After a long wait, last week brought a notable release for plenty of 3DS gamers in the West - Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past finally made it out of Japan. Based on the UK chart results it's done relatively well.
The Square Enix release (with publishing help from Nintendo) has made its UK chart debut in 12th place (all-format), finishing in 11th in the single-format results. There are multiple new releases and multi-platform titles ahead of it, so all told that seems like a reasonable performance.
Unfortunately the top 40 is lacking any Wii U titles, but there are some 3DS games that are hanging on in the lower half of the charts. New Super Mario Bros. 2 continues to shift units in 31st place, closely followed by Pokémon Omega Ruby. The last three places are then held by 3DS titles - Pokémon Alpha Sapphire in 38th, Tomodachi Life in 39th and Pokémon X in 40th.
It's still a quiet period in the UK charts for Nintendo, though it's pleasing to see Dragon Quest VII making a decent impact.
[source chart-track.co.uk]
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Welcome to the UK
See Nintendo, the way to get good sales and thus generate cash is to publish games that your fans actually want.
So glad Nintendo was willing to pay half the localization costs so we could get this game. Rarely do I see any other publisher that will actually foot the bill for someone else's game.
And wow, what a game it is. They don't make em like this anymore. This game is a masterpiece. My brother told me he couldn't get into DQ after dabbling in a couple PS entries. But I'm gonna call him tonight and tell him he needs to play this one.
Loving DQVII so far, I'm about 10 hours in. The localization is great and the dialog is pretty funny in some parts.
Slightly surprised to see NBA 2K17 so high. Didn't know that basketball games sold so well in this country.
I'm not sure why anyone bothers pointing out that there are no Wii U games in the Top 40. Which games would be in there?
I love this game am about 12 hours in the game and it keeps getting better
About 22 hours in and Its been really good so far, and I'm so happy for that too, Dragon Quest has been kind of an average series overall in my experience (aside from number 4 which was superb), so I wasn't expecting much from this either. So glad to see I was wrong.
Loving DQ7! I wish they still made games like this. Now all I need is a remake of FF6.
DQ games are great: they encourage you to venture into people's home and open their drawers, closet to steal their belongings. While you're at it, break all their barrels and pottery. Don't forget to take a peep at what they are reading...
Cool. I hope these 2 games sell well. It'll mean we're a lot more likely to get XI, which looks awesome.
@JaxonH
Lol they didn't do it out of the goodness of their hearts. They did it to get another game on the platform to keep people buying consoles.
@Dezzy
I don't care why they did it, I just care that they did. Something most are not willing to do. I see MS and Sony help fund games in exchange for exclusivity from time to time- (games which they hope will sell hardware), but never do I see them pony up for niche games that will never move hardware and only really benefits the franchise owner and, of course, the fans who want the game.
Results are what matter. We got the game because they were willing to help pay for Square Enix's game to be localized. And for that I am greatful because I've been dying for this game.
UK hates nintendo
Being a big fan of the DQ franchise I bought it on launch day (NA not UK) and I'm hoping these positive sales numbers on 7 and hopefully 8 convince them to localize games like Joker 3 or DQ 10.
I really hope that this is an indicator to get the upcoming Dragon Quest 3DS port to the Americas, Europe and UK too!
Just got it 2 days ago. It's technically my first time playing the series. The only other time I played a DQ game was Dragon Warrior on the NES many years ago. I love VII so far! One thing though is that wasn't there a Nintendo Direct trailer for 7 or 8 that showed the remake on the top screen and the original on the bottom screen or am I just imagining things?
@Mogster I love your moggle avatar
I didn't like some design decisions of the remake. I found the introduction of the insect character that guides the party very detrimental to the sense of wonder and exploration the original have, and it's by far my biggest pet-peeve until now. I can't help but wonder if I'm too old to play RPGs, as these decisions (along with some others like cutting off the puzzles of the introduction, less grind...) seems like a way to attract a younger audience who doesn't necessarily appreciate the mistery of unravelling the story and the world, one detour from the main route at a time, and that preffer to identify the next objective right away.
@JaxonH
Well that's because Sony don't need to and Microsoft rarely care about games that were only released in Japan.
And of course they have something to gain out of it. The longer good games are released for the system, the longer people will buy the system.
This was one of the cheapest ways they could get a fairly big game released this fall.
@Dezzy
And I am yet still greatful. For if not for them, I would not have this game.
And poor old Federation Force still fails to make much sales at all.
@TheAceofMystery that was for the new dragon quest game they making still not out yet.
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