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Blue Dragon 2 already in the works?

Posted Nov 21st 2006 12:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News

Blue Dragon, Microsoft's great ~~white~~ blue hope in Japan, isn't even available yet, and rumors are already flying about Blue Dragon 2: the Dragoning*. According to Strategyinformer.com, Famitsu is reporting that Mistwalker is already in production on Blue Dragon 2. It's a well-known fact that Microsoft is pinning all its hopes on Blue Dragon to lift limp 360 sales in Japan. If a sequel is already in development, they must be very confident that it will do just that. Then again, the article doesn't actually mention what platform the game would appear on, so it's possible that Blue Dragon's developer, Mistwalker, is planning to take the game multi-platform. Whatever MS and Mistwalker have up their sleeves, we'll wait to see how good the first Blue Dragon is before we start clamoring for a sequel.

*This is a fake (though hilarious) subtitile.

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Tags: akira toriyama, AkiraToriyama, blue dragon, BlueDragon, hironobu sakaguchi, HironobuSakaguchi, mistwalker, mistwalker studios, MistwalkerStudios

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11-21-2006 @ 12:43PM

ymmv said...

According to the Dutch site gamed.nl Famitsu also mentioned a few other notables:

- The game should take 40-50 hours of play.
- There will be free downloadable content.
- De game zal gratis downloadable content krijgen. - The game will span 3 DVDs.
- Mistwalker is working on three other titles, one of which will be for either the DS or Wii.

11-21-2006 @ 1:40PM

BklynKid said...

I have to admit, I know nothing about blue dragon as I really couldn't care less about it.

When is it going to be released anyway?

11-21-2006 @ 1:49PM

timjaze said...

Blue Dragon! I want it for myself!

11-21-2006 @ 2:15PM

J.Goodwin said...

Blue Dragon streets next month in Japan, and I think first quarter in the US, they haven't given a clear date yet. Lost Odyssey is supposed to be worldwide in 2007, but obviously later in the US than Japan.

It only makes sense to parley the engine development into a sequel ASAP. If the game receives a strong response in Japan, then you need to keep that gravy train rolling. If not, then you need to make up the losses on the title, and the easiest way is to turn it into two SKUs. It's going to sell well in the US and Euro markets, almost certainly, so double dipping is a good idea either way.

11-22-2006 @ 12:47AM

nitussi said...

I can't wait for this game. The closer it gets to release the more I want it. I beleive it comes out January 1st in the US.

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