By now, the story is pretty well known that the only reason we’re playing Dragon Quest VII and expecting Dragon Quest VIII on the Nintendo 3DS is because of the outpouring of requests from the fans. Organized groups like Operation Hero on Facebook made their voices and logic loud enough to the point that Nintendo and Square Enix simply couldn’t ignore them anymore. However, in spite of...
The Dragon Quest fanbase is out in full force after the series’ Mobile Producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto and Executive Producer Yu Miyake said that the franchise wasn’t “justifiable” in the West and that it could only be translated if the fanbase proved to be there. Searching for a place to organize and make their voices heard, Dragon Quest fans now have the full backing of Operation Rainfall...
More Dragon Quest information coming out of PAX. Man, Siliconera must have grilled Dragon Quest Executive Producer Yuu Miyake and Mobile Producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto to get this much information. Today’s comments revolve around yet another game that hasn’t been localized in the West, the MMORPG Dragon Quest X. Unlike the Dragon Quest VII 3DS remake and Rocket Slime 3, which would merely...
Man, does that song ever get old? I didn’t think so. I can’t think of a better pick me up theme than the Dragon Quest theme. Dragon Quest X is coming out for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, not only making it the first original main game in the series released on the popular handheld but also making it the first MMORPG ever released for it as well. Correct me if I’m wrong, but has any...
Dragon Quest X is coming to the Nintendo 3DS, making it far and away the most ported game in the series' history. It already has a home on the Wii, Wii U, smartphones and PC, and this latest version makes it available on almost every practical device in Japan. Is there a PS Vita chance in there somewhere? The crazy side of the story is seeing how Square Enix is using cloud space to...
Dragon Quest X was once a disaster in the making, barely registering a blip on the radar of the series' massive popularity in Japan. An MMORPG on the Wii and Wii U of all consoles is not a winning combination, but Square Enix adjusted to make sure it didn't have to rebuild the game from the ground up like it did with Final Fantasy XIV. It did the smart thing and released the game on PC...
Dragon Quest X continues to allude Western gamers a year after its release, and Square Enix still has nothing solid on a localization effort. The game has become profitable in its home country, but not on the level Square Enix has been hoping for, especially given the universal love and high sales figures the series typically enjoys. Two obvious methods of expanding beyond the Japanese...
Square Enix might be trying to blame its financial woes on "slow sales of major console game titles in North American and European markets," but it should seriously stop and look at its home country in the meantime. The latest game in their flagship franchise, Dragon Quest X, has just hit the market with an appalling 33,302 units shipped. Considering how each game in the series easily...
I am not a fan of this series. I'm really not. I never played it as a kid. I don't have any nostalgic attachment to it. Every time I try to pick one up and play it nowadays, I can barely scratch five hours before losing interest and moving on to something else. Why is it then that every Dragon Quest trailer gets me so pumped? This latest Wii U trailer for Dragon Quest X is a wonderful...