Dragon Quest V Remake Hits Big In Japan

Thanks to GamerFeed for its article noting that Square Enix's PlayStation 2 remake of Dragon Quest V has debuted big in Japan, since this previously mentioned SNES remake has already "sold over a million units in just 2 days", additionally helped by "the inclusion of a preview disc of Dragon Quest VIII." The series, known as Dragon Warrior in the States, has never really taken off outside Japan, however: "Dragon Quest VII went on to sell more copies than any other PSOne game in Japan ever. By contrast, Dragon Warrior VII, and the Dragon Warrior series, has never attained more than a small but loyal cult following in the US."

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FFVII Remake

[BlueCodeWarrior]

Too late.

As it says in the post, check out Game Informer. Awesome screenshots of it all...Barret looks especially impressive.

Re:FFVII Remake

[simoniker]

Actually, I think the Final Fantasy VII project ended up being a CG movie, and not an actual game remake, sadly?

Re:I Once Read A Cool Fact About DQ...

[BlueCodeWarrior]

Google is your friend.

From the link:
Dragon Quest is so popular that when Dragon Quest 3 was release in Japan, many people skipped school to buy it and fights broke out over the carts. Because of this, law now requires them to release Dragon Quest games on weekends.

Obscurity is not the issue.

[metroid composite]

Say what you will, but collecting from 26 raters on the RPGDL forums who had played an average of 53 (mostly console-style) RPGs each, Dragon Warrior RPGs are regarded as fairly average at best (with the exception of the DW4 remake on the PSX which very few had played). I've certainly heard suggested that Dragon Warriors are just generally mediocre games (yet inexplicably popular in Japan; like how Pokemon Snap sold well for some odd reason). It's also may just fit Japanese culture better. I'll repost an old version of the list now (most easily accessible to me on this computer). There's a few mistakes, as this older document was never recompiled, but close enough....

A few things to note about this list:
1. it is in no way cannon; a few people admitted that they have odd taste. This was what one group of people enjoyed more on average.
2. Games that a lot of people have played will end up closer to average in general. I've tossed all games with less than two raters, because those just end up fairly random.
3. Games that are on here are things which people decided to rate. Nobody considered Zelda a Console-style RPG; sorry to disappoint those who insist otherwise. Star Control 2 was briefly here and kicking butt, but the raters decided not to include it in their revised lists.

Rank. Game Name: standard deviations (Number of people who rated) (systems on which it has appeared)

1. Disgaea: 1.28 (5)(PS2)
2. Brigandine: 1.26 (7)(Playstation)
3. Final Fantasy Tactics: 1.17 (25)(Playstation)
4. Suikoden 2: 1.07 (21)(Playstation)
5. Paper Mario: 0.97 (7)(N64)
6. Suikoden 3: 1.02 (18)(PS2)
7. Rhapsody: 0.96 (3)(Playstation)
8. Final Fantasy 6: 0.93 (24)(SNES, Playstation)
9. Tales of Phantasia: 0.88 (10)(SNES(JP), GB/C(JP), Playstation(JP), GBA(JP))
10. Final Fantasy X: 0.84 (19)(PS2)
11. Phantasy Star 4: 0.7 (16)(Genesis)
12. Koudelka: 0.68 (8)(Playstation)
13. Xenosaga: 0.64 (16)(PS2)
14. Seiken Densetsu 3: 0.58 (12)(SNES(JP))
15. Chrono Trigger: 0.56 (24)(SNES, Playstation)
16. Skies of Arcadia: 0.58 (6)(DC, GCN)
17. Shadow Hearts: 0.56 (17)(PS2)
18. Breath of Fire 5: 0.69 (7)(PS2)
19. Xenogears: 0.55 (23)(Playstation)
20. Valkyrie Profile: 0.53 (23)(Playstation)
21. Final Fantasy 3: 0.53 (11)(NES(JP))
22. Threads of Fate: 0.5 (5)(Playstation)
23. Seiken Densetsu 1 (=FFA): 0.49 (4)(GB/C)
24. Final Fantasy Legend 2: 0.2 (3)(GB/C)
25. Ogre Battle 64: 0.48 (5)(N64)
26. Final Fantasy 4: 0.41 (24)(SNES, Playstation)
27. Tactics Ogre: 0.42 (7)(SNES(JP), Playstation, Sat(JP))
28. Tales of Eternia: 0.4 (11)(Playstation)
29. Grandia2: 0.36 (14)(DC, PS2, PC)
30. Breath of Fire 4: 0.39 (16)(Playstation, PC)
31. SaGa Frontier: 0.32 (12)(Playstation)
32. Live a Live: 0.33 (6)(SNES)
33. Final Fantasy 7: 0.33 (25)(Playstation)
34. Persona 2: 0.31 (5)(Playstation)
35. Lunar 2: Eeternal Blue Complete: 0.31 (18)(Playstation, Sat(JP), SCD)
36. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete: 0.29 (17)(Playstation, Sat(JP), GBA, SCD)
37. Pokemon R/B/Y: 0.17 (13)(GB/C)
38. Ogre Battle: 0.27 (10)(SNES, Playstation, Sat(JP))
39. Wild ARMs 3: 0.27 (13)(PS2)
40. Sailor Moon: Another Story: 0.24 (6)(SNES(JP))
41. Earthbound: 0.24 (11)(SNES)
42. Suikoden: 0.21 (22)(Playstation)
43. Shadowrun: 0.2 (3)(SNES)
44. Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits: 0.19 (7)(PS2)
45. Lufia2: 0.21 (19)(SNES)
46. Vanguard Bandits: 0.17 (3)(Playstation)
47. Legend of Legaia 2: 0.16 (6)(PS2)
48. Azure Dreams: 0.13 (3)(Playstation)
49. Alundra: 0.11 (3)(Playstation)
50. Bahamut Lagoon: 0.16 (6)(SNES)
51. Shining Force 2: 0.06 (14)(Genesis)
52. Persona: 0.06 (6)(Playstation)
53. Pokemon G/S/C: -0.2 (5)(GB/C)
54. Front Mission 3: 0.02 (6)(Playstation)
55. Dragon Warrior 4: 0.02 (11)(NES, Playstation(JP))
56. Tales of Destiny: 0.06 (11)(Playstation)
57. Wild ARMs 1: 0.01 (16)(Playstation)
58. Vandal