The hero of Dragon Quest III, Erdrick, joins the battle!

[Shado-will]

I was hoping that DQXI was gonna release earlier than fall but I guess I can live

 

[Rumble Red]

Well no news is good news I guess.

The fact that they went out of their way to talk a lot about DQ separately from the other lineups really says something though.

I was really goin' there for a minute. They gave it basically the same kind of Big Attention as Fire Emblem. Good sign either way.

If we get him, I don't think he'll be revealed until closer to D Q11's release.

Speaking of which, looks like it's gonna be amazing.

I'm really impressed with how well DQXI holds up on Switch. Compared to a lot of PS4-to-Switch crunchdowns it looks pretty much fine. I'm glad we're getting the 2D mode too, that's cute.

 

[Teeb147]

So, how long before spring?

 

[BluePikmin11]

Do you guys think Nintendo did a good job at marketing Dragon Quest XI-S?

What do you think Nintendo needs to do to make the Erdrick announcement exciting? Bring up the port again, bring a 3D remake of DQ3 with the DQ11 engine? What else?

 

[Deleted member]

Surprised by the amount of time DQXI S had dedicated to it, happy that Nintendo likes the franchise a lot. Hope this bodes well for the future, not only for Smash but for the franchise to stop having release droughts in the future.

 

[Teeb147]

Do you guys think Nintendo did a good job at marketing Dragon Quest XI-S?

What do you think Nintendo needs to do to make the Erdrick announcement exciting? Bring up the port again, bring a 3D remake of DQ3 with the DQ11 engine? What else?

Sure, they did a good job showing it off.

I suppose it's possible for the other dragon quests sometime too, but if there likely isn't a nintendo direct before e3, then i could only see there being something in another type of direct. Or just announce.

 

[Calane]

Well, looks like we have to suffer through all of this waiting even longer... Woo-hoo...

 

[Teeb147]

The wait isn't great.

I will say though that seeing all the DQ attention in the direct still has my hopes up.
Also, lots of people are iffy on verge because he messed up, but with what he said about his main sources and Erdrick, I feel more confident in erdrick now.

We just have to stand strong and believe it's worth the wait

 

[perfectchaos83]

Do you guys think Nintendo did a good job at marketing Dragon Quest XI-S?

What do you think Nintendo needs to do to make the Erdrick announcement exciting? Bring up the port again, bring a 3D remake of DQ3 with the DQ11 engine? What else?

This is the hardest Nintendo has ever pushed DQ. Not only that, but they straight up said how important of a series it is. If I were a betting man, I'd say they are absolutely laying the ground work for a Smash x DQ reveal.

 

[Teeb147]

This is the hardest Nintendo has ever pushed DQ. Not only that, but they straight up said how important of a series it is. If I were a betting man, I'd say they are absolutely laying the ground work for a Smash x DQ reveal.

Groundwork makes sense, but then I wonder where they would talk about DQ3. Maybe a DQ focused direct, but then where would they show joker gameplay?
Unless it's both A reveal somewhere, and then talk more about it in a smash direct. Dunno, just wondering.

 

[Arcadenik]

I am so excited for Dragon Quest Builders 2 and Dragon Quest XI S!

 

[perfectchaos83]

Groundwork makes sense, but then I wonder where they would talk about DQ3. Maybe a DQ focused direct, but then where would they show joker gameplay?
Unless it's both A reveal somewhere, and then talk more about it in a smash direct. Dunno, just wondering.

I would say that Erdrick himself isn't THAT important to lay the ground work for, especially if he does come with Luminary as an Alt.

 

[Teeb147]

I would say that Erdrick himself isn't THAT important to lay the ground work for, especially if he does come with Luminary as an Alt.

I dunno, as a main face for the dlc character, I would expect them to want to give some context for where he comes from. I can see your point for DQ in general maybe. Luminary will only be on the switch in fall

 

[DarthEnderX]

This is the hardest Nintendo has ever pushed DQ.

I dunno...giving away free copies of DQ1 with Nintendo Power subscriptions was a pretty hard ****in push.

 

[TheYungLink]

I dunno...giving away free copies of DQ1 with Nintendo Power subscriptions was a pretty hard ****in push.

Still, in that case it was because there was a lot of copies that weren't going to sell on their own considering how unfamiliar with RPGs the West would be, unless I have my info wrong.

Nintendo pushing DQ11 for Switch so hard is a different beast entirely. They are trying to make it a mainstream hit...and they may succeed.

 

[DarthEnderX]

Confession time:
I always thought Drackys were supposed to be, like, baby dragons. And that they were named after drakes.

I just found out that they're actually named after Dracula, and they're just bats...

 

[Teeb147]

I dunno...giving away free copies of DQ1 with Nintendo Power subscriptions was a pretty hard ****in push.

