Square Enix has a busy summer schedule for North America filled with Final Fantasy. In Japan, the Nintendo DS remake of Dragon Quest V is a key release. ArtePiazza will finish their work on July 17.   This will be…

While we’re on the subject of role playing games on the Wii it’s an opportune time to mention Opoona’s release date. Koei will release a localized version of the (first?) “lifestyle RPG” on March 25. Opoona does have combat sequences…

On top of changing the entire game to 3D, ArtePiazza revised Dragon Quest V’s combat system. In the original Super Famicom release you could only have three people in your party. The PS2 remake bumps the party size from three…

I can’t say I’m caught off guard by this news since Koei was promoting Opoona with English materials when it was unveiled, but I am pleased that Opoona is coming to North America next spring. Usually ArtePiazza makes their bread…

Let’s move on to the next series of Square-Enix DS remakes and talk about Dragon Quest IV. The official site is open with a handful of pictures from the world. Instead of using the top down, 2D sprite look Dragon Quest…

  I don’t think this has been touched on before even though it was mentioned (in Japanese) in the scans.  ArtePiazza is handling the DS remakes! Don’t recognize the name? I’m not surprised because most of their projects remain in…