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WOW, crazy-ass news!
Game looks great and sounds fun, though. Now I have to finish VIII...
Game looks great and sounds fun, though. Now I have to finish VIII...
I <3 you.ddk_ps3 said:
Nintendo needs it for the DS because in a way it gets their foot in the door for getting a main Dragon Quest game on their console.NintendosBooger said:Looking at the Japanese chart recently, I'd say otherwise. 3 years ago, I would have agreed with the statement, "If you have DQ and FF, you have Japan." Now, I don't think that's the case at all. Simply put, if you have Nintendo, you have Japan.
duckroll said:Character dress-up!
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Field pics!
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Wow, that looks pretty good, though it doesn't look like DQ at all. AND THANK YOU HORII FOR NOT MAKING ME USE THE STYLUS TO SLASH THE MONSTERS!!!! That would've been so ****ing lame.ddk_ps3 said:
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ddk_ps3 said:
reminder said:Square Enix about PS3: "We don't want the PlayStation 3 to be the overwhelming loser, so we want to support them. But we don't want them to be the overwhelming winner either, so we can't support them too much."
Drek said:I find this very weak. SE is basically admitting its all about money, not delivering a deep, engrossing RPG experience for their fans. Will it be wildly popular? Sure. Will it still be a pretty good game? Probably. But its not what DQIX should have been, a game you can sink 80+ hours into a la DQVIII or FFXII.
Great news for DS fans, bad news for RPG fans, as its clear Square Enix is simply unwilling to invest the money in non-Final Fantasy branded epic titles. As a former SE fanboy who had already lost a lot of faith in the company this generation (with FFXII bringing a small amount of that back) I can't see that I didn't see this coming though. They have no real dedication to the DQ franchise outside of cashing in on its large Japanese fanbase.
I can only pray that Mistwalker delivers, they're our last real hope for big budget epic RPGs this generation not named Final Fantasy. I wouldn't even mind the later if it was more Matsuno lead goodness like FFXII, instead I'm sure we'll get more Nomura crap pandering to the ADD generation of gamers.
Mana Knight said:PS3 is also $500. By the time a Dragon Quest could have come to PS3, the price would have been more reasonable.
But from what I remembered, the reason DQVIII came to PS2 in Japan is because it had the largest userbase. Enix wants to bring a new DQ game to the platform with the biggest userbase, always.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Because of that, it keeps making next generation console less appealing to me.
reminder said:Square Enix about PS3: "We don't want the PlayStation 3 to be the overwhelming loser, so we want to support them. But we don't want them to be the overwhelming winner either, so we can't support them too much."
Square Enix about DS: "We want the Nintendo DS to be the overwhelming winner."
Jonnyram said:Yet a typical salaryman might be taking home 200,000 yen a month. The low end PS3 costs a quarter of his monthly salary. Try to think in terms of cost of living instead of OMG IT'S LESS DOLLURZZZ!!!
But strangely DQ8 did NOT sell 4 million. It only just sold over 2 million and it was one of the lowest selling DQs in history.
ddk_ps3 said:
Amen!duckroll said:Awesome! Looks really smooth and nice. Level 5 = technical gods! <3 <3
Very sexy. Me and about 5 million other people will get this.ddk_ps3 said:
Well I guess those typical salarymen should save some money from time to timeJonnyram said:Yet a typical salaryman might be taking home 200,000 yen a month. The low end PS3 costs a quarter of his monthly salary. Try to think in terms of cost of living instead of OMG IT'S LESS DOLLURZZZ!!!.
Suikoguy said:I still wonder why those choose the DS over the PS2.. there were rumblings about DQ9 being on the PS2, I don't get why they called this DQ9, and not a new Dragon Quest series seeing as it looks to be very far away from the roots of the series.
ddk_ps3 said:
Way to read the thread!farnham said:so... we can all agree that DQ9 is on DS now..? or does anybody still think it will be on PS2..?
I actually had that exact thought when I read it was an ARPG.jarrod said:DraQue, DS and an ARPG? It's like Horii's making this game just for me! :lol
ddk_ps3 said:
Makes sense.Defuser said:I find it funny how most people forgotten that even though Square-Enix is one company,Square & Enix both stay out of each other business with little interference.
So.......
Square:We don't want Sony to win all the time,we give chance to other competitors.
Enix :We're here to cash in on the most products sold LOL.
