Metal Gear isn’t known for being a stylish action game, but that didn’t stop a lot of people from picking up Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance in Japan.

Dragon Quest VII, Animal Crossing: New Leaf and a group of other familiar games made up the top-20 amidst a slow week for new releases.

Square Enix’s remake of Dragon Quest VII on the 3DS saw the second-highest launch of any Dragon Quest remake in recent years.

Square Enix have shipped 1 million copies of the Dragon Quest VII remake for Nintendo 3DS in Japan.

Dragon Quest VII’s focus on puzzle-solving is why you can go through five hours of the game without encountering a single battle, says series creator, Yuuji Horii.

If you want to smack slimes with a giant frying pan, you’ll have to stop by a McDonalds in Japan. The fast food chain has a special Shard that unlocks a dungeon.

Aside from its revamped looks, Dragon Quest VII will be adding new features for smoother game play on the 3DS remake. They’ve also announced some new monsters from Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland and Dragon Quest X too.

At first, Sugiyama thought it’d be a bad idea and that they should probably stick to the synthesizer as they did for the original version, mainly due to the uncertainty of whether the 3DS can produce the same sound quality from an orchestra.

Dragon Quest series producer Fujimoto shares development stories about Dragon Quest VII like when he sat down and played through the PS1 version with Yuji Hori. He mentioned that even Hori realized how difficult the game was with all the problem solving.

When you stop in for your morning coffee at 7-Eleven you can download a shield for Dragon Quest VII too.

Gerion, Giga Mutant, Mimic, and Slime are some of the monsters you can transform into. I guess slimes biggest skill is being squishy and adorable?

Dragon Quest IX was a smashing success in Japan due to its StreetPass map trading. That feature didn’t exactly take off in the West, so Square Enix is bringing the StreetPass Stone trading in Dragon Quest VII online.

Stone shards are scattered in the world of Dragon Quest VII for players to find. Searching for them is easier in the Nintendo 3DS version thanks to two features added by Square Enix.

In this game you can play as a warrior, magician, manager, or McDonald’s crew member. No, you don’t cook slime burgers, you battle monsters to earn stone tablet fragments

One of the features that made Dragon Quest IX a breakout success in Japan was trading treasure maps via StreetPass. So, of course Dragon Quest VII for Nintendo 3DS has StreetPass functionality built into it.

Square Enix released a trailer for Dragon Quest VII and the game looks gorgeous on Nintendo 3DS. Monsters have different attack animations in battle and you can see your party.