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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/11/dragon-quest-monsters-battle-road-victory-has-a-monstrous-contro/
Pic in the link
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Let us lay it out for you: in 2008, Square Enix released Dragon Quest Swords for Wii, a game based entirely around using the Wii Remote to simulate a sword. It used the normal Wii Remote/Nunchuk setup. Now, Square Enix is preparing a Wii port of Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road Victory, an arcade game based on collectible cards. For that, peripheral company Hori is producing a controller shaped like a sword.
The optional controller, first shown off on VJump magazine's staff blog, features an exact replica of the arcade machine's layout, including two giant buttons and a replica sword hilt, which players push down to activate special attacks. The controller will retail for ¥12,800 ($137) and will be out in Japan this summer. Keep an eye on your favorite import retailer if you've been waiting for a controller with part of a sword sticking out of it. |
Sounds like the next Steel Battalion to me. Though at least that had a sequel.
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Syd Lexia
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Will we see this stateside? I will buy it, if so. Also, a sequel was announced last year.
I imported Dragon Quest Kenshin, the no-console-needed game that inspired Dragon Quest Swords, but I can't justify importing a Japanese Wii just to play Battle Road.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Wow... what a waste of money.
That thing looks like it would be worth about $30, and even at that, it looks cheap and sad.
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Syd Lexia
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YOU LOOK CHEAP AND SAD!
It's a replica of an arcade counter. A Hori fight stick generally retails for $80-100. $137 for something slightly bigger is perfectly reasonably. Also, the Hori fight sticks are damn heavy, so I can only guess how heavy this is.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| YOU LOOK CHEAP AND SAD! |
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| It's a replica of an arcade counter. A Hori fight stick generally retails for $80-100. $137 for something slightly bigger is perfectly reasonably. Also, the Hori fight sticks are damn heavy, so I can only guess how heavy this is. |
So something didn't add up in my head when you mentioned that it should be heavy.
I took another look at the image, which looked like cheap ass plastic crap. It turns out that if you look at the full sized image, it is a drawing.
I still say it is worth less than $137, but I'll reserve complete judgment until I can see a picture of the real thing. It may be better or worse than a drawing.
Here are the two images for reference:
Compressed Crappy Image:
Full Sized Image:
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SteelBallRun
Title: Kenka Bancho
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| It's a replica of an arcade counter. A Hori fight stick generally retails for $80-100. $137 for something slightly bigger is perfectly reasonably. Also, the Hori fight sticks are damn heavy, so I can only guess how heavy this is. |
It's also designed with a single game in mind. It was hard enough to justify purchasing a TE stick knowing that I would use it strictly for fighting games and little else since most other games require a second analog stick. Good news is that I play almost all fighting games these days!
Replica or not, $137 is a lot of scratch for something that may end up in the closet next to your Sega Activator in a week or so.
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Syd Lexia
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Quite true. But Dragon Quest is insanely popular in Japan, much more so than Final Fantasy, to the point where Enix were the ones who saved Square's nearly-bankrupt asses with the merger.
As for expensive peripherals, that is the way the market is moving.
I don't have huge hopes that we'll see this DQ game in America, but it will absolutely sell in Japan.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
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| I don't have huge hopes that we'll see this DQ game in America, but it will absolutely sell in Japan. |
Duh, anything "DQ" sells like hotcakes in Japan.
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
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| Andrew Man wrote: |
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| I don't have huge hopes that we'll see this DQ game in America, but it will absolutely sell in Japan. |
Duh, anything "DQ" sells like hotcakes in Japan. |
I could go for an Oreo Blizzard right now.
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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| Andrew Man wrote: |
| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| I don't have huge hopes that we'll see this DQ game in America, but it will absolutely sell in Japan. |
Duh, anything "DQ" sells like hotcakes in Japan. |
I could go for an Oreo Blizzard right now. |
Was waiting for the Dairy Queen jokes...did not expect them so quick, good work.
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Syd Lexia
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| I don't have huge hopes that we'll see this DQ game in America, but it will absolutely sell in Japan. |
Duh, anything "DQ" sells like hotcakes in Japan. |
I wish it were that way here. Final Fantasy quickly deteriorated into crap after VII. Dragon Quest is still an actual RPG.
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