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neo2046 · Sep 11, 2004

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some game stores in Japan has showed that DQ8 will be released at November 27, 2004

john tv · Sep 11, 2004

Heheh. Smart. Saturday again... They know EVERYONE would've taken off work or cut school that day anyway.

Meier · Sep 11, 2004

I wonder how far Nintendo will distance the DS' release date from it just to be safe.

Shouta · Sep 11, 2004

RAWR! DRAGON QUEST 8!

Defensor · Sep 11, 2004

JackFrost2012 · Sep 11, 2004

Between World of Warcraft and Dragon Quest VIII, remind me again why I might buy any other games this fall?

jiggle · Sep 11, 2004

Damn, not soon enough.

ferricide · Sep 11, 2004

JackFrost2012 said:
Between World of Warcraft and Dragon Quest VIII, remind me again why I might buy any other games this fall?

liar. you don't like dragon quest.

duckroll · Sep 11, 2004

JackFrost2012 said:
Between World of Warcraft and Dragon Quest VIII, remind me again why I might buy any other games this fall?

Bebpo · Sep 11, 2004

JackFrost2012 said:
Between World of Warcraft and Dragon Quest VIII, remind me again why I might buy any other games this fall?

JackFrost2012 · Sep 11, 2004

MGS3 ... I'm taking a wait-and-see approach.
Viewtiful Joe 2 ... never played the first.
And after three years in Japan I've become exposed to so much second-hand DQ nostalgia that my animal brain has become convinced that it does, indeed, like Dragon Quest.

EDIT: My point was not that those are by far the two best games coming out this fall, I know they're just two good games amongst many. My point was, if I want to play both of them (and I do) and thus buy both of them (and I will), well, that's about 500+ hours of gameplay right there. How will I find time for anything else?

u_neek · Sep 11, 2004

Japan will go crazy... and calm down... and then FFXII is released...

dog$ · Sep 11, 2004

This post serves no purpose other than to celebrate the date (of which I thought would have been later) and declare that I will be getting it upon release.

So help me God this game better have a way of exploring the world that isn't like SO3 or FFX, though. Or do a much better way to hide linearity.

Bizarro Sun Yat-sen · Sep 12, 2004

It's also confirmed playable at TGS. Dengeki PS magazine has it listed as an action game. I have to assume this is a mixup.

Mrbob · Sep 12, 2004

Finally, a new Level 5 game.

Ranger X · Sep 12, 2004

Is there any official release date for America?

madara · Sep 13, 2004

JackFrost2012 said:
Between World of Warcraft and Dragon Quest VIII, remind me again why I might buy any other games this fall?

Well I hope DQ8 keeps you busy for whole remainder of time cuz sounds like you max level in WOW in 3days with that watered down mmorpg. Thank goodness you are getting DQ8, it will at least be haven from bnet kiddes, he.

BlackMage · Sep 13, 2004

madara said:
Well I hope DQ8 keeps you busy for whole remainder of time cuz sounds like you max level in WOW in 3days with that watered down mmorpg. Thank goodness you are getting DQ8, it will at least be haven from bnet kiddes, he.

exaggerate much? also, you have know idea what you are talking about so shut yer pie hole.

beerbelly · Sep 13, 2004

Holy shit! MGS3 is coming out THIS year?! It only seems like yesterday that the game was revealed.

Blackace · Sep 13, 2004

JackFrost2012 said:
Between World of Warcraft and Dragon Quest VIII, remind me again why I might buy any other games this fall?

No GTA:SA for you?

TekunoRobby · Sep 13, 2004

Mrbob said:
Finally, a new Level 5 game.

NO, it's: "Finally, a new Yuji Horii game!"

dog$ · Sep 13, 2004

Actually, I'm surprised that Capcom isn't distributing GTASA in Japan.

I wonder when Rockstar plans to release it there.

Blackace · Sep 13, 2004

dog$ said:
Actually, I'm surprised that Capcom isn't distributing GTASA in Japan.

I wonder when Rockstar plans to release it there.

I think they are dragging their feet to see how it fares in the States... let the sales in the states be the hype machine. Also Vice City just came out here like a couple of months ago... so you need to space it out between the games... I would think

Culex · Sep 13, 2004

It will be interesting seeing the media create figures for the week of release for DQ8. "The weekly software sales were 900% over last week".

shoplifter · Sep 13, 2004

john tv said:
Heheh. Smart. Saturday again... They know EVERYONE would've taken off work or cut school that day anyway.

Hey, it's the law, man.

NotMSRP · Sep 13, 2004

Why not Sunday since there's school on Saturdays, or Japan is now M-F like the US?

ferricide · Sep 13, 2004

NotMSRP said:
Why not Sunday since there's school on Saturdays, or Japan is now M-F like the US?

japan is now M-F.

Blackace · Sep 13, 2004

NotMSRP said:
Why not Sunday since there's school on Saturdays, or Japan is now M-F like the US?

Well kids can miss the Saturday classes... since it is not a part of their school... It would just be a Juku class most likely...

JackFrost2012 · Sep 13, 2004

Blackace said:
No GTA:SA for you?

Nope, I don't like GTA games. But that would be another 200 hrs, easy...

