Both DQVIII and IX sold more in EMEAA than in the Americas:
| Pos | Game | Americas | Japan | EMEAA | Worldwide | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
0.41 | 4.34 | 0.67 | 5.42 | ||
| 2 |
|
0.63 | 3.68 | 0.69 | 5.00 |
Pokemon was massive here in Europe as well.
It's generally a vicious cycle with JRPGs in Europe, games don't get released, so people guess there isn't a market for them, leading to less being released. This cycle is less true now, due to the successes of games like FFVII and Pokemon.
For example, during the 16bit era, Europe didn't get any of these SNES RPGS:
Final Fantasies IV - VI
Dragon Quest V and VI
All Fire Emblems
Ogre Battle MotBQ
Tactics Ogre
Seiken Densetsu 3
Earthbound
Super Mario RPG
Chrono Trigger
Tales of Phantasia
Bahamut Lagoon
During the 5th gen, things got a little bit better, however Europe still missed out on:
Tactics Ogre port
Chrono Trigger port
Tales of Phantasia port
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Eternia
Dragon Quest VII
Valkyrie Profile
All Arc the Lad
Ogre Battle 64
Chrono Cross
By the 6th and 7th gens, Europe gets most RPGs that are localised to the US, however last gen we still didn't get these:
Radiant Historia
Baten Kaitos Origins
Tales of the Abyss
Tales of Destiny remake
Magical Vacation
Some of the Xenosaga games
