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Dragon Quest 1-8 coming to smartphones.
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walking fiend
Member
Sorry, in Europe in General it was.
Magicpaint
Member
It sold over a million copies in the West...
And Square Enix are delusional if they expected the DS port of CT to sell much more than it did.
Well, if you exclude DQ Monsters, at least.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I guess I better make space on my iPhone for DQXI.
walking fiend
Member
Well, it is making much more sense now. So the DQ brand wasn't really well known even in the us until recently.It was called something else in the US before Dragon Quest.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Maybe so. But, they marketed that release heavily. "Wake up, Crono" ads were everywhere at the time, and it did nothing.
Lightning Lord
Banned
Yeah, SE literally pushed a reset button on the franchise's localization and renamed the series to Dragon Quest outside of Japan. Any brand recognition the previous games had were instantly lost by this move. Add to the fact that SE neglected to give any of the games a proper marketing push... and you arrive at the series current state.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Wrong. One of the first, maybe even the first, issue of Nintendo Power gave US gamers a taste of Dragon Quest when they ran a short article over the crazy long lines and demand for Dragon Quest III in Japan.
I was curious about how the portrait orientation compares to the 4:3 PS2 version, so there's an image comparing the two (PS2 version ghosted over this with identically sized main characters), you can see you lose a little bit of width, less than I think people would have thought, and gain a lot of vertical detail.
Wow it ~feels like~ you're losing a lot of view but you're really not. It still feels strange to see a game I played "horizontally" being displayed "vertically"
walking fiend
Member
Not sure if serious.
You would if the total pixels were the same, but because the original aspect ratio wasn't wide, it isn't really that bad.
Btw, what happened to your user name?
Magicpaint
Member
It was an expensive port with little worthwhile additional content and had been ported over before. I just don't know why they'd go in with such lofty expectations in the first place.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Serious. I'm just saying that knowledge of series has been out there in the US since NES. Sure, it didn't reach Final Fantasy levels of popularity. But the franchise is known and loved.
Nintendo Power gave the first Dragon Warrior away for free. It's true.
EDIT: Well I think I missed the point of what he was saying. Both things are true, then.
http://www.jp.square-enix.com/dqsp/
The first eight Dragon Quest games are coming to smartphones soon.
Please look forward to it.
I dont understand what would be so difficult about a psmobile/Vita release for this stuff. id love to play 8 on the vita.
this company is quickly fading into obscurity for me
Reluctant-Hero
Member
AranhaHunter
Banned
I'm interested if it supports controller inputs.
iOS7 and Android 4.0 support it, so no reason not to have it as an option, SE.
Hopefully DQIX is not far behind.
iOS7 and Android 4.0 support it, so no reason not to have it as an option, SE.
Hopefully DQIX is not far behind.
walking fiend
Member
I didn't know that, thanks for the info.
But I mean, that certainly will not replace the marketing push that FF brand has been given in nearly three decades.
walking fiend
Member
Wow, that was actually a very interesting read. Strange how that trend of warriors and sorcerers, even European architecture, being popular in Japan is still so alive.
The difficult part is the part where porting a game costs time and money, and SE clearly feels that that time and money would be better spent on something else.
Lordwindowlicker
Member
Yeah, fuck that.
Now, if they were to do a console release of all the games on one or a couple discs.. THEN they would have my attention.
For this, they can lick my bag.
Now, if they were to do a console release of all the games on one or a couple discs.. THEN they would have my attention.
For this, they can lick my bag.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Well, it was Dragon Warrior until VIII when they finally were able to use the proper name..... So first game to use the Dragon Quest name outside of Japan.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Indeed. I'm amazed they kept the Warrior name for VII.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
And people here actually wanted squeenix to buy Atlus
HolyBaikal
Banned
For the same reason everyone finds it so hard to put games on the Vita.
No one owns a Vita.
Vyse The Legend
Member
That's a worse choice than Sega.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I have a Vita (somewhere) and I agree. It's an irrelevant platform right now.
Omegasquash
Member
I wonder what in game transactions will come along with this (if any).
KiTA
Member
DukeTogo1300
Member
Maybe 8 RPG's will help get that real games on phones thing out of our system, and we can finally go back to the way things used to be. ;_;
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
There's no way they were serious.
terrisus
Member
So do I, have them all for their original systems, but I only have proper portable versions of 1&2 and 3. 4-6 only got 3D remake portable versions, same with 7 which hasn't made it out of Japan either, and no portable version of 8.
