Dragon Quest 11 confirmed for western release
A Dutch PR company just confirmed to Gamer.nl that they are handling the PR for the western release of Dragon Quest 11, thus confirming that the game is coming to the west. Platform(s)/release date weren't mentioned.
(Full disclosure: I contribute to Gamer.nl, but thought this was newsworthy)
Spring 2019. I lived through the horrible localization period and the waiting games. I'm not getting my hopes up for a 2018 release, though I would be extremely happy if it happens.
Just hoping it's clear what the switch version is before the Ps4 and 3ds versions drop.
I want to know how much worse switch ver is compared to ps4.
Spring 2019. I lived through the horrible localization period and the waiting games. I'm not getting my hopes up for a 2018 release, though I would be extremely happy if it happens.
Are you taking into account asia or other regions outside Japan or are you just going by launch npd/U.K. Numbers which I agree were not great.... we do not know ltd numbers of the PS4 version unlike steam so the game could have sold a bunch at lower prices. Niche games rely on long legs and not launch numbers.If DQ Heroes was a performance metric for localization/platform choice, we'd never get the game anywhere :^p
Need all 3 versions for the west.
Actually...the PS4 version exists because Horii wanted a big budget single player console DQ for the big screen. 3DS version was the afterthought
Source?
Making 2 versions of a game on one cartridge is quite the afterthought.
Expected a lot more pages. This is incredibly exciting news.
Source?
Making 2 versions of a game on one cartridge is quite the afterthought.
Expected a lot more pages. This is incredibly exciting news.
Lol, it won't take that long. I would even say Spring, aka May 2018.
Is a single person translating the game? If it takes that long that would be insane it's not the 90s/00's anymore.
But it's Square Enix after all.
I really hope it's the 3DS version although I doubt it
Interesting that this is the way it would leak out.
I don't know why. English gamers don't actually care about Dragon Quest games, only that they get made for their favored platform to boost sales.
DQ VIII and DQIX sold well enough here, there are enough DQ fans in the west. Most other JRPG publisher would be more than happy with those numbers.
Personally I take offense but yesterday here kind of confirmed this for me. Tell PS4 (who claim they want to try the series) only gamers that they could try the series on their phones (competent versions) to no avail. Don't even have to buy a Nintendo platform, although a 2DS would be a relatively cheap way to get access to 4-9 too. If you're curious about the series and don't have/want to have a Nintendo...the games are still right there to try.Source is here: https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/13932016480028897910
Interview is in the back.
I don't know why. English gamers don't actually care about Dragon Quest games, only that they get made for their favored platform to boost sales.
new mainline DQ titles (read: not remakes) do reasonably well in the west. i think it's more or less given we'll get the 3DS version
Expected a lot more pages. This is incredibly exciting news.
Expected a lot more pages. This is incredibly exciting news.
They sold ok. But the threads about the games are still dead.
Do we have any numbers on how the 3DS remakes sold? I did my part and bought both!
Sure, but you have to start somewhere....consistent releases and putting the games on PC/Steam would really help in the west.
The fact that DQXI is on PS4 and looks the way it look will already help quite a bit compared to the last remakes. I hope this can be the start of a small DQ renaissance in the west - especially if they follow up with DQ Builders 2 and start releasing the main games/remakes on PC/Steam as well.
Like I said in another thread, it would be really cool if word of mouth helped bring this game to the level of Persona 5 or Nier in terms of sales.
Like I said in another thread, it would be really cool if word of mouth helped bring this game to the level of Persona 5 or Nier in terms of sales.
I can't imagine we'll get the "sword edition" with both flavors..