Still, in that case it was because there was a lot of copies that weren't going to sell on their own considering how unfamiliar with RPGs the West would be, unless I have my info wrong.

Nintendo pushing DQ11 for Switch so hard is a different beast entirely. They are trying to make it a mainstream hit...and they may succeed.

Yeah It was for the rest of the copies they hadn't sold. It was successful of a push anyway, cuz they got a lot of 20$ subs for it.
I didn't realize it means a lot weren't sold at full price.

These days it's pretty normal for games to go on special, so in a way i see it as a primal 'special' sale.

 

[DarthEnderX]

I bought mine at full price...I was down for anything with knights and dragons as a kid.

On a related note, **** Hydlide.

 

[Teeb147]

I bought mine at full price...I was down for anything with knights and dragons as a kid.

On a related note, **** Hydlide.

It was pretty normal to rent games back then. I think a lot of people played it like that too. Tho the sale numbers were actually pretty high, so i guess tons of people did buy it. makes sense for an rpg too.

 

[DarthEnderX]

Hydlide and Athena were the two games that taught me not to buy games based on their box art...

 

[Teeb147]

Hydlide and Athena were the two games that taught me not to buy games based on their box art...

Heh, at least Athena was decently fun.

I just realized that DQ1 sold less than Dq2, 3, and 4. Even if it has mostly to do with japan, it's funny that more of them played the later ones than the first one. (technically doenst matter as much for 3, i guess)

Edit: technically more played dq1 in the west. at least from the lists i saw.

 

[DarthEnderX]

Heh, at least Athena was decently fun.

...no.

 

[Teeb147]

...no.

The arcade game was alright. maybe the nes port sucked, not sure.
A lot of arcade games were fun. sometimes the ports suffered quite a bit.

 

[Rumble Red]

I think this is the first Nintendo Direct to have such similar DQ content between the Japanese and English versions. Which is to say, we got Builders and they got a Rivals port, and the DQXI trailers were pretty different between regions, but both sides got the same intro bit with Koizumi and the autumn release window. Brave new world.

The key items are that DQXI S is coming out at roughly the same time worldwide, and that Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe have two Dragon Quest games to promote and publish before the year's out. To be clear: Square Enix is publishing the PS4 version of Builders 2 themselves (and their social media is hilariously only acknowledging that version), and they previously published the PS4 and PC versions of DQXI, but Nintendo's western arms are publishing DQXI S and the Switch version of Builders. Nintendo has published all western releases of DQ games on their own systems since... uh, for a while.

Nintendo's stake in Dragon Quest is unusually high right now, and for once the big release is happening simultaneously everywhere, so any big Smash-shaped promotion they might do could actually be timed effectively to fit into both Japanese and western marketing. If leaks and other silliness weren't a factor, I think now would be the point where I might start thinking, y'know, I wouldn't put it past 'em.

We'll find out, I guess. I'm very curious to see where things go from here.

 

[Teeb147]

Not related to the direct, but I was just looking at japan's population for fun, and it's been a bit above 120m for a while now.

If we look at the sales for DQ, they've been around 4 million for each original game of the main series for a while. (DQ11 is probably higher now)
That's a pretty big amount. I dont know how many of those are the same people buying the next game in the series, but im guessing the number of people who've played DQ (at least one game in the series) is pretty high. Also, households have more than 1 person, so there's that too.

on other subject, im pretty curious about dqbuilders2.

 

[Deleted member]

I really want to get DQXIS and DQB2.

 

[Yatanagi]

Guys just realized a big deal that could skyrocket even more Erdrick's chances.
DQXI S will be getting exclusive new musics and arrangements. This means that indeed the Sugiyama wall has been opened by Nintendo.
The last argument against The Hero have fallen.

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

The fact that they decided to Give Dragon Quest XI S it's own spotlight makes me even more convinced that Erdrick is indeed happening...

They're making a big deal out of it, for a reason, and probably not just because it's a huge icon of Japanese gaming...

 

[Garteam]

Guys just realized a big deal that could skyrocket even more Erdrick's chances.
DQXI S will be getting exclusive new musics and arrangements. This means that indeed the Sugiyama wall has been opened by Nintendo.
The last argument against The Hero have fallen.

This is what really caught me off guard. I don't know who did what to whom to get this to happen, but it's pretty impressive.

 

[shinhed-echi]

They say Erdrick's chances were dented due to the direct.
But I didn't see any KH announcement Even with all the KH director/staff retweets. But DQ got it's own little spot.
There was also nothing Even closely rescenbling any forma of RPG Mario.
The only other Square Enix related game shown, was FF7, and it didn't struck me as if they were making a big deal out of it.

I am so excited for DQXIs. I usually wait for price drops and sales for games I want. But not this time. I'm getting that game as soon as I can. But I want to wait in case they announce something like a DQXIs + Amiibo bundle.

