So, Dragon Quest XI won't be for smartphones? Yay!

Just heard that Yuji Horii said that he won't be making the next Dragon Quest for smartphones. Horray!

Hey! Please sell me more Dragon Quest games for my Nintendo systems!

Luminaries Of The Legendary Line? The Seeds Of Salvation? Which one of them means "Dragon Quest VII in Europe for 3DS"?

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/11/20/dragon-quest-fans-heres-glimmer-hope-localized-games/

Urghhh.... more like Trademark Teases Of The Troublesome! I'd love Dragon Quest VII for the 3DS to come out here. I guarantee I'd buy it since I bought all the other numbered DQ games that came out here.

While we're talking about this I'd also like:

-Rocket Slime 3D for Europe
-Final Fantasy Adventure/Mystic Quest (GB VC)
-Dragon Quest I-III (GBC VC)
-A proper Dragon Quest story for Wii U (XI)

Ok maybe one of them is a bit of a big thing to ask but come oooonnnnn Square-Enix!

Game Grumps and co. (Steam Train) playing Fortune/Boom Street

I was really happy when I saw that they were playing this! I also felt really bad for Ross when he got the bum deal in everything. It's true about him being a scamp though! Just messing around and everything and not pressing 2...

Suzy is kicking all their asses...

I still want Dragon Quest VII to come out here

I know it's great and wonderful to see another Mario & Luigi RPG just pop up out of the blue, especially since it's from my favourite RPG series but I still want Dragon Quest VII! Please announce it for localisation and release in Ireland!

Localise more Japanese 3DS titles? Try these

http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=195275

Give us Dragon Quest VII and Rocket Slime 3D please!

Dragon Quest VII Japanese launch trailer. I want the game to come out in Ireland!

As seen here:
 http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=194322

Ugh it's so beautiful. Announce it for release over here already!

Games I'm looking forward to in 2013

Animal Crossing and Luigi's Mansion 2 for the 3DS are definite must haves! I hope the latter doesn't have stupid controls. Stupid controls is what drove me away from Kid Icarus Uprising.

I've got a free game coming to me as well in the 3DS XL promotional thing that Nintendo of Europe are offering generously.

I'm also quietly hoping that Dragon Quest VII will come out in Europe for the 3DS.

That's it so far. There's also downloadable stuff of course like Mega Man 2 for the 3DS VC that'll inevitably arrive at some point over the next few months. I'm keeping an eye on the Wii U of course, which should have a couple of big things happening to it this year. Watch this space for other games I can't think of right now.

Dragon Quest VII is being remade for the 3DS!!!

NICE! NIIIIICCEEEEEE! NIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCEEEEE!!

I've been wishing for this! A Japanese game magazine announced this game being remade for 3DS and I am delighted! Last year Dragon Quest VI was released in Europe for the DS and I bought the hell out of it, then played the hell out of it. When the 3DS was first announced, I thought it would be a great opportunity for VII to be released on it. The likes of Tim Rogers mentioned again and again about how great it would be if Dragon Quest VII was made for the 3DS.

IV-VI were remade for the DS so this is most suitable.
I-III were remade for GBC and it would be great if they came to the 3DS VC!

I remember blogging about my hopes for VI to be released in Europe last year so I'm going to do the same for VII :) Release this in Ireland please Square-Enix and Nintendo!!!

Was world 4's map in Super Mario Bros 3 inspired by Dragon Quest?

When you start World 4 you can clearly see the castle nearby but water is in the way and you have to take the long way round. This is the exact same as in the first Dragon Quest where you see the Draco Lord's castle right across from Tantagel Castle where you begin your journey. I wonder if this was the inspiration for World 4's map?

When you think about it Mario 3 has a good bit of RPGness to it. It even has the same whistle tune that Link's recorder had from the first Zelda.

Japanese Nintendo Direct Dragon Quest X special

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5aoxtxge5M

Bear in mind Satoru Iwata is hosting this in Japanese, for a Japanese audience.

Man, why can't they just announce that it's coming over here already?? Also, where's the "Operation Rainfall" online fan campaign for it? The DQ series in general is miles better than Last Story or Xenoblade or whatever.

We gotta get some excitement happening for this game! Let it be known that we want it too!

Any sign of Dragon Quest X coming out in Ireland?

I see lots of excitement about Dragon Quest X online but it's all in Japan. There isn't a single mention of it in the west. It wasn't even at E3 for crying out loud. I hope it does come out over here. I'll buy it; I've bought all the main series DQs that have been released over here.

Maybe it'll be like the case with Pokémon Typing which hasn't had a squeak about its release over here until a few weeks ago when Satoru Shibata announced it in Nintendo Direct. I want to see that man announce Dragon Quest X for Europe!

Sean Malstrom loves Diablo III, I think about Dragon Quest X being online

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/email-drm/

This isn't me talking about drm or anything. I also haven't played a single Diablo game ever. This is just me thinking about a game requiring online all the time and making me wonder how it'll affect Dragon Quest X.

