Yuji Horii: Dragon Quest VII and VIII for 3DS will receive a western release


#1

[quote]Reports are coming in from Twitter:

  • "Yuji Horii has just announced Dragon Quest VII and VIII will be
    released ‘in French’…?! Apparently a last minute announcement here at
    Japan Expo. Guess that means both titles at coming West on 3DS. I
    asked someone from Square Enix and it seems Horii dropping the bomb
    wasn’t planned.” (via @jkermarrec, 2)

  • "At Japan Expo, a few hours after our interview, Yuji Horii has
    confirmed here that Dragon Quest VII and VIII are coming ‘in
    French.’” (via @FFRing)

  • “Horii actually did mention 3DS for Dragon Quest VII and VIII
    localization. The translator got upset when he did.” (via
    @RedMakuzawa)[/quote]

DQ lives on in the west. I suppose it’s too much to ask for DQX at this point. I wonder if they were to localize that, that it would eat into the subscription numbers of FFXIV in the US and Europe. Maybe that is the reason they don’t want to localize the game. The reason that there isn’t enough demand for the DQ series can’t be said any longer because of the news in this thread. I think both games can and do co-exist in Japan, and Square Enix is fine with it because of the enormous amount of DQ fans in Japan.


#2

I would definitely buy DQ7. 8 looks like downgrade.