| memory2zack said: Complaints mainly are about the traditional turn-based battle system. Westerners constantly ask about innovation in their games and DQ hasn´t evolved ever since. I´m not considering which one is better or worse. Sure, if SE can market DQ like Nintendo did with Pokemon on their own then it would certainly reach a 'popular' status. But 100% SE can´t do that due to lack of resources, so they are definitely not the ones to blame. I´d blame Enix for not investing on the Western market like Squaresoft did and formed alliances with poweful players (Sony, EA). And since SE and Nintendo will promote together DQX, I don´t think there´s any reason to blame SE for anything, like the current trend dictates. You know, I´ve never played Pokemon. I hate the anime for having such a stupid plot and characters. It´s for kids, not all ages (unlike DQ). And if DQ has to be downsized overseas for the sake of popularity, then no, better for DQ to never be popular abroad then. |
Countless series can be accused of 'not innovating' from Halo to Madden to Mario. Yet they all do. Dragon Quest has as well. You seem to think it hasn't, but it has. We could have a huge discussion over the way it has, but I'll just explain it as a comparison such as comparing FF3 to F5 to FF7 to FF10. Well DQ has had a similar evolution. However, they did all their major leaps earlier (and many of them influenced Final Fantasy).
And you can't say SquareEnix is stretched in resources when its one of the largest gaming companies in Japan and producing 10-15 new Final Fantasy games a year. Its a simple matter of them focusing their marketing attention in America/Europe on certain series, instead of giving enough marketing attention to all the games they release. And especially Dragon Quest, which is their best selling RPG series in Japan, they are basically giving no media attention in America/Europe.
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