The Western world’s woe and SE’s dough
Polygonrecently spoke withDragon Questseries executive producer Yuu Miyake aboutDragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below(God, I love that title). Since this is the firstDragon Questgame to be localized for a North American release since 2011, Miyake talked about some of the issues with localization and his hopes to see more games from the series make it out of Japan in the future.
“We want to get them out here. We really do!,” Miyake said. “TheDragon Questgames are very text-heavy, so the time and the cost it takes to localize these and do it well is quite something.
“Business-wise, we have to think quite hard whether we’ll make that money back from localizing to North America,” he continued. “It’s always been a difficult decision. But the more you tell us, the louder the voices, the more likely we are to do it.”
It also sounds as though Square Enix might be usingDragon Quest Heroesto gauge interest in otherDragon Questtitles coming to North America.
“We’re really using this as a kind of opening up of the market. We can gauge whether the American people might want to go back afterHeroesand see some of the otherDragon Questgames. Hopefully we could use that as leverage to get those out over here.”
If this is true, then I sure hopeDragon Quest Heroessells well over here, because I’ve been dying to fight some more slimes. Hopefully, the rumors about the3DS versions ofDragon Quest VIIandVIIIbeing localized are true, but it’s possible we won’t know for sure until after we see the sales forDragon Quest Heroes.
More Dragon Quest games could come to North America if Dragon Quest Heroes sells[Polygon]
