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[Aeana]

Any reason given for stopping before IX? It would be awesome to have an excuse for a revival of that game someday. Amazing game, not that I wanted every DQ to be like it.

Hell, given how quickly mobile hardware is improving, we could see X soon enough.

10 is already announced for smartphones via a streaming partnership with NTT Docomo.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=688051

 

[mao2]

I have to admit, this made me laugh harder than I expected it to.

Funny enough, my iPhone 5 loads their site very slowly. Where did that DQ8 overworld pic come from? Their site?

Can you see these?
http://www.jp.square-enix.com/company/ja/news/2013/html/56a7abe635cc1de7c0719e76f250d640.html

 

[sonikokaruto]

square enix really wants to piss us off

 

[Jinfash]

 

[TurnipFritters]

mostly i'm just worried that the older games will have the ugly hd sprite problem that plagues the final fantasy titles

 

[The_Joker1721]

You should have seen when DQIX was announced for the DS then. This is not nearly as bad.

? It isn't? Gosh. I hope someday we can get mobile announcements without all the hoopla.

 

[Sandfox]

SE admitted that they've made quite a lot of money on FFV, along with other mobile-games.
They even said the Vita game they've ported recently from mobile made profit equivalent to selling 300K retail copies.

Companies go where money exists.

I actually think its a smart and obvious move on SE's part but I don't think I'm personally going like what becomes of these type of moves by them.

 

[Shard]

I wonder what is keeping them from bringing IX to the mix?

 

[mark93]

First FF, now DQ.
Waiting for KH come to mobile

 

[GregLombardi]

Washin away those brands, 1 at a time.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I wish this company luck

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

With microtransactions!

 

[Wazzy]

What? No......

No.

NO.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Somnid]

First FF, now DQ.
Waiting for KH come to mobile

The platform it deserves.

 

[Barakov]

Ugh. This is not where I was hoping to see a Dragon Quest VIII remake.

 

[jblank83]

Look, you iceholes, just give me my farking DQ VII and Bravely Default on 3DS, and maybe the upgraded FF IV port.

For fark's sake, you sumnabatches.

 

[Shalashaska161]

Man, I just can't do menu based JRPG's on a touchscreen. Or use a virtual d-pad. I've tried multiple games and I just can't comfortably use it.

Good for those that can work it though. Hopefully these are quality ports. Maybe they can throw them on Vita afterwards.

 

[Parakeetman]

There really is no god.

 

[Shard]

? It isn't? Gosh. I hope someday we can get mobile announcements without all the hoopla.

Oh lord no, the anger, the hatred, the 100 pages of insanity.

 

[jblank83]

I purchased FF IV on Android.

That virtual d-pad is complete garbage.

 

[Drkirby]

The only thing SE could do to actually piss me off is remake the sprites like they did in FFV. God damn those are horrible.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

Hiw does that make you feel?

 

[mao2]

First FF, now DQ.
Waiting for KH come to mobile

You're late. Kingdom Hearts coded for mobiles came out in 2009.
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/kingdom/khcoded/

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Okay so DQVII 3DS...um...it's not coming, is it?

 

[OnFire331]

I will wait and see how this goes, those DQVIII pics don't look bad at all (can't say the same about Capcom's efforts). Will Dragon Quest VII be an up-res version of the 3DS remake?

 

[TurnipFritters]

I wonder what is keeping them from bringing IX to the mix?

I assume making the networking features work/updating the graphics would take a lot more effort than they're willing to commit to at this point. 1-6 can be hecka low effort (tacky HD filter + touch controls and call it a day), 7 3DS already looks like a smartphone game, and 8 probably took some work to shrink down, but making 9 presentable would be more akin to a remake.

 

[Drkirby]

Okay so DQVII 3DS...um...it's not coming, is it?

Nintendo basically paid for all the others to come over, likely don't feel its worth the investment, since DQV and DQVI sold poorly in NA.

 

[Tabris]

Man I give up on SE. I'll check back when a release date happens for FFXV or KH3. Which I don't have any faith will actually be released.

