Remember when Dragon Quest Heroes I & II arrived in Japan as a Nintendo Switch launch title? Well, ever since then, we've heard a number of rumours suggesting that the double pack would also arrive in the west, but no such release has ever materialised. Now, though, there's even more of a reason to believe that it could be on the way.
A western listing for the game has appeared on Greek retail site, The Console Club. The site doesn't show any expected release date for the title, but is currently taking pre-orders and appears to show an image of the game's European box art.
Naturally, it's wise to always be sceptical of these supposed early retail listings, but The Console Club has 'leaked' a Switch game ahead of time before. Back in September, we shared a listing from the site which suggested that a double pack featuring both Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered would be making its way to the console. Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection was officially revealed just two days later.
As we noted above, this isn't the first time we've heard about a western release of the Dragon Quest Heroes games, either. In February of this year, the title was also supposedly leaked in a GameStop document, which also had a placeholder release date of 31st December 2019. The signs are certainly pointing towards an actual release in the west, so perhaps an official announcement is just around the corner?
Would you like to see Dragon Quest Heroes I & II launch in the west? Let us know if you think it really is coming our way with a comment below.
[source theconsoleclub.gr, via resetera.com]
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That is a dream becoming true! At this pace, all the games in the universe will be in the Switch library. I have never been so happy =]
well, any DQ being released in the West is good news to me, i just hope that they fixed some of its problems (framerate ?).
How about DQ10 or some ports for DQ 4 - 8 ?
Leaks are worthless to me, but after Collection of Mana, hope does spring eternal. Granted, I still have no end of FEW in sight, and two concurrent musous sound overwhelming enough that I haven't even bothered to get Hyrule Warriors yet. But the Japanese DQH demo was practically my first Switch experience, and I certainly would like to experience it in full one day.
This apparently ran quite terribly on Switch. Wonder if they've patched it?
If true, it’s a 100% day one purchase for me.
@Dezzy that was my first question. I was tempted to import around console launch but after I'd heard it ran like a dog I've not bothered. Hopefully optimisation will be implemented as opposed to a cut and paste job ✊
My guess is that Square Enix have been waiting for 32GB cartridges to get cheaper before mass-producing them for an international release (and hopefully iron out the performance issues as well).
The Japanese market is more accommodating of higher-priced games (and so are other markets, including Australia), but the U.S. market dictates a $60 maximum for standard editions of games, hence why I suspect that publishers are reluctant to print games on 32GB carts because they can't sell them for more than US$60 in their most lucrative market.
But a lot of the time, it merely boils down to miserliness.
The legend of the 32GB cart, used for this game at Switch launch but never used for a western release of a game until Witcher 3 in October 2019.
@Dezzy It chugs when a lot of enemies are on screen. I bought the game in Japan this summer. It's fun but you can tell it's a very early port to the system. It's fun but noticeable at times. I certainly hope there is a patch or something.
The timing of this leak is not coincidental. The producer of the series was just speaking about his fondness for the first two titles and the possibility of a third. He's drumming up media coverage of the games ahead of a western release. Dragon Quest games have been selling really well on Switch so Square Enix wants to strike while the iron is hot. I'm worried about it will be I on cart, II download code.
@Grumblevolcano : The Asian/Japanese release of Final Fantasy X/X-II which included both games on a single 32GB cart also cost the same as the Western releases (at least via Play-Asia), and was cheaper than the Australian release (being about AU$76 at launch as opposed to AU$79 for the local release with X-II supplied as a download code), which made claims of 32GB carts being prohibitively expensive all the more dubious.
Day one buy for me as well. I really do enjoy the musou genre.
@Silly_G I'm here in Asia and Square Enix treats this market very differently. People don't like digital media here. People prefer physical media (especially in Korea and Japan where I am). Digital isn't as appealing and if a game had a download code, sales would suffer. It happened with the Vita a lot in the west where games got codes but those same games were all physical in Region 3. It's the same with Switch games. Capcom does it, too. They can get away with digital in the west because digital is growing in popularity there but they do a lot of physical here. I don't think it's just about 32GB cartridges. It's also about the consumers in the regions.
