While Dragon Quest VI's release today struck a blow for fans of Japanese games, many classics remain stranded in Japan. We polled our Twitter community to see which games they want to come to America.
With Dragon Quest VI raising our hopes for more updated and translated Japanese games, we put the following question to our 25,000-plus Twitter followers:
Dragon Quest 6 is now out in the U.S. after 15 years, thanks to @NintendoAmerica. What other Japanese games would you like to see in the US?less than a minute ago via TweetDeck
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One particular game had a few more mentions than the rest, lead by Matthew Green of Press The Buttons. It's something we've talked about before, but we'll reiterate it here--we want Mother 3 in the U.S!:
@GamePro Cue the Mother 3 brigade #ImOneOfThemless than a minute ago via web
PressTheButtons
@GamePro Mother 1 and 3less than a minute ago via web
CWDavidson
@GamePro Dear @NintendoAmerica, Dragon Quest 6 is fine... BUT WE WANT MOTHER 3!less than a minute ago via web
RichardDDragon
@GamePro Seiken Densetsu 3, or Secret of Mana 3 (I guess?). And an obvious answer, Mother 3 :P Although I've never been a fan of the series.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck
VofEscaflowne
A few other games were mentioned by our followers. Here's the best of the rest:
@GamePro I'd like to see 7th Dragon!less than a minute ago via web
Aleanil
@GamePro Cathrine & the last story (cough cough @NintendoAmerica bring the last story over here asap!)less than a minute ago via web
hestar69
@GamePro Waiting for Front Mission 5 still & the other Sakura Taisen games and where's my Idol Master or any dating sim games I'm lonely :Pless than a minute ago via web
Chronorayven
@GamePro I would love to see some of Suda 51's game that never came out here like The Silver Case or Michigan.less than a minute ago via web
Camosid
@GamePro I wanted Rent-a-Hero no. 1 to come to the US and it almost did but the port got canceled. I'm still sad about it.less than a minute ago via web
Fat_bot
@GamePro Captain Rainbow (Wii), Another Code R (Wii), Catherine (360/PS3) and Soma Bringer (DS).less than a minute ago via web
GohanEgret
Regardless of how expedient publishers are about translating and delivering the top games from Japan, there will always be demand for more imports. Even though companies today are more cautious than ever when it comes to risk, downloadable services like the PlayStation Network and Virtual Console have brought over untranslated games, minimizing the cost needed to bring over games that would have required modified consoles and plenty of cash in the past. Hopefully we'll see braver publishers and fuller downloadable import channels in the future.
What do you think of the responses above? Are there any games that you'd like to add? Please continue the conversation by adding to the comment section below or by replying to GamePro on Twitter.
Source: Daily News from GamePro.com
Wednesday, February 16, 2011