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Dragon Quest 1-8 coming to smartphones.
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Valkerionseven
Member
Now you know its going to be $39.99 and $4.99 to revive your characters and shit. Its Square Enix, not someone else.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
It's going feel so good when this company eventually dies
Glass Rebel
Member
It doesn't even hurt anymore.
And I guess this might explain the lack of DQVIIR in the West...maybe.
And I guess this might explain the lack of DQVIIR in the West...maybe.
But Square Enix could make even more money possibly by porting these games to any other platform besides smart phones. DQ8 for $10 or $15 on Steam could be easy cash.
mugurumakensei
Member
They'll release DQ7 smartphone edition in the west untranslated.
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
first BoF now DQ. over it tbch.
What makes you think they won't be $15+ on phones?
Dragon Quest 1 - 3 came out on the Game Boy Colour already. They were even ports of the superior SNES versions.
I honestly don't care, unless DQXI is indeed a future phone game
Probably not XI, but when Square Enix is making a significant showing of their Dragon Quest support on a platform and that platform is the most popular one...
The game was never leaving Japan, regardless of platform, anyway.
graywolf323
Member
well I guess I need to get a controller for my iOS devices...
Coloress_Kafka
Member
This is good news but I'm shaking with excitement for what this might mean for XI. If they make it for iOS and Android there's nothing stopping them from building their own multiplayer network that is totally cross compatible with both platforms. Throw in online support via 3G/LTE and Dragon Quest might do really well in the West.
My only question is "how are they going to cram the S-E trademarked mobile microtransactions into these?" Or alternately, are they going to expect us to spend $20 apiece for them? Or possibly both?
(I'd pay $20 for a zero-microtransaction portable port of DQ8. It's my favorite game of the series by far.)
(I'd pay $20 for a zero-microtransaction portable port of DQ8. It's my favorite game of the series by far.)
Palette Swap
Member
Pretty cool if this eventually means playing DQ on my iPad.
Hell, I'd take DQ I-III on my iPhone any day of the week.
Hell, I'd take DQ I-III on my iPhone any day of the week.
Are you familiar with Square Enix at all?
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It doesn't particularly help that Square's apparently been successful at their ~$20 price point on cell phones, either. Just don't buy 'em, people. Light a candle for hope, hook up your PS2, and play through Dragon Quest VIII with a glass of red wine by your side.
RyougaSaotome
Member
As a huge BoF fan and a DQ fan, I have no idea how the two situations are even remotely alike.
One is a numbered sequel to a long dead (T_T) series that lacks anything that made the other games special, the other is a set of ports.
One is a numbered sequel to a long dead (T_T) series that lacks anything that made the other games special, the other is a set of ports.
so they already been translate?
mugurumakensei
Member
yes.
Got no problem with this at all. My only concern is port quality. I don't exactly want, say, Dragon Quest VIII to have any graphical downgrades or edits to make it passable on a smartphone. I have a good device, much more capable than a PS2, and I expect at the bare minimum, the PS2 game with touch controls.
TurnipFritters
Member
So are the first three just the old cellphone versions (I think 1+2 had different sprites than the SFC remakes)? I assume 4-6 are the DS versions and 7 is the 3DS one?
Yes, they were released under the name Dragon Warrior like the NES games.
BassForever
Member
Dragon Quest 1-3 were released in English on both the NES and the GBC
Final Fantasy 1->5 + Tactics are all already on iOS, and have been for quite some time, so I really don't get people's reactions here. There is nothing shocking, surprising, or really crazy about this move. Square Enix just likes having their flagship games on every console possible.
Yeah, I don't get it. I'm not really on the smartphone gaming bandwagon, but older games being ported to iOS/Android isn't bad. Especially turn based JRPGs, because menu heavy games actually work well on the platforms.
mugurumakensei
Member
At this point. it's looking like you'll need to learn Japanese if you are a DQ fan. Who would have thought we'd see the day when SMT is the series getting lots of entries translated while DQ stays in Japan.
Square Enix should just skip to the step where they become overzealous by the success of their mobile games and fund the development of their own smartphone, make their games exclusive to that platform, utterly fail to move enough units to recoup development costs, and spend the rest of their existence making up for that one stupid move.
I think the worry is about where XI will end up more than anything else.
10/10
There's also a Dragon Quest Monsters game:
Source: http://www.dragonquest.jp/dqmsl/
Made a separate thread about it here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=693391
Source: http://www.dragonquest.jp/dqmsl/
Made a separate thread about it here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=693391
Because PC Gaming is not popular in Japan where Dragon Quest makes all of its cash. Neither is any gaming platform with maybe the possible exception of the 3DS which isn't doing as well as the DS did.
I can't recall any pricing for Square Enix games on mobile devices, besides the "swipe the screen furiously to win" Final Fantasy game. Based on your post though I imagine they price gouge these ports.
Square Enix's current creed seems to be "Live nostalgic or die cheaply."
Between stuff like this, TWEWY and all the other mobages like Chaos Rings and Drakerider, it does seem like S-E wants me to get a smartphone. And to be honest, I'm very tempted to do so...
Who'd have thought, though. I'm sure back when I was playing on my PSX I wouldn't have believed anyone who'd tried to tell me that S-E would shift focus so hard to cellphones in the future, lol.
Who'd have thought, though. I'm sure back when I was playing on my PSX I wouldn't have believed anyone who'd tried to tell me that S-E would shift focus so hard to cellphones in the future, lol.
