Get A Look At Dragon Quest X On Nintendo 3DS. August 21, 2014 . 10:21pm source: Siliconera
Dragon Quest III Had Flying Carpets. Dragon Quest X Has Flying Dragons. August 22, 2014 . 3:31pm
Dragon Quest X just got more lively with its latest 2.3 version update, which brings plenty of new areas and features to the game for the PC, Wii U, and Wii versions of the game. Here’s a look at what the latest update brings to the table.
Since Dragon Quest III, the series has begun introducing different ways to fly, from magic carpets to flying castles, and Dragon Quest X adds the latest with the flying dragon that allows adventurers to travel from one place to another through the skies.
The update also adds all kinds of new areas, as shown in the above images.
Another feature that’s been in many Dragon Quest games is the casino, which will also be getting an enhancement in Dragon Quest X with the added Bingo game.
And of course a major update wouldn’t be the same without a new set of quests and storyline. It looks like players will be dealing with a big group of thieves in the latest installment.
Dragon Quest X’s 2.3 version update is currently live in Japan on PC, Wii U, and Wii.
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Square Enix Want To Bring Dragon Quest VII For 3DS To The West, But Arent Sure If Itll Sell Enough. August 31, 2014 . 9:28am
At PAX Prime, Siliconera caught up with Dragon Quest mobile producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto, and asked whether Square Enix were interested in publishing the Dragon Quest VII remake for the Nintendo 3DS in North America.
Dragon Quest VII is famously known for having perhaps the largest script of any game in the series, and this aspect of the RPG has often been presumed to be one of the reasons that Square Enix havent committed to localizing it yet. Fujimoto confirmed this when he spoke with us.
In terms of DQVII, it has a lot of text to go through and translate, Fujimoto said, and weve received so many requests and so much positive feedback about the game, but unfortunately, we have to consider the cost and the manpower needed to handle the sheer load of text. In terms of scenario and script, the game is probably one of the largest in the DQ franchise. If a lot of people can buy it and support it well, we cant promise anything.
From Dragon Quest VIII and beyond, weve revamped the translation, Fujimoto explained. For example, weve added regional twangs like those from Baltic regions sounding Russian and things like that. Weve also updated the spells and monster names, so any classic titles we revisit, we want to say consistent. That being said, when we go back and update the classic titles, we make these changes. Thats another step in the process.
Going back to people who want DQVII to come out weve gotten a lot of requests, we really want to do it, but right now, we need to hammer out what kind of resources wed need to do it. We say this a lot, but, we cant seem to get to the point where its justifiable.
So, heres the deal. This is one of those cases where making noise is actually a productive thing to do. Square Enix want to bring Dragon Quest VII for 3DS over. They just need convincing that its worth their time and money to do so. So if you care about the game and want to see it published in the West, get out there and let them know. Do it via their official Twitter feeds, their Facebook pages. Send e-mails if you can. Get in touch with their community managers. (And do it politely.)
If you have trouble finding any of these things, Google is your friend. Lets make this happen. The 3DS has proven to be a fantastic platform for JRPGs in the West already, not just in terms of quality but also in terms of sales. Square Enix have seen this firsthand in the case of Bravely Default. If they need to see fan support for Dragon Quest, showing it to them is a good first step.
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it had a anime here called dragon warrior and blue dragon is a spinoff series to a degree but it's own thing . they're both on youtube
they said they were related at one point early on. But blue dragon is it's own thing now. as it should be. the only thing that's the same mostly is they have some characters look like goku his son's and trunks art style wise. oh & some of the creature too.
there was a recent redone OVA/movie with the tower which anime vice stated a few months pfff or I should say years ago and I saw it first online and the my cousin picked up the blue ray.
Ishaan Mod Roger • 20 minutes ago I honestly think petitions are useless, to be honest. They're the most lazy way to show support, since they're so impersonal and take little to no effort. Tweeting at Square Enix or sending them an e-mail or leaving a message on Facebook would be a more effective approach. It's more personal, it shows you cared enough to write directly to them.
Square Enix Will Consider Localizing More Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime Games. September 1, 2014 . 1:31pm
When Siliconera spoke with Dragon Quest mobile producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto and executive producer Yuu Miyake, we discussed the possibility of Square Enix releasing the Dragon Quest VII remake in the West. While the two said they were undecided on whether or not that would be a profitable venture, they were far more open to the idea of localizing the Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime spin-offs.