I want my portable Dragon Quest. The console ones aren't enough for me.
tehrik-e-insaaf
Member
with the android and ios "consoles" coming soon - i'm curious if nintendo/sony/msft will eventually offer android emulation on their own consoles to capture all of the content in that ecosystem
in nintendo's case - i can see them launching their own android device with a lock-out chip for their own content and a curated app store - for their next-generation handheld
also - a few people i know at google were recently "checking in" at square enix in japan on four square - my sense is that this announcement is part of a much bigger set of announcements google intends to make about their gaming plans (and apple as well)
in nintendo's case - i can see them launching their own android device with a lock-out chip for their own content and a curated app store - for their next-generation handheld
also - a few people i know at google were recently "checking in" at square enix in japan on four square - my sense is that this announcement is part of a much bigger set of announcements google intends to make about their gaming plans (and apple as well)
It will be a cold day in Hell if Nintendo decided to use androids for their future handhelds
HolyBaikal
Banned
I'm definitely somewhat interested. Especially since I recently bought a 10-inch Android tablet.
I'm worried the games won't be localized, though.
I think that most people are pretty lethargic of Square Enix's mobile gaming focus in the past few years. And a lot of people find mobile gaming underwhelming for various reasons.
I´m pretty sure they will, I mean, they have translations for most of those already. Would be stupid of them no to. And their iOS/Android localization track record is pretty good, they´ve only skipped the very anime-related games like Otome Break and Million Arthur.
tehrik-e-insaaf
Member
don't be so sure, it makes perfect sense - the NES was a master stroke because it tapped into a development community that felt very comfortable using machine language - and they introduced curation and licensing policies for their device along with their first-party hits
the killer nintendo hardware would be an android device, with an awesome version of eshop, mii-verse, streetpass, and lock-out chip that restricts their games to their hardware - it would be the modern version of the NES - they could introduce a bigger version with more power that streams to the television
they are already in the ebooks business, they are in the games business, and now they are in the video content business (pikmin episodes) - clearly they are gearing up content for a killer multimedia device, i'm not sure why people don't see this
Its possible and would be pretty smart. It would give them alot of the apps and games on android to go along with their own exclusive content.
Dragon Quest VIII wouldn't run on PSM.
I really just don't see Nintendo using another platform os for their devices.
It's just not Nintendo like
Sony has a higher chance of incorporating Android into their next handheld
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
So basically DQ on mobile was SE's plan to be saved?
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Fuck me and I'm likely going to buy them.
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Fuck me and I'm likely going to buy them.
HolyBaikal
Banned
I think that Nintendo making an Android handheld is a terrific idea.
Best of both worlds. It would push Nintendo into the Android market, without Nintendo having to sacrifice their quality products and services. While Android would benefit from having Nintendo support, and would certain help in going against iOS in the market.
I would say it needs to be a Nintendo handheld, before a Android device. And the version of Android ought to be highly customized to Nintendo's needs. So that the OS can stay functionally and aesthetically Nintendo oriented.
I honestly think something like the 2DS, but with a unified screen. Would make a great Android tablet for Nintendo. It has the buttons that a handheld gaming device need. But if you take the separation bar, the 2DS is basically a tablet. If Nintendo went further and turned their next device into a full, 2DS inspired tablet, but didn't have Android. It would be a pretty niche tablet with a pretty niche OS, far more niche than Kindle. But if it used Android in some form and functional fashion, then it could end up one of the most successful tablets on the entire market.
A very market attractive Android tablet, I would say.
Best of both worlds. It would push Nintendo into the Android market, without Nintendo having to sacrifice their quality products and services. While Android would benefit from having Nintendo support, and would certain help in going against iOS in the market.
I would say it needs to be a Nintendo handheld, before a Android device. And the version of Android ought to be highly customized to Nintendo's needs. So that the OS can stay functionally and aesthetically Nintendo oriented.
I honestly think something like the 2DS, but with a unified screen. Would make a great Android tablet for Nintendo. It has the buttons that a handheld gaming device need. But if you take the separation bar, the 2DS is basically a tablet. If Nintendo went further and turned their next device into a full, 2DS inspired tablet, but didn't have Android. It would be a pretty niche tablet with a pretty niche OS, far more niche than Kindle. But if it used Android in some form and functional fashion, then it could end up one of the most successful tablets on the entire market.
A very market attractive Android tablet, I would say.
I'm not opposed to SE or to the platform - I'm more concerned about the pricing model. If SE sticks to reasonable, fixed prices for the games (preferably less than $10 each), then bringing the games to mobile is fine. I'll buy a few - certainly VIII, but possibly IV and VII as well. The problem is if they decide to go the 'normal' mobile route and start reworking the games with a forced microtransaction mechanic -- adding 'stamina bars', purchasable consumables or other items that end up forcing you to continually pay to play the game. When I hear 'mobile game', it's almost always a game that's put microtransaction greed above gameplay, and SE is as guilty of this as any other developer.