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Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation review: Slime and Punishment
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation should not have been released after Dragon Quest IX. While it's somewhat unfair to compare the two just because the DS releases came out within a year of one another, the proximity of the subtly modernized, streamlined Dragon Quest IX makes it impossible not to notice just how much a product of its time Dragon Quest VI is. It's not a bad game, but it's certainly not a friendly game -- something that you'd notice even if you weren't coming off of Dragon Quest IX, and something that is only exacerbated for those who are.%Gallery-116967%
Dragon Quest VI shows its love with a trailer
Above is the t-shirt Nintendo included with review copies of Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation -- which just happens to have a Valentine's Day release date. We can only imagine this pun was the motivation for the scheduling. Nintendo also sent out something of wider appeal than this delightful, silly, pun-filled shirt, something in which we can all share: a new trailer, which you can see after the break. Dragon Quest IX players will notice right away that this remake looks different, with a huge avatar on the world map and 2D enemy sprites in battle.
Answer Dragon Quest VI trivia questions, meet Yuji Horii
Have you been reading up on Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation obsessively since the announcement of next month's North American DS release? If so, you've been training for a competition you didn't even know existed. Today, Nintendo will begin a Twitter trivia contest on its official Twitter account, with prizes awarded in three rounds. 100 Round 1 winners will win t-shirts, four Round 2 winners will get copies of the game, and the winner of Round 3 will receive a trip for two to San Francisco and a chance to meet Yuji Horii in person, to impress and/or creep him out with encyclopedic knowledge of his work. Or you could cut straight to the Horii meet-and-greet without all the work. Horii will appear at GameStop's "Store of the Future" in Palo Alto, CA February 12 from 1-3 pm. Dragon Quest VI will be available at this event, two days before its release date.
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation arrives in North America on Feb. 14
15 years ago, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie launched in Japan, with a Nintendo DS remake of that game arriving last January. This coming February 14th, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation will launch in North America, effectively ending the 15-year exclusivity the game has endured and completing the trilogy of DQ remakes on Nintendo DS. The game arrives for Nintendo DS on Valentine's Day, bringing with it "new character options and enhancements." Nintendo gets more specific in the announcement, citing updated graphics as the main difference between the original release and the forthcoming update. But then, if the North American release is the same as the Japanese re-release on Nintendo DS, we expect to see an improved map system, a slime curling minigame, and several other revisions. Oh, and of course, there will be plenty of slimes. Relax.%Gallery-111712%
