Because the west doesn't care for DQ. DQ is too godly for us anyways.
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Square Enix Asia: Dragon Quest 1, 2 and 3 will be released in English on Nintendo Switch this year
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Because the west doesn't care for DQ. DQ is too godly for us anyways.
SE didnt care - its difficult for the west to care if the games arent even released here.
Would be cool if we eventually got physical releases of most of the mainline games over here.
I think that especially after Dragon Quest XI there will be a lot more demand for these games than Square Enix expects. I hope they come to as many platforms as possible too! I have been especially hopeful that the majority of the mainline titles would eventually hit Steam.
I think that especially after Dragon Quest XI there will be a lot more demand for these games than Square Enix expects. I hope they come to as many platforms as possible too! I have been especially hopeful that the majority of the mainline titles would eventually hit Steam.
God have mercy on them if they look like the asstacular PS4 versions that were released in Japan.
they're the same versions :/
it's a shame after all these years these games don't have a definitive version on a current platform.
When and how they are released matters - many of them only happened because Nintendo published them.
Outside of DQV and VI. I didn't know I had to break this down to you. We had DQ games here. I mean they were called Dragon Warrior but it was the same games. Barely anyone like RPGs back then. BARELY.
I think you are missing my point - so lets just leave it at that.
Square stopped making definitive versions after the PSP, aside from maybe FFXII.
there are SE remasters that have some issues, but these games have no version that doesn't either have missing features and content, or look bad.
God damn, I can't wait.
Wish Square would rerelease all of them though. Dragon Quest V on PS2 was wonderful.
Wish Square would rerelease all of them though. Dragon Quest V on PS2 was wonderful.
There are parts of nearly every port post PSP that look kind of bad, from the iOS ports of FFV and FFVI, to the world map in FFVIII. VIII is kind of a special case and it appears that they took the wrong approach to the title (which should have been filtered emulation). In 15 years its probably these subpar ports that will live on, while PS Archives exists only on increasingly older consoles.
It's pretty fucking depressing. I would have bought DQIII for the PS4 when it came out had it been a faithful port of the SFC version. Like, how hard could that be? I guess S-E probably believes the mobile versions are superior to the originals.
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It's so sad they're seemingly content with never making definitive versions of the Dragon Quest games.
This right here.
I recently finished Dragon Quest 1 and 2 and had a misirable experience, DQ2 especially. Phantasy Star on the other hand is now my favorite 8bit JRPG because of the improvements M2 added.
no. all the games from 1 to 10 have specific areas remade in the style of the super famicom remake of DQ 3, those areas are in the switch version of DQ11.
I looked at the ps4 port and it certainly looks fine to me. Ideal? No but certainly the best way to officially play these games. If you'd rather emulate the snes games at least buy these versions to show support for the IP
I'm happy that these are coming to the west, but I'm gonna pass.
I vastly prefer the SNES version of DQ3, it's way more beautiful.
What is good with gamers shitting on 3rd gen console JRPGs? That was the Genesis of what you guys starting to get into.
looks like crappy mobile versions
So awful sprites, no ice cave from GBC, no monster animations from SFC, no Pachisi
YES! Is a shame that these are not the best versions of those games but is still more DQ that I can have on my Switch which is always a good thing in my book.
Hope this is released physically as well.
Hope this is released physically as well.
I played DQ I and II on mobile and didn't mind them at all, but seeing the monster animations on the snes version of DQ III kinda makes me want to track down a cart
Is it same situation for the other mobile ports too (aka what is the best platform from DQIV and onwards)? IIRC one of them is actually a nice port from DS but i'm not sure
Is it same situation for the other mobile ports too (aka what is the best platform from DQIV and onwards)? IIRC one of them is actually a nice port from DS but i'm not sure
That sucks. Man, why are mobile ports so often middling? It's not like the hardware can't handle better. I've been meaning to replay DQ3 for ages, too. I still have my cart, but have no GBC compatible hardware. Guess the search continues.
The mobile versions of 1-3 were visually just fine, plus 1 and 2 had the XP rate fixed to make the game pace much better (like the SNES/GBC versions)
What was a pain in the ass was not being able to press buttons and not even being able to use a peripheral controller.
What was a pain in the ass was not being able to press buttons and not even being able to use a peripheral controller.
I'm not shitting on anything. DQ2 is just a miserable experience if you don't have a walkthrough constantly at the ready.
Those mobile versions look like straight ass.
In Japan when they've been treating the series right and its just another version of games that have been released millions of times that's fine whatever.
But you fuck up the series for years with no faith in it and horrible marketing or none at all, and then you release shit tier mobile ports, as the first real offering of a return to the classic series (since gameboy) at that point Square Enix can fuck right off.
In Japan when they've been treating the series right and its just another version of games that have been released millions of times that's fine whatever.
But you fuck up the series for years with no faith in it and horrible marketing or none at all, and then you release shit tier mobile ports, as the first real offering of a return to the classic series (since gameboy) at that point Square Enix can fuck right off.
Whoa! Ok I already have that preordered lol. I thought 2D mode in DQ11 was like NES style but no, that looks like SNES+ it's so beautiful
Well I hope they bring this over to the West and bring the PS4 versions with it since you know they already exist.
Hopefully this is part of a push all of DQ on Switch, because I really appreciate the look of DQ8 and I've been hoping to make that my first.
Odd, I didn't feel this way with my time playing them. I absolutely destroyed these games on mobile and it's my preferred way to play them since I can just use one hand :). I plowed through each one during my commute to work. Was a lovely time.
Happy it's coming to switch. Doubt I'll pick them up.
I don't get why SE needs to shit on all of their ports of retro games. The games are perfect as is, why do they have to step in and make them look like ass?
80% of the people that would buy one of these ports are used to retro games and probably prefer the pixilated look instead of those ugly ass airbrush sprites.
80% of the people that would buy one of these ports are used to retro games and probably prefer the pixilated look instead of those ugly ass airbrush sprites.
Yeah, it's like "what if there were a proper 2D DQ game on the Saturn" or something. It's pretty awesome
3 is one of the best RPGs ever made in my opinion.
1 and 2 haven't aged quite as well.
