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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."
Anyone know if there are plants to bring 5 over here to the U.S.? With DQ8 coming out later in the year and Final Fantasy 12 being pushed back for DQ, I really need my RPG fix.
"There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter," Jeeves, (Jeeves and the Impending Doom)
Ahh... Memories.
Don't forget, though, that Dragon Warrior was quite popular on the NES. I, II, III, and IV all made it to the cover of Nintendo Power, had good sales (except IV), and created fond memories. Dragon Warrior 1 is most console people's first RPG, and is still copied to this day on smaller devices. But the NES is where U.S. Dragon Warrior sat for many years. While Final Fantasy 2 never came out for the NES (I had a pre-order. Sigh), it did make two large splashes on the 16 bit generation, and three on the 32 bit systems.
Dragon Warrior, on the other hand, was conspicuously absent after the NES. With absolutely nothing on the SNES, and a title snuck in at the end of the Playstation's lifetime, there was little to really keep the series fresh in player's minds. To them, Dragon Warrior was an old outdated game that had been done a million times before, and a million times better. They waited too long to do a sequel, but not long enough that it could be considered new again.
Now I need to whip out the old emulator and find a copy of DQ IV.
I personally love Gold Golems, but Drakees were adorable.
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Uh huh... So the majority of people rated Final Fantasy X trash above DW/DQ. The majority also uses windows on their PCs. No one says the Majority has to be right.
People love to comment about the "Lack of innovation" in the DQ line, especially compared to FF. I always found that amusing since FF was a knockoff.
Aside: The original "Final Fantasy" was so named because Square was on the verge of ceasing to exist, and it was going to be their last game. At the time, DQ was kicking major ass in Japan, so they copied that. It did so well it saved them and started an awesome series (until FF7 changed the format, at least).
What kind of "innovations" do these people want? Pretty eye candy? Mind-numbing teen-drama storylines? Vapid characters? Oh, I know... hours and hours of inane mini-games that have nothing to do with the game in general, but they tend to distract the current crop of ADD-infected gamers.
If they do to DW8 what they did to FF, I'm done. I have 5 of the first 6 Final Fantasies (except FF3) on PS re-release, and DW on emulators. Not to mention other GOOD rpgs, like Lunar, Vay, Beyond the Beyond, Xenogears... etc..