“You know, it’s funny, when we made Rocket Slime, we were targeting the game towards 8, 9, and 10-year-olds in Japan—but in the west, the average age of the person who bought Rocket Slime was 25! It seems like the grown-ups enjoyed the game and we were pleasantly surprised,” Fujimoto said to Siliconera.
“In terms of the Rocket Slime game… in Japan, there wasn’t a lot of feedback saying they wanted iteration, but in the western regions, especially North America, there are a lot of requests to see another Rocket Slime game. We’re curious to know, there are a lot of joking elements in it; did you enjoy the humor and the joke elements in it?”
We said, yes, we did indeed enjoy the humour of the Rocket Slime series.
To this, Fujimoto replied, “In Japan, we actually have a total of three titles in the Rocket Slime series. The western version was the second game. Compared to, say, a game like Dragon Quest VII, it’s less text to translate, so that’s not an impossible amount… so if [Rocket Slime 1] or [Rocket Slime 2] might be a great candidate…?”
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This Week In Imports: Dragon Quest X Dawns On 3DS. September 1, 2014 . 4:00pm Dragon Quest X will make a move to Nintendo 3DS this week. The portable version still requires a monthly subscription to play and utilizes cloud servers to stream content. Nintendo also has a deal where if you pick up a new Nintendo 3DS XL in Japan you can get a code to download Dragon Quest X for free. It sounds like a good deal, but with the New Nintendo 3DS just a few weeks away the new system may blunt the promotion.
Also, Konami will dump Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 in Japan on Thursday. While the first game was heavily promoted, Konami didn’t do much to advertise the sequel. On the other hand, Capcom has been pushing Gaist Crusher God, a sequel to their shonen series, which has a downloadable demo on the eShop. Gaist Crusher was crushed by other releases last year. Can Gaist Crusher God do better or will this be the end of Treasure and Capcom’s series?
Nintendo 3DS
Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan: Airport Hero 3D Kankuu Sky Story
Dragon Quest X Online
Gaist Crusher God
PlayStation 4
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
Samurai Warriors 4
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
PlayStation 3
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Xbox 360
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
PlayStation Vita
BinaryStar
The Walking Dead
Key European Releases
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (Vita)
Key Domestic Releases
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (Vita)
Joe Danger (Vita)
Velocity 2X (PS4, Vita)
Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate (PS4, Xbox One)
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Square Enix Would Love To Bring Dragon Quest X To The West. September 4, 2014 . 12:31pm source: Siliconera
Speaking with Dragon Quest executive producer Yuu Miyake and mobile producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto at PAX, Siliconera enquired about the prospects of Dragon Quest X, the first MMORPG in the series, being brought over to the West. Were Square Enix interested in bringing the game over at all?
Wed love to do it! Miyake and Fujimoto exclaimed. Love to.
In terms of this being an MMO, again, we have to consider the operation and logistics of how to make that feasible, Miyake elaborated. We also have to think about it from a business standpoint. With Final Fantasy XI and XIV, its a global-scale endeavor. In terms of Dragon Quest, the way its perceived in the different countries is very, very different. How its perceived in Japan is different than how its perceived in the United States.
In addition, wed have to build a new data center for pretty much every location, and we need to make sure that makes sense as a business. We want to be able to operate in the different regions. Again, we would love to do it, but were still trying to work out the details and figure out what would work best [were we to bring it abroad].
Dragon Quest X is also the first internally-developed Dragon Quest game at Square Enix. Previous games in the series have been worked on by various studios, including ArtePiazza and Level 5, but Square Enix chose to develop the MMO themselves. We asked Miyake why that was.
In Japan, you have your outside developers who understand Dragon Quest and know whats appropriate for a certain platform, so we worked with partners that knew what they were doing as well as what Dragon Quest was, and in that way it was a great partnership, he replied.
With Dragon Quest X, because its an MMO, the team thought, Okay, what company in Japan knows MMOs the best? Wait, thats us! Were running Final Fantasy XI, so, why not do it with an internal team? So, the concept isnt about working with an outside company versus an inside company, its more like who works on a specific title and platform the best. Were all kind of the same if you look at it from that perspective.
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Dragon Quest XI Likely To See North American Release, X Not Coming Westward
Posted by Lee Cooper on 05 Sep 2014
Earlier this year, Square Enix announced that they’ll be bringing the beloved Dragon Quest franchise to the big screen once more. While no specific console was mentioned during their initial statement, Nintendo’s Wii U seems a likely contender considering the series’ history with the company. After all, Dragon Quest X (a well received MMORPG) has been taking the Wii by storm in Japan, and the last game to release in North America, Sentinels of the Starry Skies, was an NDS exclusive.