Pellham · Sep 13, 2004

NO, it's: "Finally, a new Yuji Horii game!"

unless you're a fan of Itadaki Street like I am, I think you should be saying "Finally, a new Dragon Quest game!" like everyone else..

dog$ · Sep 13, 2004

Well not really, just because the gap between this and 7 was nothing like 7 and 6.

Hell, outside of Duke Forever, I don't think there's been any videogame series that endured such plight in comparison to that between DQ6 and 7.

For me, DQ8 coming this year feels like "Whoa, holy shit, this soon??"

GhaleonEB · Sep 13, 2004

Dragon Quest IV sold, what, four million on the PS? I predict five million for this one.

Bebpo · Sep 13, 2004

GhaleonEB said:
Dragon Quest IV sold, what, four million on the PS? I predict five million for this one.

Don't forget the industry was in much better shape back when DQVII and DQIVr were released.

I predict 3.5 million for DQVIII

BobbyRobby · Sep 13, 2004

DQVII sold four million. DQIVr sold a little over one million. I think.

Mrbob · Sep 13, 2004

TekunoRobby said:
NO, it's: "Finally, a new Yuji Horii game!"

;__;

Oh yeah, I forget. Level 5 is only responsible for the graphics implementation? I forget how that works.

Where is Dark Cloud 3?

djtiesto · Sep 13, 2004

From what I gather, Yuji Horii just writes the story/scenario, and oversees the game, but they are programmed and developed by an outside company (Chunsoft for DQ5, Heartbeat for DQ7, and now Level 5 for DQ8)... Character design is by Akira Toriyama and music is by Koichi Sugiyama for all the games.

DQ8 looks phenominal, can't wait for the US release.

TekunoRobby · Sep 13, 2004

DJtiesto is absolutely right, although Level 5 isn't in charge of the direction (considering story, game flow, overall design, characters) the game goes they are every bit as involved with development as any of the previous companies. So getting excited for a new Level 5 game is still considered "on the money."

Anyways: Finally, a new Yuji Horii game!"

isamu · Sep 13, 2004

JackFrost2012 said:
Between World of Warcraft and Dragon Quest VIII, remind me again why I might buy any other games this fall?

Ever heard of a couple games by the names of Gran Turismo and OutRun 2?

How many copes did the remake of V sell anyway?

Randam_Hajile · Sep 13, 2004

shoplifter said:
Hey, it's the law, man.

Really? I thought it was always considered a "school holiday" if a DQ game was released on a school day...

jarrod · Sep 13, 2004

Hopefully this means a US release next June/July... and once SquareEnix USA has established the god damn thing here maybe we can Slime Morimori too?

WarPig · Sep 13, 2004

The Dragon Quest V remake did somewhere between 1.5 and 2 million.

I expect DQVIII to outsell DQVII, actually. There's less other shit on the Japanese market anyone wants to buy at this point.

DFS.

neo2046 · Sep 14, 2004

it is official now

shoplifter · Sep 14, 2004

Randam_Hajile said:
Really? I thought it was always considered a "school holiday" if a DQ game was released on a school day...

Though I'm sure that Saturdays are probably now legitimate release days:

The series is very popular in Japan, to the point that queues of people wishing to buy the game could be seen at shops days before the release. As this included children, who skipped school so they could queue for the game, the Japanese Diet passed a bill outlawing the release of Dragon Quest games on days other than a Sunday or a holiday - the fourth, fifth, and sixth installments were released in Japan on holidays. The seventh installment is the first Dragon Quest game to be released in Japan on a Sunday.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/dragon_quest

Culex · Sep 14, 2004

Awesome! That's pretty bad when your own goverment needs to pass a law banning the selling of a game series so that people don't skip work/school/saving lives.

Day of release: People try to call 911 (or whatever the equivalent is in Japan) and get a message, "sorry all operators are out today. Teh Dragon Quest is out!11".

Miburou · Sep 14, 2004

Culex said:
Awesome! That's pretty bad when your own goverment needs to pass a law banning the selling of a game series so that people don't skip work/school/saving lives.

Day of release: People try to call 911 (or whatever the equivalent is in Japan) and get a message, "sorry all operators are out today. Teh Dragon Quest is out!11".

119.

nameless_child · Sep 15, 2004

john tv said:
Heheh. Smart. Saturday again... They know EVERYONE would've taken off work or cut school that day anyway.

I thought it's coz they made a law where they can't sell DQ games on weekdays~?

or maybe just a wild rumor~

Chrono · Sep 15, 2004

um, so where does Final Fantasy 12 stand now? Ign says "winter 2005" but is that jan-feb 2005 or december (... <(;__

>...) 2005?

JackFrost2012 · Sep 15, 2004

Chrono said:
um, so where does Final Fantasy IX stand now? Ign says "winter 2005" but is that jan-feb 2005 or december (... <(;__>...) 2005?

Final Fantasy IX came out several years ago. As did Final Fantasy XI. Uh. What are you talking about!

Chrono · Sep 15, 2004

JackFrost2012 said:
Final Fantasy IX came out several years ago. As did Final Fantasy XI. Uh. What are you talking about!

Final Fantasy XII. >__<

jiggle · Sep 15, 2004

Most likely Spring Japan, Fall US.

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