Japanese Xbox boss Takashi Sensui has said that the Xbox 360's 2008 game push "may" be spear-headed by a sequel to Mistwalker RPG Blue Dragon.
In an interview with Jiji Press, the Japan home and entertainment boss said that Microsoft is aiming to double its number of Xbox 360 games in Japan to 500 next year and hinted that a sequel to the Sakaguchi RPG might be the front runner.
Of course it's not the first time we've heard strong rumours of a follow up, Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi reaffirmed in April that he has strong desire to kick off the second Blue Dragon.
"We're in talks with Microsoft about development of a sequel," the Final Fantasy said at a Korean press conference. "Specifics aren't finalized, but there's a possibility that it will be produced as an online title."
There are also reports of a Nintendo DS version in the works, which is a no-brainer considering the handheld's license to print money in Japan.
Good news for RPG fans, as the first game was a brilliant - if overlooked - genre entry in the Xbox's sparse catalogue of role-playing games. Lets hope they get the follow up to Europe before 2009.
Can anyone tell me if you can fight with the monsters more directly in BD? I didn't like using the shadow wotsits in the demo. Felt wrong.
See the story was not about the "heroes" fighting as more about the shadows and how the kids got them. The kids were needed for thier spirit I wont say too much more in case I put my foot in it again.
I just see it as the same as your "heroes" fighting as you do the same commands etc like a traditional JRPG just your shadows do the whacking.
Also any game where you can fight a king poo has got to be worth the price of admission.
If MS are going to improve the overall sales figures of the 360, then games like blue dragon need to ported to the DS, before sequels come out for, just think, blue dragon comes out on the DS, it sells massivly for that machine, perfect hype for BD2 on the 360, and what a way to get more people to buy the machine, afterall if you like bd1 on DS, then bd2 on 360 cant lose.
Or is my point just too good an idea for them to actually do it?
If MS are going to improve the overall sales figures of the 360, then games like blue dragon need to ported to the DS, before sequels come out for, just think, blue dragon comes out on the DS, it sells massivly for that machine, perfect hype for BD2 on the 360, and what a way to get more people to buy the machine, afterall if you like bd1 on DS, then bd2 on 360 cant lose.
Or is my point just too good an idea for them to actually do it?
Blue Dragon was announced for the DS a few months back.
If MS are going to improve the overall sales figures of the 360, then games like blue dragon need to ported to the DS, before sequels come out for, just think, blue dragon comes out on the DS, it sells massivly for that machine, perfect hype for BD2 on the 360, and what a way to get more people to buy the machine, afterall if you like bd1 on DS, then bd2 on 360 cant lose.
Or is my point just too good an idea for them to actually do it?
Blue Dragon was announced for the DS a few months back.
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And the evil plan for more 360 sales is put into motion... And yeah, the demo didn't do the game any justice. Blue Dragon's a great game but the plot's really slow and the combat's traditional which led to less than flattering review scores from most sites.
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