Hell no DQ even created Japanese words that are used nowadays.farnham said:why all this fuzz.. isnt Pokemon Diamond Pearl a much bigger franchise then Dragonquest.>?
Prospero said:Hmm.
Pros:
+ If DQ8 had been on a handheld instead of a console, I probably would have finished it--it's the sort of game I'd rather play to distract me on a trip or something, rather than a game I want to sit down in front of a TV and deal with for an hour at a time.
Cons:
- I can't stand action RPGs.
So it's a wash for me, really.
TheTrin said:I love how people are asking "who the hell would want to play things on a handheld instead of a console."
It's very simple gents: people with lives. I want to be able to dip into a game when I want to, not set aside a schedule to play a game. It becomes like another job. I spend about 16 hours awake, and about 10 of it outside the house.
Anyone who says you don't want long RPGs on the go has never played an RPG on the go in their life. Please tell me you know you can actually STOP when you want to, and don't have to play more than 10 minutes at a time if you dont want to.
Red Scarlet said:Wow, I can't believe I read the whole thing! :lol
Trin, I pm'd you my first posted reply in the thread after the announcement.
..and just as DQ8 battle song comes up on winamp. :lol
Well, like I said earlier, I do not mind the platform, as I have a half-working DS (which looks like it will need to be fixed or replaced before mid 2007).
I *am* concerned about the switch to an action rpg..as I am really not a fan of those. However, if I am able to play this online with a couple of people, then it could be fun. As long as it's not an mmorpg, I'll give the game a whirl. It could be a fun romp to play some DQ with other people. I would imagine that the job system will reappear, and actually hope that it does for this type of game. I could have a lot of fun casting Thief Nose and looking for stuff in chests or pots in town while the crappy people playing with me go to shops and stuff.
Does that mean I like the change? No. I'd prefer 9 (which I am still in shock of it being what was announced) to be like the other ones, and right now hope 10 reverts to the usual. Really, my biggest/only right now complaint about it being on the DS and not a console is that I can't make videos of it. :lol
Over the years, I've gone through many games I hold dear to my heart make big changes. Some I've recovered from and kept going with them (Castlevania, Final Fantasy), others I have long since stopped acknowledging their existence (Zelda, Mega Man). It seems as though this series has now arrived at the gauntlet.
I originally had no interest in Dragon Quest 8 due to not really liking the original 5 nor 7 much, but gave 8 a shot and was glad I did. Even if 9 blows ass, it may go back to form in 10. If 9 is awesome, by principle I'd rather it go back for 10, but if it doesn't, I'll probably give that a try too.
I know Trin was expecting a suicide note, but really, I've gotten and played through some FF games I really dislike for awhile now, even multiple times. DQ has gone through that too, except now it's reached the 'quite a change' period, which could go either way. Anyway, I'll get the game and I may love it, or I may hate it 5 minutes in. Either way, I'm buying it and hope I enjoy it, but deep down I still would like the 4th trilogy to go to a console and be what I've come to expect and love about these games.
The graphics don't matter to me, I am more in the club of the overworld possibly suffering in comparison to 8's since it is a 3d game, and more about the action rpg aspect. But playing DQ with a couple other people could be fun, even if it is not the usual DQ I have come to expect. Maybe it'll be awesome, maybe it'll suck ass. Who knows.
I'd like to end this post with a request to the mods. It's finals week right now, and I just spent over 1/4 of a day keeping up with this thread and blabbing on irc, and I shouldn't be. I'd like to request a ban until 12:01 AM EST 12/16(/06). Thanks.
Prime crotch said:Action RPG? Won't that make Japanese fans angry?
Hell no DQ even created Japanese words that are used nowadays.
ddk_ps3 said:
The genre's on the rise again after 2 generations of stagnation. I can't believe DS is actually getting all new high profile Zelda, DQ and FF ARPGs next year.LevelNth said:I actually had that exact thought when I read it was an ARPG.
"Ohhh, now I know why jarrod hasn't posted yet. He's had a freakin' stroke." :lol
It's true... Jeanne's actually got me dangerously close to picking up a PSP. :lolLevelNth said:PS. Don't forget Level-5!! You know you love 'em!
Shit, that was quick!!!Jonnyram said:HOLY SHIT.
They just showed a DQIX ad on TV.
I'm sure it'll be on Youtube soon, but !!!!!!!!! for now.
...PSO, what are you doing here? <3 <3 <3reminder said:YouTube Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aAoSkV5Kc4