A bogo deal and some research into K-Marts new policy highlight Russ's weekly search for RPG discounts.
Russ of RPG Land goes over February's RPG releases, beginning, Last year at this time (February 2010) was all about Star Ocean: International and White Knight Chronicles. This year its all about classic games getting remakes and re-releases.
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You kids today don’t know how good you have it! Just about every esoteric Japanese game comes to America these days, but in my day if you got every other Final Fantasy games you were happy. IV was called II, VI was called III, and multi-million sellers like the two Dragon Quest games for the Super Famicom never left Japan. Over time that's been addressed as publisher Square-Enix released Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest remakes internationally. Soon an era ends when the Dragon Quest VI DS remake, the last missing game in the both those series, hits the US February 14...
With role-playing games claiming the first two overall spots and six of the top ten, buying RPGs was obviously the hip thing to do in Japan this past week. - RPGLand
RespawnAction: The old school RPG Dragon Quest has surprised Square Enix and took Japan by storm, selling way over the prior two remakes.
GoNintendo: Another release from Square-Enix, another bit of anti-piracy. Square-Enix is pretty infamous for employing some fairly unique ways to try and keep pirates away from enjoying their software through illegal manners.
Heath gives dates and summarized details on the RPGs coming to Japanese stores this month. It's a pretty big month for RPGs.
Kotaku writes: Dragon Quest fans will recognize the name Luida's Bar from the role-playing game; it'll also be the name of an establishment Square Enix is opening in Tokyo later this month, coinciding with Dragon Quest VI's release on the DS. The bar opens to the public Jan. 28 in Roppongi, Tokyo, but before that, it'll be holding sneak peeks from Jan. 22 to Jan. 27 for those who register on the bar's web site. While the real bar's interior (pictured) is not a pure recreation of the one from the game, its menu of dishes and drinks are inspired by Dragon Quest.
Check out Square Enix's updated, final roster of games for the Jump Festa 2009 event.
Square Enix has announced the release date of the latest Dragon Quest remake and has released a few new screenshots with the news.
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