Comments on: Japan not happy about Dragon Quest IX on the DS?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:35:37 +0000

Americans and the like might complain D-fuse, but the Japanese wouldn’t. Haven’t you been paying attention? This is the franchise that’s so popular a law had to be passed so that new entries (after DQIII) couldn’t be released on school days. The Japanese like Dragon Quest to stay just how it is, and I honestly don’t blame them. In a world where Final Fantasy no longer needs humans to play (and quite frankly, doesn’t seem to want it either), Dragon Quest is traditional and familiar almost to a fault. Nobody is saying you have to every DQ entry, but when every other RPG around is trying new things and becoming more “action-oriented,” sometimes it’s nice to have a series that sticks to what works and does it well.

That being said, I’m anticipating DQIX to be a fun game, although the descriptions have me a bit nervous. More and more it sounds like a dungeon crawler (I remember reading somewhere that you’re given missions by a king and sent off to various dungeons), which might not be the best route to take the series. It certainly hasn’t been working too well for the Mana series.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:35:00 +0000

By: ShadowMarth

ShadowMarth — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:23:30 +0000

Well, perhaps they’re building up to #10. I don’t know why they’re getting all offensive about the number of the title… It’s really meaningless, since the game would exist either way.

By: ShadowMarth

ShadowMarth — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:23:00 +0000

Well, perhaps they’re building up to #10. I don’t know why they’re getting all offensive about the number of the title… It’s really meaningless, since the game would exist either way.

By: D-Fuse

D-Fuse — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:19:32 +0000

I bet if it was on the Playstation 3 and had the same stuff that the other Dragon Quest or Dragon Warrior games had there would still be people complaining that it was the same stuff over and over. Welcome chang3?

By: D-Fuse

D-Fuse — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:19:00 +0000

By: the_importer

the_importer — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:49:49 +0000

Bah, they’re just #$%^ing, they’ll buy it anyway, them Japanese folks love their DQ.

I’m sure they #$%^ed when the franchise moved from Nintendo to SONY and when it went from 2D to 3D.

By: the_importer

the_importer — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:49:00 +0000

Bah, they’re just #$%^ing, they’ll buy it anyway, them Japanese folks love their DQ.

I’m sure they #$%^ed when the franchise moved from Nintendo to SONY and when it went from 2D to 3D.

By: Cherry

Cherry — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:06:23 +0000

I think making it an Action-RPG and putting it on a handheld is a good idea. I’m not a staunch Nintendo fan or anything, I just think that the DS is something you can easily pick up, and just as easily put down. Furthermore, I’ve found pretty much all of the Dragon Quest games to be boring — and they all really seem to be the same game, regardless of the number. I cannot see why Japan still makes a big deal out of the series. As a matter of fact, I think they should start including an alarm clock that goes off every 10 minutes to make sure the user hasn’t fallen asleep from boredom. Thankfully, the new direction Level-5 seems to be taking with the series will most likely remedy any boredom. Additionally, if anyone can get an Action-RPG right, and make a good game in general, it’s Level-5.

So, to sum it up: Japan needs to get over it. The series has needed change for over 15 years, and it’s finally getting it, so now people who previously disliked the series may actually get into it with this installment. Like me.

By: Cherry

Cherry — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:06:00 +0000