Also, DQB2 looks really fun!

 

[DarthEnderX]

on other subject, im pretty curious about dqbuilders2.

I'm sure the mysterious youth, Malroth, that you hang around with is totally on the up and up!

 

[Deleted member]

They say Erdrick's chances were dented due to the direct.
But I didn't see any KH announcement Even with all the KH director/staff retweets. But DQ got it's own little spot.
There was also nothing Even closely rescenbling any forma of RPG Mario.
The only other Square Enix related game shown, was FF7, and it didn't struck me as if they were making a big deal out of it.

I am so excited for DQXIs. I usually wait for price drops and sales for games I want. But not this time. I'm getting that game as soon as I can. But I want to wait in case they announce something like a DQXIs + Amiibo bundle.

Also, DQB2 looks really fun!

The problem is that many people tend to make everything involved with Smash without any reason.

It was clear for me that the retweets from Square workers were for general stuff and not Smash.

 

[EarlTamm]

They say Erdrick's chances were dented due to the direct.
But I didn't see any KH announcement Even with all the KH director/staff retweets. But DQ got it's own little spot.
There was also nothing Even closely rescenbling any forma of RPG Mario.
The only other Square Enix related game shown, was FF7, and it didn't struck me as if they were making a big deal out of it.

I am so excited for DQXIs. I usually wait for price drops and sales for games I want. But not this time. I'm getting that game as soon as I can. But I want to wait in case they announce something like a DQXIs + Amiibo bundle.

Also, DQB2 looks really fun!

Actually, there was a SMRPG reference in the new Yoshi game.

 

[Deleted member]

Actually, there was a SMRPG reference in the new Yoshi game.

That’s true, a reference about the island of Yoshis in that game to be exact.

 

[DarthEnderX]

They say Erdrick's chances were dented due to the direct.
But I didn't see any KH announcement Even with all the KH director/staff retweets. But DQ got it's own little spot.
There was also nothing Even closely rescenbling any forma of RPG Mario.

Yeah, if Erdrick's chances where dented just because he wasn't announced, then EVERYONE'S chances where dented, because nobody was announced.

All that other DQ stuff makes him feel more likely than ever. Like I said before though, I don't think he's coming out till DQ11 does, and they wouldn't announces a Smash DLC character in February if that character isn't coming out till Fall.

 

[EarlTamm]

That’s true, a reference about the island of Yoshis in that game to be exact.

That and SMRPG is the only game where there even is something called "Yo'ster Cookies."

 

[shinhed-echi]

Actually, there was a SMRPG reference in the new Yoshi game.

Oh. I didn't see that one. I was away, and couldn't find the whole direct in one video, so I watched them independantly to the best of my memory.

Was I the only one who nearly had a little stroke when the DQ Magic sound interrupted the speaker?
My mind raced like 10 minutes ahead, and in that tiny period of time until DQXIs was announced, I thought "Erdrick!! And they're focusing on the magic aspect to set him apart from the FE characters right off the bat!"

But lf course, DQXIs and all of its delicious new features were an equally exciting annocement to me.
(Also hoping for new endings for those of us who got it late, but it deserves the title lf Definitive Edition)

 

[Deleted member]

Oh. I didn't see that one. I was away, and couldn't find the whole direct in one video, so I watched them independantly to the best of my memory.

Was I the only one who nearly had a little stroke when the DQ Magic sound interrupted the speaker?
My mind raced like 10 minutes ahead, and in that tiny period of time until DQXIs was announced, I thought "Erdrick!! And they're focusing on the magic aspect to set him apart from the FE characters right off the bat!"

But lf course, DQXIs and all of its delicious new features were an equally exciting annocement to me.
(Also hoping for new endings for those of us who got it late, but it deserves the title lf Definitive Edition)

I just loved to see new stuff about DQB2 and how DQXI looked like on Switch.
I am glad that I didn’t buy the PS4 port before the Direct, because I really want the Switch one more. I will try to get it at launch if possible.
And while some may be mad at me about this, every DQ stuff in the Direct took out of my mouth the bad taste that Ultimate Alliance 3 gave me.

 

[Teeb147]

If Erdrick is in, they're most likely 'brave', which would be the second dlc character, so I dont think they'll wait til fall to release it.

It would make more sense to release them around the same time as DQ11 if there's a luminary alt, but it's not like Corrin, the game is already out on other consoles. And unlike Cloud, Erdrick's original game has been on nintendo consoles.

If it does take a long time, I mean I can't do much about it and just getting them in is amazing, but I'd rather not have to wait that long, really

 

[TheYungLink]

I dunno why people keep saying that Easter egg in the new Yoshi game was a SMRPG reference.

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Is it because the "Yo'ster" in Crafted World has an apostrophe? I suppose that is a point in their favor.