Dragon Quest V DS is out

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memory2zack said:

Khuutra said:
The localizations are not what is stopping these games from being more popular, nor are the removed content (which the average consumer is blatantly unaware of).

Simply put, Square doesn't know how to market it in the west.

Dragon Quest's biggest opponent is Dragon Quest itself.

 

DQV has all the content the japanese version has (which is talking to the party). SE got Nintendo´s help for marketing DQIX, so we´ll see how it will do.

 

I really doubt DQ will ever be popular in the U.S. People just don´t want to play games with an archaic turn-based battle system. If there´s a chance to popularize DQ, then Europe.

Pokemon ?

IMO POkemon took a fair share of "inspiration" from Dragon Quest.

The difference between the two is that Nintendo made Pokemon a success outside Japan.

BTW I'm playing it ( DQ5 ) and I laugh aloud when my hero encountered in battle a ridiculous party composed by some strange little  creatures.

In that party there were  4 "monsters" that act and wear like a magician, a priest, a warrior and an hero but they were all inept.

So funny