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Move over Halo 2/GTA.. the King is BACK with a VENGEANCE - TyrionXavier - 12-01-2004

1. 12:44 Forget Halo 2 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. When you talk about game launches, the Japanese really know how to do things. After setting the record (and it's still a record, regardless of what Microsoft tells you) for pre-orders with Dragon Quest VII, Square Enix's Dragon Quest VIII sold well over 2.2 million copies in the first two days after it launched last Friday and is widely expected to top the last instalment's 4 million total sales mark. The sales price for Dragon Quest VIII and it's special edition is higher than that of Halo 2 ($90US for the special edition), thus cementing it as the highest grossing opening weekend of any video game in history. Now that's a lot of RPG-ing.
   
   Not that the sales figures were a surprise. The real shock came from an innocuous DVD bundled with the game. Nestling on the disc is a cel-shaded trailer for something Square is calling 'Code Age' and describing as a "new concept brand".
   
   No other solid information about which format the product will appear on, or even if it is indeed a new game, is offered. The only other clue available is that Yusuke Naora, who designed the characters in recent cult RPG favourite Unlimited SaGa and has worked on the visuals for other Square titles like FFVI, FFVII, FFVIII, FFX, The Bouncer and Chrono Trigger, will handle director's duties.
   
   Given that Square are labelling Code Age as a new 'brand' the developer may be continuing with its plans to release 'polymorphic' spin-offs from a central title across several platforms. The numerous FFVII offshoots Square are releasing across PS2, PSP, mobile phones and DVD may be a good indication of how Code Age will pan out.
   
   We've been in touch with Square but there are no more details to be had at the moment. As soon as we hear, you'll hear.
   
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   Holy crap! Japan's population is less than half of the US to boot! That's insane!
   

For those that don't know the North American name of this series is "Dragon Warrior." It's expected that the US launch of the game will be just as the Japan launch.

Wow, this could be the one that makes Enix’s Dragon Quest as big a hit in the U.S. as it is in Japan. In fact, now that the American kids have finally gotten the anime Dragon Ball and gone crazy for it like the rest of the world, they’ll probably latch on to this game just because it features character designs by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama.

Then there’s the factor of the merger with Square. Square’s experience in reaching Western audiences with Final Fantasy will no doubt help. But this extended-length Japanese trailer is pretty convincing in and of itself that Dragon Quest is ready to take America.

Here's the trailer:

http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_dragonquest8_jp.html

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Move over Halo 2/GTA.. the King is BACK with a VENGEANCE - VitaminE - 12-01-2004

Gamers Mecca Thread.

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Move over Halo 2/GTA.. the King is BACK with a VENGEANCE - Tribal Dragon - 12-01-2004

Looks pretty gay. Give me gang banger's in drive by's any day of the week versus a talking toad.

Cool in Japan = Sucks in US.

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Move over Halo 2/GTA.. the King is BACK with a VENGEANCE - Anhil8tor - 12-01-2004

why are all the human players white and appear american?

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