We recently spoke with Yu Miyake, executive producer and longtime chiseler of JRPG goodness, where it was revealed that much to the developers disappointment, DQX wouldn’t be making its way westward on account of management difficulties between regions. However, more than a spark of hope was offered when Dragon Quest XI came into question.
“We’re pretty sure that Dragon Quest XI will see some sort of western release,” said Miyake, whose words were followed by only a mild retraction. “Yes, we’re hoping XI will be available in the western regions.” This is great news for Dragon Quest fans, who’ve no doubt developed a hankering for another bout of the series’ token heroics. According to Yuji Horii, series creator and wearer of fashionable glasses, the target release date is sometime in 2016 — just in time for Dragon Quest’s 30th anniversary.
In the meantime, dedicated North American gamers can still play Dragon Quest X with a few workarounds.
News has surfaced of a trademark from Square Enix for both Europe and the United States regarding a new video game. The trademark for both shows a name consisting of two words: Holey Heroes.
While this may sound unrelated to a Dragon Quest game, there are a few of things to take into account. One, according to volunteers for the site, the plot for DQ7 does deal with holes in the world. Two, Square Enix has had a history of alliteration in their Dragon Quest subtitles on Nintendo consoles (Chapters of the Chosen, Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Realms of Revelation/Reverie, Sentinals of the Starry Skies). Three, Nintendo may still not be willing to put any sort of religious reference on a game for its consoles, which would put the literal translation of the subtitle, Warriors of Eden, in jeopardy.
All I know for sure is this: if this turns out to be an iOS game, WE RIOT!
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This article originally had a link to the trademark page for the United States. However, the page does not appear when you click the link. If you wish, you can search for it at the United States Patent and Trademark Office site.
Speaking with Final Fantasy fan-site Final Fnatasy Ring, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has once again confirmed that Dragon Quest XI will be a game for home console.
Additionally, Horii also confirmed that Dragon Quest XI will be an offline game—not an MMORPG like Dragon Quest X—and that it will be a return to the traditional mechanics of Dragon Quest.
Horii also says that Square Enix are aware fans want the Nintendo 3DS remakes of Dragon Quest VII and Dragon Quest VIII in the West, and that the company is “thinking about it”.
Thanks to everyone that sent this in!
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source: Siliconera & GematsuYuji Horii talks to Final Fantasy fan site.
Dragon Quest XI will be an offline game for home console, series creator Yuji Horii said during an interview with Final Fantasy fan-site FFRing.
Get the English tidbits below. (Edited from Google Translate.)What about Dragon Quest XI? Have you prepared something special to celebrate the 30th anniversary? Will it be an online game?Next week’s issue of Weekly Jump is supposed to have a “big title” related to Dragon Quest revealed. Perhaps we’ll finally hear about Dragon Quest XI then?
Horii: “(Laughs.) Nothing is decided! But yes, we are preparing something. We can’t say anything right now, but yes, we’re working on it. One thing is certain: Dragon Quest XI will be an offline game. But we’ll have more information on that front soon.”
Does the real-time combat of Dragon Quest Heroes make you want to evolve the gameplay for the mainline series of games? Like what Square Enix is doing with the Final Fantasy series?
Horii: “No, Dragon Quest XI will be a return to the traditional mechanics of Dragon Quest. If we do another action RPG, it will be in the Dragon Quest Heroes series. We want to differentiate those two types of games.”
Will Dragon Quest VII and VIII for 3DS be released in the west at any point? Many fans want them.
Horii: “(Laughs.) We hear and read that a lot of fans are indeed passionate about these games, and we’re thinking about it.”
Square Enix announced a remake for Final Fantasy VII. What is the possibility we’ll see a similar large-scale remake for Dragon Quest games like Dragon Quest III?
Horii: “There isn’t anything planned at the moment, but there is a possibility for it in the future.”
What’s your opinion on smartphone games?
Horii: “I don’t think that the success of smartphone games should be a reason to only make games for smartphones. I really think that games have to be designed for different platforms. Dragon Quest XI will, for example, be a game designed for home console because it will be designed for a controller.”
A few years ago, you made Dragon Quest Swords, a first-person Wii adventure game where use of the Wii Remote was very important. Does the age of virtual reality make you want to experiment with new concepts such as this?
Horii: “It’s amazing! I personally had the opportunity to try Project Morpheus, and it’s a very strange feeling. I really felt there was a girl next to me. Another demo had a shark, which was very impressive and realistic. If time allows it, I’d really like to make a Dragon Quest game using this technology.”
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