They should fix the framerate first. When the game was released, it ran extremely bad when in combat.
Digital Foundry said: https://youtu.be/cbRA1mCbrac
Cool I suppose, I personally found DQ Heroes to be among the more underwhelming musou games, the game pace is just SOOO slow.
And just in general I played so many musou games at some point that I'm very much done for a good while.
I had this preordered when it was first announced and then removed and then announced again for Switch. But my preorder was always there.
@Lando_ I thought performance was improved on release, since DF was comparing with the demo.
@Discostew Oh, okay. I didn’t know that. Would be great, if true!
Would be awesome. I always thought that it hadn't come yet because the port was underwhelming, even below PS Vita level. So I hope it's real, but only if they take the chance to improve its performance.
I got the second one for $5 bucks on black friday for the ps4. I haven't cracked it open yet though, how is it?
@ktej75 Ports for DQ 4-8 would be awesome.
I believe that if what this article is saying is true Dragon Quest Heroes 1 & 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch in the West. I did import the Japanese version play quite a bit of it but I honestly don't know the language. I tried all kinds of methods to learn Japanese but I found no success. There are a few games that I imported from Japan and people in my city are telling me that I can get it there too. There's a lot of games I missed that I now have to wait one whole montg to get because I am on disability. People are telling me DIY! These things are really bothering me I have no choice but to import! You think I'm a genius that make a game all by myself? This is way too hard!
So here are my requests for Nintendo Switch: a new LBX game, Phantasy Star Universe, Dragon Quest X, a new Digimon online rpg.
If you people think it's so easy to make video games why don't you make the games that we fans actually want to play?
Not sure about the Switch version, but the PS4 version of these games are awesome, absolutly loved them.
If they will release for real in the west and the port is optimized then I would highly recomend this collection to anyone who never played them!
I still haven't gotten around to playing FEW I bought yet, and Persona 5 Scramble also may hit the same genre a bit, so not sure if this comes over if i'll get it anytime soon.
Fake listing. Gamestop have had it listed for years now, and the size of the game (32GB card) means that it would likely be very expensive.
Shame as I'd love to get it, personally.
After Collection of mana it seems very likely, it would be dumb not to take advantage of XI's momentum, wonder if the reason for not localizing from the start could have anything to do with optimization because from what I've heard these were quite rough ports
@quartet1986 CDPR had no trouble shipping The witcher 3 on the 32 gb card at standard price which could mean manufacturing costs have dropped enough to make it affordable, it's a problem exclusive to western publishers as japanese ones have been using said card since the Switch's launch at no extra cost (Capcom notwithstanding of course)
Even if they don't plan to release it worldwide, at the very least include an English language option in the Japanese version so I could import it with no issue. There's no reason for not including one as the game already got English translations on PS4 and PS Vita, all Square Enix had to do was patch the English translations onto the Switch ports.
We really need 10 over this!
@Expa0 They aren't true musou games. Think about them as dq games with real time battles and they are better. It's still underwelming, but 2 has some good bits
I've been wanting this game on switch literally since the 2017 switch presentation
If Collection of Mana can arrive years later AND get a translation for Trials, this can too.
Gon Quest games always take soooooo long to get Nintendo platforms in the US and Europe. I have been waiting for this one for about a century. No, two centuries.
@River3636 Sad too cause we never got a western release of Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 3 at all and the 3DS life cycle is ending soon.
@Lord Dragon Quest X I could live without, that game was garbage even in Japan. I rather just play Dragon Quest Swords again.
I hope it's true, I had given up hope of ever seeing a western release.
The japanese demo I played was quite good to be honest. I was always pretty envious that they never got released in the west. I think at the right price, I would buy.
@quartet1986
Witcher 3 would like a word with you.
I guess they forgot about releasing these games in the west.
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