 

[sonikokaruto]

Okay so DQVII 3DS...um...it's not coming, is it?

oh hell naw son, that's why you nedd a jap 3ds

 

[dimb]

Will Dragon Quest VII be an up-res version of the 3DS remake?

Of course not.

 

[neither]

I wanted to replay DQ8, but not like this. Not like this.

Same

 

[Aeana]

To those wondering about what this means about the future of Dragon Quest, I would like to bring you all back to this thread.

One thing I can say," he said, "looking across the series from DQ8 onward, is that the business model of creating a retail package and releasing it exclusively on a single platform has become difficult to execute. Gamers' play styles and tastes are getting segmented, and we can't settle on a single platform. We're also in an era where trying to make back development costs on a title good enough to be part of the main story is getting more difficult with the traditional business model. We have to build a new business model, one that doesn't end with a retail package being purchased.

The main thing we can take from this is that the days of platform exclusivity for Dragon Quest are most likely coming to an end, at the very least.

 

[Sandfox]

Okay so DQVII 3DS...um...it's not coming, is it?

Nintendo basically paid for all the others to come over, likely don't feel its worth the investment, since DQV and DQVI sold poorly in NA.

If we don't get any news by the end of next year I'm probably just going to buy the PS1 version online.

 

[The_Joker1721]

Oh lord no, the anger, the hatred, the 100 pages of insanity.

Now I gotta read the thread. So. No chance of them localizing this for the US right? I would love to play these games for the first time. I loved DQ9. So many hours put into it and the co-op.

 

[UberTag]

This company just need to go mobile-exclusive and remake their entire back catalog while killing any and all new project development aside from All the Bravest sequels and Toriyama's "insert Lightning into this game genre" of the year.

 

[djtiesto]

Its a combination of:
-Many of the people on GAF don't like mobile gaming for various reasons
-This means that there is a chance that DQ will become a mobile series and it shows that SE isn't afraid of putting their biggest series there
-These will probably be identical ports and most people wanted a remake of DQVIII
-There is a good chance that these won't leave Japan



If the game is f2p that's like auto confirmation that the game is going to suck.

"The Metal Slime ran away! But if you pay $1.99 you can get another chance to fight it!"

 

[mao2]

Of course not.

Why not? They ported the DS version of FFIII and FFIV to smartphones before.

 

[Wilsongt]

I'm okay with 1 - 3. We already have a knockoff dq1 on ios, might as well get the real version.

Other than that, fuck you, Square-Enix.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

 

[Blood Diamonds]

I swear to God, if Square Enix releases a Kingdom Hearts Mobile game that is canon there WILL be blood.

 

[zhorkat]

Nintendo basically paid for all the others to come over, likely don't feel its worth the investment, since DQV and DQVI sold poorly in NA.

Do you know roughly how many copies of each game were sold here?

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Why not? They ported the DS version of FFIII and FFIV to smartphones before.

Would upset a lot of western fans... but they probably won't care.

 

[dimb]

Why not? They ported the DS version of FFIII and FFIV to smartphones before.

I mean they might. I would be kind of shocked. Old DS ports seem like a very different thing to me.

 

[Sandfox]

I swear to God, if Square Enix releases a Kingdom Hearts Mobile game that is canon there WILL be blood.

They did that once before and I wouldn't be surprised if it happened again.

 

[Speevy]

And all the metal slimes ran away simultaneously.

 

[Tagg9]

All I want is DQ8 on Vita. Is that too much to ask? It clearly is...

 

[OnFire331]

Would upset a lot of western fans... but they probably won't care.

If this means it gets localized, I wouldn't be upset at all.

 

[Pooya]

DQ8 shots almost look like they were designed for a dual screen system at first, tehe.

I'm starting to think they expected a lot more from DQ7 remake sales.... now future is mobile!

this is pretty funny overall. haha

don't shoot.

 

[NolbertoS]

Well, I'm not a huge fan of the Virtual Joystick and do owm all the DQ games on almost every console released out West. I'm tempted to buy an Ipad just for DQ. I bought a PS2 exclusively for DQVII back in the day as it was released when PS1 consoles were being clearanced. Thats how much love and dedication I have for the DQ series over FF.

 

[KiTA]

...And the desperate cash grabs as Square Enix slowly dies continue...