Sean sure loves Diablo III. Everybody it seems is excited about it. Even the Gamestop in Patrick Street Cork has a gigantic painted mural in their window dedicated to the game.

Sean's post here(you know, it's difficult for me to type his name without putting a fada over the "a". It goes against my upbringing) has me thinking of a single player game being online all the time. This makes a game a kind of a service instead of necessarily being just a product(he's talked about this before himself). This is usually done with multiplayer but if you're a single player it could be a very interesting thing. I don't really know any game world that's online and has a single player option.

I've actually spoken with a flight simulator enthusiast and he talked about how thrilling it is to connect online and just observe other users flying on their flight routes.

I wonder what that's like?? In Dragon Quest IX, the only time you went online was to unlock a subquest or to shop or something.

I've played Animal Crossing online but the areas I visited belonged to other users. That's OK but I'm thinking about a world that would be on the server of the company who developed the game. Say, if that world was online all the time and you didn't have to do multiplayer to enjoy it.

Is there any other game besides Diablo III that does this? Sorry if that sounds like a stupid question. In any case I heard that in Dragon Quest X you can create a team of characters like you could in Dragon Quest III that aren't controlled by other people but I don't really know for sure. If you could though it would be another example of what Diablo III is trying to do. This could be a pretty cool thing.

Actually one major difference in any case is that Diablo III doesn't have a subscription fee whereas Dragon Quest X does.

What I want to see in E3 2012 (Part 1): ROCKET SLIME 3D

Please announce it for Europe! I bought Dragon Quest VI last year and loved it, I bought Boom Street a few months ago, I want this too!

Google Maps has cool Dragon Quest NES style option for April 1st

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg

A lot of people may be talking about this already but hey no harm in me talking about it too. This is awesome and this video is a nice humourous tribute :)

It's cool to see my home town as just a bunch of 8bit paths, fields and trees. Actually the map in Dragon Quest III is based on the real world so have a look out for that too.

Where to find Fortune Street/Boom Street in Cork

Try Smyths, they have more display cases of the game than any other shop I've been to.

I got Boom Street! It didn't work... but now it does!

I got Boom Street as well yesterday. After playing Rayman Origins I put this disc in and it wouldn't work. I was all set to return it today but I tried it again this morning. It worked perfectly and has been working perfectly ever since. That's very strange. My knee jerk reaction is to blame it on the Rayman game I just put in the machine beforehand during the first attempt but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.

Anyway I haven't played much of Boom Street but it has lovely presentation values so far. Text is clear and legible and the music is absolutely wonderful. When I bring up the game in future posts I'm going to be talking a lot about the music!

First of all I'm going to learn how to play the game through the optional tutorial.

Oh and another small thing, this game thanks you for buying it in the instruction manual. No such thanks appears in Rayman Origins' manual.

Dragon Quest VI was the best RPG of 2011

What an awesome game this was. It made you try and figure out things for yourself and the job/class changing system was a pleasure to use. The version of Alltrades Abbey that appeared in this game is the one I visited the most out of all the Dragon Quest games I've played so far.

It also had some wonderful characters, my favourite being the mermaids. They like to rhyme so it's always such nice fun having a chat with them.

On a side note the game also released on the same day the Queen visited Cork which makes it the most stressful video game launch day I've ever had.

Xenoblade was ok and got people more hyped up(especially Americans) but it's just not as interesting to me.

In 2012 I'll probably like Dragon Quest X more than Last Story, depending of course on how the online stuff will affect DQX.

What I really want though is a European localisation for the Rocket Slime sequel for 3DS!

European trailer for Boom Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJGXXsXNH04

There's a Mii character there named "Anis" *snigger*

Apologies! It mightn't be pronounced the same as "anus". Just me being a li'l immature there.

It's a nice looking trailer and it's good to get the excitement going for this game!

Normal service resumes! More Rocket Slime speedy stuff

Apologies for the downtime! ^^;

In proper news I've completed Rocket Slime on my speedy not too labourious playthrough and I have to say it's great that I can play the game this way. It increases the replay value a good bit for me!

To date It's my fourth time playing the game completely from start to finish, more than nearly any other game released in the past 10 years or so. I regard that as something special.

For my fifth playthrough (or at least one subsequent playthrough) I'm going to play with cheat codes and see how fun it'll be. For the record my current completed playtime record is about 6 hours. The longest I've ever done it was for 20+ hours.

Playing Rocket Slime quickly

I've been playing Rocket Slime again! I love it and all the other times I've played it through from start to finish I've been like some crazy hoarder grabbing everything I could see and loading them onto the carts.

For this playthrough however I've been trying to play swiftly without going too much out of my way to collect everything. The game is manageable like this and is still very enjoyable. Some things like battles can be a close call at times but that makes them more exciting!

I'm glad the game doesn't make you have to collect every little thing in order to be successful in the tank battles. That is to say, the game is a bit like work but it doesn't have to be a boring slog.