@apujanata, Important : Take on the challenges presented by all-new features for the North American release, including a Payback Mode and four hidden bosses!
Square Enix, Inc., announced today that DRAGON QUEST® SWORDS: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors™ has shipped to North American retailers.;;;
This is the first Square Enix RPG to arrive exclusively on Wii™. Slice and slash your way through an epic journey with the Wii Remote™, fully utilizing its motion-sensing capabilities to shield against enemies and execute special attacks.
I didn't heard any big flaw from this game. There is some complain about the town part of the adventure, just like there was complain about the overworld part of NMH, but I believe the complain does not decrease the S/W sales. The only reason the sales is not too high is because it was short, so used game sales are readily available one 2 weeks - 4 weeks after release (in Japan). I have high hopes for this games sales. At least it should break 100K sales in Feb 2008.
Historically, the bulk of sales for a Dragon Quest game come from Japan.
Add to that the fact that Dragon Quest Swords came out in a previous version over there and is not your typical RPG, but is rather an action game and has some pretty big flaws from what I've heard and I wouldn't hold my breath on this one. It will probably get a few sales from those who recognize the Dragon Quest name, or are looking for that Sword Fighting game for their Wii, but I wouldn't expect much more than that.
I hope this one sells well, just like Japan. But it´ll be released between No More Heroes and Smash Bros Brawl, but I guess it can't be helped, once the past 6 months was released at least one great game.
"If you’re looking for a hardcore, 50+ hour experience, this isn’t it. What DQ Swords brings to the table, however, is an extremely accessible role playing experience that works to capture new gamers in the world of Dragon Quest."
This is very good news. Instead of only have 1 week of sales in Feb NPD, it will instead have 2 weeks sales. I think at least 30% - 50% increase from the current 8.8 $ price is reasonable (instead of 100% increase caused by doubling from 1 week to 2 weeks).
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Read a couple of the previews and reviews on the game. Maybe its not a flaw so much as just lacking in content ala FF:Mystic Quest.