 4-6, 8 on it's own?)
Chance of any of it at all coming to the West?
Chance of any of it at all coming to the West?
GhostTrick
Banned
Chance of some sort of compilations for the 3DS? (Like 1-3, 4-6, 8 on it's own?)
Chance of any of it at all coming to the West?
Not a chance. It would makes money and makes fans happy... seems like Square Enix is trying to avoid both of those things.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
I feel you, but I'm sad to say you may wait forever.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
I think it's funny how people are all up in arms about these announcements. I don't get it.
DQ is now available to a wider market. But it's on smartphones so it's bad?
DQ is now available to a wider market. But it's on smartphones so it's bad?
THE Caffeinated
Member
What's with all the bitching? Who cares if past games get ported, if they announced the next DQ game was exclusively on phones I could understand the hate but this? Whatever.
Same, it's a testament to how shitty SE became this gen. We're hoping for a DQ8 HD remake/port. Or for Nintendo to pick up SE's slack on find in them to bring over DQ7 3DS sometime during the second half of 2014. Yeaaaa.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Yeah, I know the series goes to the most successful platform, but just saying it'll bring the Vita to life IF it happened.
It's got selling power.
Glass Rebel
Member
GhostTrick
Banned
Yeah, it's bad that it's unplayable. Seriously, phones are getting troubles to not die after a day. I don't want to play on a platform that gaming usage would prevent me to use it for the first thing I bought it.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
I think the hate stems from DQVII and DQVIII.
DQ 1-6, no big deal. But 7 and 8, it's like, "Wha~?!"
Dark_castle
Junior Member
FUCK.
Why not just remaster Dragon Quest VIII for PS3/PS4/Vita?
Why not just remaster Dragon Quest VIII for PS3/PS4/Vita?
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Because of MH, the PSP caught on fire and started to get more support and more games in Japan.
Same potential with the Vita. Perhaps it can happen again.
Money.
I didn't noticed this, but 3DS owners must be feeling with DQ7 what us Vita/PSP owners feel with all this Agito/Type-0 stuff. Although al least we are getting positive signs of Type-0 localization.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Because that requires effort and money ok
clay_ghost
Member
It hurt more because I played ff type 0 using the Chinese patch lol.... I can't play dq7r in a language I understand.....
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
What if you have both like me?
*cry*
Although SE opened the Pandora's box, Reggie and NoA may be that slight ray of hope DQVII may still get published here.
The people who like DQ but don't like mobile games don't win lol.
It's not just that it's a smart phone game now.
It's a Square Enix smart phone game.
One of these days we will see Final Fantasy or something similar as an entirely microtransaction based game.
What if you have both like me?
*cry*
Although SE opened the Pandora's box, Reggie and NoA may be that slight ray of hope DQVII may still get published here.
I have both, but I barely use the 3DS other than for Mario, Zelda and Fire Emblem and I was never a fan of DQ7.
But DQ8.... that hurts..
Ninja Scooter
Member
if you like DQ so much there are like a dozen other ways to play DQ 1-8.
Glass Rebel
Member
Hasn't earned... the right? DQM and DQVII remakes sold a lot (~900k each) and DQM2 is coming too.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Because quality may suffer and be a major step back from its predecessors...and fall into the evil trappings of IAPs + microtransactions.
Johnny Dazzle
Member
Pretty much this, I'm completely fine with a release on smartphones. Sure, it might not be the most ideal, but it's better than nothing and I've been wanting to play Dragon Quest 8 for years now.
Palette Swap
Member
Pretty much. As Aeana has repeatedly pointed out, going forward, DQ can't sustain exclusivity and it's a pretty safe assumption to think we'll see more and more games ported to and from mobile.
In itself, it doesn't take anything from anyone. Hell, it probably creates opportunities for developments and localizations we wouldn't have seen otherwise.
I can understand being very wary of the egregious F2P model but going by FF remakes, I'd say these remakes are safe.
I wonder if they would even split up the game to milk the fans even more...
Like first part is free, and every part costs money. That would be so awful
I have the ds parts and am looking forward for part 7on 3ds, but these decisions are making SE fall apart. Fans dont give a shit anymore.
Mobile game dont care which companies are doing the games.
Like first part is free, and every part costs money. That would be so awful
I have the ds parts and am looking forward for part 7on 3ds, but these decisions are making SE fall apart. Fans dont give a shit anymore.
Mobile game dont care which companies are doing the games.
Glass Rebel
Member
By not selling any DQ games to boot!
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Don't think so. You're the first I heard claim IX was better than VIII!
IX had no story, no interesting characters, no personality, etc, etc. But don't want to derail the thread with that discussion.
The bottom line is, fans, western fans who love the series in this case, wants to see another numbered DQ game in the same vein as DQVIII. Like Ni no Kuni, but DQ, and not a MMO.
I'd say the Vita would be likelier given that it's smartphone hardware with a smartphone resolution screen.
I don't expect either, I just think it would be cheaper / easier to port to Vita.
michaelius
Banned
Well if they are not coming to Vita and since they are turn based I'd rather have them on my Note 2 then on 3DS i won't be buying.