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Nintendo stealth announces Dragon Quest Builders 2 on Switch for the west (2019)
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They did it for Dark Souls Remastered. They'll do it again here.
Square Enix are too used to the cushy relationship they have with Nintendo right now (and have enjoyed ever since 2013 on 3DS). Nintendo have to pay for everything related to a western release of their retail games in order to get their support.
Back on 3DS it was because S-E lost faith in the platform after KH Dream Drop Distance underperformed and the smartphone market exploded (Where Nintendo started paying for the localisations of pretty much every single 3rd party retail title on 3DS because they were desperate for support that would keep the platform alive). Now? It's because they know that they can make Nintendo publish their games for them by refusing to support them unless they pay for it. They've been doing this for the last 5 years and Nintendo is in no position to tell them to fuck off. They need all the support they can get.
Which is freaking BS. Why can't SE publish their own games for Nintendo systems? As if they have no faith in any Nintendo system.
But oh well, this is great news. I'll buy this day 1, the first game has been amazing!
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They did? Are you sure you're not confusing it with distributing which they did for some multiplat games on Switch in EU?
AFAIK, Nintendo paid for the entierty of Dark Souls Remastered on Switch. The port by Virtuous, the amiibo, the distribution, everything. Can't remember where I heard that from though, it was a good while ago.
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I'd love to see this if someone finds where this was said. That's something else. Normally you don't hear of Nintendo literally money-hatting a port like that.
They did the same thing with Go Vacation on Switch (which is why Nintendo is listed in the copyright). Wouldn't surprise me if it was a package deal behind the scenes.
Rumour has it that Nintendo are money hatting Ridge Racer 8 as well, but we'll have to wait and see what happens...
I thought that was because of DQ IV and V on the DS. SE had did a lot of marketing that they were releasing DQ IV, V and VI on the DS in the west. Had it's own website and everything but after IV and V released they seemed to abandon the effort and it was doubtful that VI would ever release at all until Nintendo stepped in and announced they would publish it in the west.
Yes December 20
Anyway day one on PS4 whenever it comes I enjoy the first a lot and now I have convinced my 3 gaming bros to buy DQB2
Nintendo published Go Vacation in the west and Bandai Namco published it in Japan, Dark Souls Remastered was published by Bandai Namco in the west and by From Software in Japan. Not really the same thing.
Of course it is.
And this will no doubt launch same date here for all platforms.
Do we know if this restarts your progress each chapter like the first game?
This sounds like it's different this time: https://gematsu.com/2018/10/dragon-...island-setting-more-evolved-building-elements
The Minimap being sprites is a great touch!
This sounds like it's different this time: https://gematsu.com/2018/10/dragon-...island-setting-more-evolved-building-elements
The Minimap being sprites is a great touch!
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I was replaying Dragon Quest Builders 1 on my Switch last night. I'm definitely looking forward to playing the sequel on my Switch next year. And hopefully DQ XI at some point as well.
Them stealth announcing this but waiting for a good buzzy moment to announce that one doesn't really say much or contradict anything.
DQXIS is probably a ways off, like maybe next summer in Japan. On the other hand DQXIS has already been confirmed for western release, unlike the PS4 version of Builders 2.
Eehh DQXI is a late port compared to DQB2 being a new game. They're about equal in stature.
That's more my point. It's not coming any time soon.
1. Vacant Island being accessible by boat means that the "free build" mode from the first game has been integrated into the story mode. This is good.
2. For the players to be able to migrate the NPCs they meet in the story to the Vacant Island... there would probably not be any chapter-based gating of the story.
holy fucking shit
It's not happening unless they split the collection up or release digital only. Honestly if Nintendo didn't have FEW and HWDX already to deal with they probably would've done it.
Probably for the best, to be honest. SE almost seems to want their Switch titles to bomb if we look at the different in marketing between Octopath Traveler in Japan (where they published it) and abroad (where Nintendo published it). Hell, DQ only started getting popular in the West when Nintendo published DQ9 because they actually gave a shit
Just an update on this...apparently you will able to create blueprints of what you build, similar to Creativerse (I think Minecraft does this as well). Also, a demo coming to Japan early next month.
https://nintendoeverything.com/drag...n-board-and-builder-pencil-features-revealed/
https://nintendoeverything.com/drag...n-board-and-builder-pencil-features-revealed/
And another update...there will be an Endless Battle island where you can go to grind I assume? Looks like this is outside of the "story mode" battles.
https://gonintendo.com/stories/323422-dragon-quest-builders-2-more-screens-plus-info-on-endless-batt
https://gonintendo.com/stories/323422-dragon-quest-builders-2-more-screens-plus-info-on-endless-batt