If they port over the 3DS version, that's exactly what it would look like. They'd need to make their own separate version just for the Switch to avoid that being the case and bringing it over in Unreal Engine 4 would just be unnecessary extra work to boot, which is why I'm betting on it being in line with the PS4 version. It's far more likely. That and nostalgia can't do much if your franchise was never huge to begin with in the West
He didn't confirm what you wrote.
He said it was being built in UE4.15, while the PS4 original was UE4.13. I mean come on, how divorced from logic and reason would you have to be to argue that means they might still be porting the 3DS version.
The UE version used didn't means it is based in PS4 version.
DQXI's technical director Mitsuru Kamiyama and producer Hokuto Okamoto said that the team ran into trouble for about a month because PS4 version was built using UE4 ver.4.13 but Switch is only compatible with UE4 ver.4.15 onwards. While this isn't a confirmation, it strongly suggests that Switch version will be based on PS4 version instead of 3DS version.
I don't understand why people expect them to port an early PS2-looking game to Switch just because they skipped 3DS here. Switch version will most likely be the PS4 with visual compromises, either that or something relatively different that still resembles that version more.
It'll be the PS4/Steam version plus Japanese VA, orchestrated soundtrack (at least for Japan) and maybe some extra story content and additional QOL improvements. But it'll be a little fuzzier and dialed back visually. Looking at DQVIII PS2 to 3DS probably gives us a good idea what to expect... in late 2019.
Because the 3DS version is not coming to West and doing that you have double dips like happened in Japan.
Yes, it means exactly that. He even related it directly to the PS4 version.
That doesn't answer why they wouldn't just scale back the existing UE version.
Dragon Quest sells orders of magnitude more in Japan. If the point of the Switch version is purely double dippers, why would they port the version most people already bought?
Most people didn't already buy a portable copy of the UE4 DQ.
They could've realocated resources from the other versions to get all ready at the same time.
Unless you imported nobody bought any version in the west.
Thought about doing that as well, but the PS4 version just looks too good to pass up on, plus, I want to support DQ in the west as much as possible. I'm ready to buy two copies of the 3DS version, a PS4 copy and one on Switch.
I agree actually. I'm getting it on PS4, but if the Switch game really is just the PS4 one, not launching at the same time seem like a really bad move to me.
Exactly.
So you think they're making DQXI Switch... for the west? To replace the 3DS version they're skipping? But using the PS4/Steam engine and instead rebuilding the 3DS version from scratch in it?
Well it's mainly just him who's expecting that. The fact that the Switch version will be in UE4 all but confirms that it'll be based off of the PS4 version, in some way or another
Remote play is not a replacement for most people. There is a reason why it failed. Plz, strop with this nonsense.
This one has even more to do. It's a great game just like 8.
The 3DS also became a DQ machine because of business decisions. Funny how that works.
Yeah, point I'm trying to make is that these companies aren't some kind of charity. People lose their wits when a game doesn't release on the system they like. I'm sure SE actually wants the game on Switch with how successful it is. 3DS just makes less sense right now.
Relocate resources from the other versions? Porting UE4 games to PC is the easiest port job possible, and the PS4 version came out last year, most of the people working on these versions are a localisation team! What would some translators, editors and VA people contribute to porting the game to the Switch, lol?!
