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memory2zack on 21 February 2009
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Kenryoku_Maxis said:
memory2zack said:

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.

You mean like Final Fantasy III and IV DS?

Face it, the games are being labeled 'archaic' because they aren't on the same graphical level as Final Fantasy.  As well as not being as popular as a certain other SquareEnix RPG series.  Why is Dragon Quest 'archaic' and Final Fantasy DS 'Fresh and New' when both feature enhancements to their battle engines and game content?

Oh yeah, new menues and FMVs for Final Fantasy.

 

FFIII, FFIV -> active turn-based. The remakes didn´t sell that much anyway in the West to be considered 'popular'. Spectacular FMVs are not the selling point they used to be as well.

DQ still uses exactly the same battle system as the first one.

FF is the exception, its very popular since FFVII in the U.S.

Btw I didn´t use 'archaic' to say DQ is bad. I like DQ, especially the zenithia trilogy and am totally happy with the localisation. I hope they do such localisations with the rest of their games.

 

@celine: the inspiration that Pokemon took was the monster hunting aspect. If they made a new DQ animated series and it became extremely popular in the West then DQ games would sell like hotcakes to kids like Pokemon does. I´m just trying to be realistic though.