So with Square announcing a lot of new JRPGs at E3.. Where does that leave DQ11?
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MatrixMan.EXE
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It's own event is most likely.
Edit: Dragon Quest games are usually outsourced. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't they all been developed predominantly by an external studio with Enix/Square Enix overseeing the project? Expect the same this time around. Project Setsuna will have no effect on the games development.
Edit: Dragon Quest games are usually outsourced. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't they all been developed predominantly by an external studio with Enix/Square Enix overseeing the project? Expect the same this time around. Project Setsuna will have no effect on the games development.
Hades Hotgun
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Setsuna is the new team, DQ11 is in dev, TGS is the most likely event given the series' Japanese centric market.
Astral Dog
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Exclusive to NX
VoltySquirrel
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They've confirmed that it's in development, but they haven't made a formal announcement of it or anything. Which is for the best. Square has in the past had a problem of announcing games far too much in advance. (I'm looking at you, Versus XIII/XIV.) But yeah, when they eventually do announce it, it would definitely be, like other here have said, at TGS or an event of it's own.
LunarKnite
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It boggles my mind that Square-Enix is completely ignoring Dragon Quest in the west except for Dragon Quest Heroes. Especially with their so-called renewed focus on jRPGs. I can only hope that SE brings 11 to western shores, but they seem allergic to localizing anything DQ-related that approaches RPG-length scripts.
So you know for a fact they wont be bringing it to the west?
You know for a fact they will? Do i need to bring up their track record?
It would probably be best to assume it wont be coming and be pleasantly surprised if they do.
I think that it would be much more likely to release on 3DS.
Skiesofwonder
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Is there a reason why so many gamers are expecting DQ11 to hit PS4? with the way the console market is performing in Japan, there seems to be little reason to expect the mainline Dragon Quest series to hit anywhere outside of mobile devices and/or the 3DS.
Startropic1
Banned
Track record? You mean the fact that 10 is the only main entry we HAVEN'T gotten? Gee I wonder why they weren't in a hurry to give us an MMO.
hmm, if NX is tethered to a big screen then probably. And if it's region free I'll be playing ^^
part of it is horii claiming he'd like to play a dq on a big screen
part of it is square enix putting almost everything on ps4
part of it is fanboyism
MatrixMan.EXE
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Funnily enough its also why a lot of people don't want it to be on PS4 as well. I cannot wait until the platform(s) for this game are announced. The thread will be glorious.
Little late to this, but on top of what others have said, Square really seems to be the only company interested in revitalizing the console market in Japan, and I think that's a factor, too. FFVII, for instance, is one title they've mentioned as a specific title they hope to revitalize that market. They seem pretty dedicated to it, and while they've done a decent amount of handheld and mobile projects, they really seem to going all in, so I don't think it's a totally out there to think they could release their biggest Japanese-centric franchise there to revitalize interest.
Having said that...
I would be pretty surprised if it was PS4 exclusive. A lot of people were very surprised and disappointed whenever the port of DQVIII was to the 3DS and not the PS4 (or PS3). I think, too, the fact that DQ's fanbase is truly in Japan (I know it has a following elsewhere, but we all know the real selling heart of that franchise is Japan). If DQXI doesn't do the business they want in Japan, there's no real place to turn to since it probably won't do much abroad. The gut response is that DQ will sell regardless of platform, but I don't know if that's true, and I'm not sure if SE is willing to take that risk to its fullest.
FFVII, FFXV, and KHIII, those are titles they can afford to drop, because even if they don't do prime business in Japan, there's international appeal and will be "saved" elsewhere. That's why I personally feel like it's very unlikely that DQXI will be a PS4 exclusive like a lot of people think. I honestly expect 3DS, but if it's a console, I think it'll probably be crossgen PS3 and PS4. Could also be crossconsole and be something like 3DS, PS3 and PS4. Either way, I think people who have their eyes aimed for a PS4-only release are not getting it. It just doesn't make any business sense that I can see.
KiTA
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If Armor Project was working on Project Setsuna, we would have heard about that.
No, DQ11 won't be unveiled at E3, especially since we're Market Non Grata to Square Enix now. It'll have it's own, JP only, event.
Heck, Dragon Quest Heroes is ostensibly coming out this year in the West, not that you'd know listening to Square Enix at E3...
Leafhopper
Banned
Dragon Quest would get it's own event as others have said.
If not it would be TGS.
A DQ game wouldn't be announced at E3.
If not it would be TGS.
A DQ game wouldn't be announced at E3.
ShockingAlberto
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If DQXI were PS4 exclusive, it would mean they're abandoning Japan for a huge western push for the series.
Which is...not unprecedented in the industry, I suppose, but would still evoke some surprise.
