Desbreko Posted October 31, 2001 Share Posted October 31, 2001 Do any of you know about the Dragon Warrior series? In Japan, it's known as Dragon Quest. A couple of days ago I read an article in EGM about Dragon Warrior VII, and I found out an interesting fact about the Dragon Warrior series. In Japan there's a law that says that all new Dragon Quest games have to be released on either a weekend or a holiday. The reason for this law, is that kids were skipping school and adults were skipping work so that they could get a copy the day it came out. After the release of Dragon Quest III, so many people were skipping school and work that they passed that law. Anyway, I just thought that was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorykoAngelcry Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 HAHAHAHA, that is totally awsome! Would be funny to read some peoples opinions on that =P Thanks for that, provided an excellent laugh(even if not intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by jcgoudy [/i] [B]Do any of you know about the Dragon Warrior series? In Japan, it's known as Dragon Quest. A couple of days ago I read an article in EGM about Dragon Warrior VII, and I found out an interesting fact about the Dragon Warrior series. In Japan there's a law that says that all new Dragon Quest games have to be released on either a weekend or a holiday. The reason for this law, is that kids were skipping school and adults were skipping work so that they could get a copy the day it came out. After the release of Dragon Quest III, so many people were skipping school and work that they passed that law. Anyway, I just thought that was funny. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=crimson][size=1]Yep, just goes to show how popular the Dragon Quest series has been in Japan -- much more popular than Final Fantasy. Many have said that the original Dragon Quest was the first [b]true[/b] RPG. I'm not sure, but I think the first DQ was the game to invent turn-based fighting and common RPG gameplay convention used in RPGs today. Interestingly, Enix hasn't said which platform their next DQ game will arrive on (Dragon Quest VIII). However, they are reportedly considering GameCube as an option. Imagine what that'd do for GameCube in Japan... I think it'd be the same response as what happened with FFVII and PlayStation. As soon as Square announced FFVII exclusively for PlayStation, everyone went crazy and started buying PlayStations lol. [/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted November 1, 2001 Author Share Posted November 1, 2001 Yeah, the laugh was intended. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the article it says that they want to release it on whichever platform is on top at the time. I'm not sure how they're going to make the game though, if they don't know what platform it's going to be on. I hope it's released for GCN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fall Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by jcgoudy [/i] [B]Yeah, the laugh was intended. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the article it says that they want to release it on whichever platform is on top at the time. I'm not sure how they're going to make the game though, if they don't know what platform it's going to be on. I hope it's released for GCN. [/B][/QUOTE] What exactly is CGN? I honestly don't know......:toothy: And I have a mag that says the Dragon Warrior series have been released on Gameboy/Gameboy Color, N64, PS1, and SNES. Is that true? Because if it is, I'm definetely going to get it on SNES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Squashed Snail [/i] [B] What exactly is CGN? I honestly don't know......:toothy: And I have a mag that says the Dragon Warrior series have been released on Gameboy/Gameboy Color, N64, PS1, and SNES. Is that true? Because if it is, I'm definetely going to get it on SNES. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=crimson][size=1]If you want to learn more about GameCube, go to [url]www.nintendogamecube.com[/url] to find some info. GCN = Nintendo GameCube. Dragon Warrior is on SNES yep, but they made some remakes for Gameboy Color. And they're possibly making some more remakes on GB Advance.[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted November 1, 2001 Author Share Posted November 1, 2001 And they're also remaking Dragon Warrior IV with totally new graphics, so it looks just like VII. It's going to be on the PlayStaion though. They've made remakes of DWI/II and DWIII on GBC, but I've never heard of any on the SNES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by jcgoudy [/i] [B]And they're also remaking Dragon Warrior IV with totally new graphics, so it looks just like VII. It's going to be on the PlayStaion though. They've made remakes of DWI/II and DWIII on GBC, but I've never heard of any on the SNES. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=crimson][size=1]Yeah I heard about that. Although I read somewhere that they are thinking of bringing the updated DQVI to GBA. Given that GBA could probably handle DQVII even...since it's all 2D. It'd be great to see some good RPGs on GBA. I can't wait for Golden Sun -- the battle sequences look amazing.[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted November 1, 2001 Author Share Posted November 1, 2001 Yeah, that's the one thing Nintendo's systems seem to be missing: RPGs. It would be cool if they released DWVII for GBA. Another thing I'd like to see on GBA is Final Fantasy V. I haven't heard or seen much about Golden Sun, but I have heard that it's going to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by jcgoudy [/i] [B]Yeah, that's the one thing Nintendo's systems seem to be missing: RPGs. It would be cool if they released DWVII for GBA. Another thing I'd like to see on GBA is Final Fantasy V. I haven't heard or seen much about Golden Sun, but I have heard that it's going to be good. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=crimson][size=1]Well yeah, N64 was missing RPGs definitely. Although Square recently revealed why they have developed a rift with Nintendo, and believe it or not...it was Square's fault. lol Golden Sun is looking great. For GameCube, you have games like Rune, Eternal Darkness and a third RPG which I forget the name of...it looks nice though. There is a possibility of seeing Dragon Quest on GameCube, but rigt now, I do'nt know how strong that possibility is. I personally hope that Nintendo make a "Paper Mario 2" or Super Mario RPG 3 for GameCube. That'd be very cool :) I think you'll see more RPGs for GameCube than there were for N64 though, much more.[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted November 2, 2001 Author Share Posted November 2, 2001 I'd love it if Square made a port of FFX and FFXI for GCN. It will be nice to have more RPGs though. I'd also like it if Nintendo made another Super Mario RPG. I've always heard that it was supposed to be really good, but I haven't gotten around to playing it yet. Right now I'm busy with FFIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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