Well that didn't take long. Our buddies over at Eurogamer have already popped the all-important question to Square Enix following the official reveal of Dragon Quest XI. When asked if the role-playing game will head West, the Japanese publisher stated it understandably doesn't have "a concrete plan at the moment", but it'll "consider it as [it has] done in the past for other Dragon Quest titles".
Certainly nothing definitive, then, but for what it's worth, we reckon that the release will eventually find its way overseas. The last instalment in the series to launch on a PlayStation console was Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, and it was a solid success on the PS2. Dragon Quest X didn't make it West, however, but it's worth pointing out that it's a massively multiplayer online title, and as such, it's unsurprisingly more difficult to localise.
With the selling power of the PS4 here in the West, and the fact that Dragon Quest Heroes is releasing as an exclusive later this year, we'd tempt fate and say that there's a decent chance of XI making the journey - even if we do have to wait about half a year for it to arrive after it launches in Japan.
How desperate are you for a more traditional Japanese RPG on your new-gen console? Beckon forth the slimes in the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Well, I buy every KH game in Japanese and English anyway. And I've started to import the Japanese DQ 3DS games, don't worry I have the import console. But PS4 isn't region locked. Tho I think if Heroes does we'll we're safe. So make sure to buy that too.
come on Square don't do this to us AGAIN, you know how much demand for the DQ games there is over here everyday someone posts on your site about it, you know we want it so just give us it
"...even if we do have to wait about half a year for it to arrive after it launches in Japan."
That's... optimistic. We generally wait much, much longer if DQ games get localized at all these days. But I'm confident for this one. In fact, I reckon that DQXI is the one with more chances of getting localized of the bunch.
It's disheartening that they are probably counting on the sales of a spin-off to probe interest in the series, though. I doubt DQ Heroes will be a hit. Most likely it will amount to decent sales, but nothing stellar. I hope SE's expectations for it are not too high/determinant for future releases.
As a huge DQ fan, I'll definitely be buying every thing they localize. (Looking at you, DQ7)
It's tough being a fan of this series, as they don't seem to give us a chance to even buy them. They know there is interest, but it's always pushed off.
Hopefully DQ Heroes will sell well so we can change their perception of what we want as RPG gamers.
It damn well better come to the west!!! I'm sick of Square Enix doing this to us! It's hard to live this series when they never think of is westerners and constantly release the games on shitty Nintendo consoles.
I own a XBO and bought the PS4 especcially for the JRPG's. So, let the game come!
People keep saying SE are bad at localising this series but it seems to be mainly based on them not wanting to release a localisation of VII, a game that was already released in the West 14 years ago - and on a very successful console, the PS1. Let's assume it didn't sell all that well, I guess that may be informing their decision, combined with the fact that the 3DS is doing quite a bit worse than the PS1 and that it's a 14 year old game. VIII did well in the West but it's still an old game that's already been localised, plus the fact that it had to be downgraded to run on the 3DS and still has long, tedious loading screens before each and every random battle.
X was a weird case, it was released on a console that seemed to be popular but really most of the install base had packed it away in the attic years ago after Wii Fit and Sports lost their appeal. It was also an MMO. By contrast XI is on a successful console with owners that actually buy games, and it's a single-player RPG like the other DQs that actually got released over here, in some cases several times on various different platforms.
@hYdeks @fchinaski @FullbringIchigo I'll be very peeved if this game takes forever to release in North America.
The DS games must have sold horrible in the west for them not to wanna release the new games. But I bought 3 of the 4 main series games. ( Out of 4, 5, 6 and 9 ) New. I still can't find a EU copy of the 5th game for a good price. I bought the PS2 game too when that came out and that was EU's FIRST DQ. God the PAL region sucks. Now where are my new games? Why aren't more people buying them only FF, KH and Chrono Trigger gets talked about. =p
I can deal with it not being on Xbox. But seriously, not being released in Europe? I'm not gonna say I've been a massive DQ fan, I'm (relatively) young and have only played IX, but that was (and still is) one of my favourite games. Please let it come to the west SE
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