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Forums - Gaming - Square Enix Wants to Localize Dragon Quest VII and X but Can't

sc94597 on 05 September 2014

Well maybe if you didn't spend eight years devloping lackluster FFXIII games and not releasing FFXV you'd have the nickles it would cost to release a remake and make a profit.



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KLAMarine on 05 September 2014
Wagram said:
DQs popularity is the main reason they don't want to bring it over. It may be profitable in the end, but i'm assuming their logic is why waste resources on that when they can have employees do something else with a higher return.

Then again FFXV has been in development for 8 years so what do I know?


Eight years!? You're kidding right?



Moonhero on 05 September 2014

How about Dragon Quest Monsters??? Get that shit over here SE... Jerks.



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DonFerrari on 05 September 2014

So they have some 100 lines of new text from the PS1 version and that is too expensive to translate?? Use google translate, charge a little less and everyone is happy.



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WagnerPaiva on 05 September 2014

I think they did that many years ago, I played DQ7 on Playstation One



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RenCutypoison on 05 September 2014
Namiirei said:

Poliwrathlord said:

In terms of DQVII, it has a lot of text to go through and translate, and we’ve received so many requests and so much positive feedback about the game, but unfortunately, we have to consider the cost and the manpower needed to handle the sheer load of text. In terms of scenario and script, the game is probably one of the largest in the DQ franchise. If a lot of people can buy it and support it… well, we can’t promise anything.

What a joke.

If they're afraid of the cost, they can let the translation to the fans, it will be free and probably great. then they can releas ethe game on the E-store = 100% profit.

Square-enix...


Given their explanation, they probably Bandai'd the code. If they did shit to begin with, it costs a lot to translate. Like Bandai's games.



DevilRising on 05 September 2014

Yeah. "Can't." Right. Totally believable.



Darc Requiem on 05 September 2014
Namiirei said:

Poliwrathlord said:

In terms of DQVII, it has a lot of text to go through and translate, and we’ve received so many requests and so much positive feedback about the game, but unfortunately, we have to consider the cost and the manpower needed to handle the sheer load of text. In terms of scenario and script, the game is probably one of the largest in the DQ franchise. If a lot of people can buy it and support it… well, we can’t promise anything.

What a joke.

If they're afraid of the cost, they can let the translation to the fans, it will be free and probably great. then they can releas ethe game on the E-store = 100% profit.

Square-enix...


The localized DQVII on PS1. I owned the game. They are full of shit.



2Ultra on 05 September 2014

What irks me is the spin-off titles bit... I purposely skipped those things because I wanted the real deal, not some spin off. Oh well, guess I'll get my fill on Playstation instead (which is working as intended).



kupomogli on 05 September 2014

This is why I don't see why that companies like Sega, Square Enix, etc, turn to a company like Kickstarter or do preorders for localization and as long as they get a set amount of preorders in a certain amount of time, then they will start localization of the game.

With as many interviews as journalists have with these higher ups, why haven't they ever mentioned the possibility of this.  Gaming journalists are stupid.