Which is...not unprecedented in the industry, I suppose, but would still evoke some surprise.
Nightengale
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It's own event.
KiTA
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Considering that they can't even be assed to bring over DQM, DQM2, Rocket Slime 3, DQ7, DQ8, or even DQM Super Light? (Or Bravely Frontier, Bravely Second, SaGa, etc...)
Yeah, no, they've given up on the West for anything not a AAA spectacle game.
RyougaSaotome
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DQ11 is big enough that it'd get its own event, I imagine.
I don't think the guts to do something that risky. If they were going to try something like that, we'd have seen more of an effort to build brand recognition over the past couple of years in the West, but they're not doing that.
CaviarMeths
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Though your point remains solid, Super Light is coming soon:
http://dqmsl.garena.com/preregistration/
KiTA
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I posted the thread about that. That's a company that does English releases in Asia. No idea if we'll be able to do anything with it in the US / EU.
Dragon Quest isn't something that would really be shown off at E3
neither do I, honestly with how they've been doing the rereleases of the mainline series, it feels like it's either going to end up being 3DS or mobile (T_T). Only time will tell though, maybe they want to wait it out much longer to see if the PS4 picks up in Japan.
I know I'm gonna end up playing this and loving alot of it, but god damn am I not gonna still be hurting that we aren't getting DQ7 3DS
neither do I, honestly with how they've been doing the rereleases of the mainline series, it feels like it's either going to end up being 3DS or mobile (T_T). Only time will tell though, maybe they want to wait it out much longer to see if the PS4 picks up in Japan.
I know I'm gonna end up playing this and loving alot of it, but god damn am I not gonna still be hurting that we aren't getting DQ7 3DS
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Dragon Quest 11 is a 2016 game/game announcement. They still have plenty of time to devote a press conference to it.
Chuck Norris
Banned
There is no need for DQ on consoles at this point, it is a good handheld series. Ni no Kuni as a series can now scratch that itch of a console DQ like
Got it. Sorry, didn't see the thread here actually. Well, at least it will be in English I guess.
RyougaSaotome
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I get your point, but Bravely Second was announced for NA a little while back.
ShockingAlberto
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By Nintendo, to be fair.
Square-Enix seemingly let them handle this one, despite specifically citing BD as an example of misreading their audience by not bringing it over themselves.
That sounds horrible...
CaviarMeths
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It was, but Nintendo of America/Europe is once again picking up the publishing. SE itself was taken aback at the success of Bravely Default in the west, but still can't be bothered to publish the sequel themselves.
lol ok now, wth is this? Ni no kuni is good, but not the same as DQ. And on handheld? Smh...
Nightengale
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Dragon Quest Heroes wasn't even shown at Square's event.
DQ still exist in a different realm of focus for Square Enix in the west compared to other stuff in their line-up. It's a monster IP in Japan, but globally, there's always been some struggle for it to get the respect it gets in Japan. It's something they need to figure out.
DQ still exist in a different realm of focus for Square Enix in the west compared to other stuff in their line-up. It's a monster IP in Japan, but globally, there's always been some struggle for it to get the respect it gets in Japan. It's something they need to figure out.
which explains square-enix's usa's logo being one person shrugging.
Ghost Slayer
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It showed in their uncoming titles clip. It's just that they didn't talk about it like other games
Square Enix isn't ignoring Dragon Quest, they are ignoring the 3DS (in the west). If DQXI is on console it will be released in the west.
I think the game will be (PS3/)PS4 because Square Enix believes it will resurrect consoles in Japan.
EDIT:
It's kind of hilarious that the 3DS hasn't reaped any of the benefits of Bravely Default's success.
I think the game will be (PS3/)PS4 because Square Enix believes it will resurrect consoles in Japan.
It won't.
EDIT:
It's kind of hilarious that the 3DS hasn't reaped any of the benefits of Bravely Default's success.
Pennywise83
Banned
It'd be surprising because DQ was never huge even on huge jRPG platforms such as PS2 and DS.
Considering Square-Enix's current policy of trying to increase the PS4's installbase in Japan, it would make a lot of sense for Dragon Quest XI to be a PS4 game. They seem to be consolidating much of their software on PS4, and alongside Yuji Horii's comments, that poll the company ran that overwhelmingly resulted in demand for the next mainline Dragon Quest game on PS4, and that Dragon Quest Heroes would be perfect preamble to draw fans to the platform, like it or not, it seems as though it's an inevitability.
And yes, it's bound to have its own event. Maybe by the end of the year, but with the amount of games Square-Enix has to discuss, it could be next year instead.
And yes, it's bound to have its own event. Maybe by the end of the year, but with the amount of games Square-Enix has to discuss, it could be next year instead.