![]() So not only was the rival series already on the next generation console, Dragon Warrior VII’s graphics were also pretty lackluster for a late PS1 release, so in presentation alone, it couldn’t compete against even the previous Final Fantasy title which was released the year before and looks several times better. So a possibly successful series was made more or less forgotten by the general gaming community.ĭragon Warrior VII also had two more things working against it: the Playstation 2 was already out, and so was one of the biggest titles in the entire library, Final Fantasy X. So by the time Dragon Warrior VII came out, there wasn’t a massive hype like the latest Final Fantasy or Legend of Zelda title, because we missed out on 5 releases, and there’s a nine year gap between DW4 and DW7. ![]() So while Enix started with releasing remakes of the first three games on the Gameboy Color and were critical successes, commercially they weren’t impressive. It wasn’t until 2000 when Enix finally decided to release games in the US. So while Enix released 2 new games, and remade the first 3 for the SNES, the rest of the world was left out of the blue. Dragon Warrior IV was the last title released in the US before Enix decided to stop releasing games outside of Japan. To explain how this happened, we should start with a quick history lesson. ![]() It went a bit under the radar in the US and became sort of a cult classic.Īre the Japanese and US audience that widely different? Well, it was only highly anticipated in Japan and the vast majority of those sales were from Japan. ![]() Especially when it’s boasting that the main story takes at least 100 hours to beat. Released in Japan in 2000 and in the US the following year as Dragon Warrior VII (keeping with the naming of the previous titles in the US, also keeping with tradition, it wasn’t released in Europe), it was the highly anticipated addition to the legendary role-playing series Dragon Quest and went on to selling over 4 million copies making it one of the best selling Playstation games. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |