Blue Dragon gets free add-ons

By Tom Bramwell Published 15 February, 2007

Mistwalker RPG boosted in Japan.

Japan's biggest-selling Xbox 360 title, Hironobu Sakaguchi/Mistwalker's Blue Dragon, is set to receive a burst of downloadable content tomorrow at 8pm local time.

At that point, fans will be able to grab an update that introduces a pair of new difficulty modes ("hard" and "super hard"), which adjust enemy toughness, along with a "new plus" option that allows players who have finished the game to start again with their characters' stats intact.

What's more, the download won't cost anything, which is good news. And given that Blue Dragon is still yet to be dated in Europe, there's every chance we'll see these updates bundled into the three-DVD RPG when it launches here later this year.

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Comments (13) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Agent_Llama #1 5 years ago

    When will this be released dammnit?! :o(

  • Macross #2 5 years ago

    /agrees

    HNNNNGgggGGg! /dies

  • SeanLB #3 5 years ago

    They'll probably be nearing the release of Blue Dragon 2 in Japan by the time we get it. Why oh why can't they just release it with subtitles here, English voiceovers nigh on always suck.

  • mkreku #4 5 years ago

    THREE DVD?! What the hell.. Maybe Sony weren't so stupid by cramming Blu-Ray into the Playstation 3 after all?

  • Wash #5 5 years ago

    @mkreku

    lol, hmm is not having to change the disc worth £145 to you or wotever the difference may be.

    I want this game, i thought M$ would fast track this so it could actually sell more.
    Edited by 1 at 15/02/07 @ 09:59

  • ilmaestro #6 5 years ago

    New Game Plus? Hell yeah!

    Harder difficulties will also solve what is pretty much the game's only serious problem, too.

  • spongebob #7 5 years ago

    lol, hmm is not having to change the disc worth £145 to you or wotever the difference may be.

    Yeah, yeah, it's not like we need cars, it's just slightly slower to travel by foot or horse.

  • Macross #8 5 years ago

    lol thats the most ridiculous comparison ive ever seen :p

    Edit: typo
    Edited by 1 at 15/02/07 @ 12:09

  • Wash #9 5 years ago

    @spongebob...

    exactly...

  • Calgon #10 5 years ago

    Haha... you guys crack me up! :D

  • NegativeZero #11 5 years ago

    People complaining about it being on 3 discs really spin me out. You're going to swap discs twice in a what, 60 hour game? How terrible.

    Additionally I remember back in the PSX era being wowed by the amount of content which must have been in those Final Fantasies that they needed to have 3-4 discs. This is no different. Spreading the content over multiple discs gives the impression that you're getting more for your money.

  • Oceadge #12 5 years ago

    I don't think anyone's complaining - just stating that the space on PS3's BluRay discs might get used up by some games after all.

  • ChrisBen #13 5 years ago

    spongebob completely missed the point with his horse and carriage analogy, because he neglected to contextualise it. If the only journey you ever make is to go down to your local shop, then you do not need a car. If, however, you commute in and out of the city daily, then a car/bus/train definitely comes in handy. Similarly, DVD ftl if the game in question is asking you to switch disks on the hour. But Blue Dragon is 60 hours long by all accounts. To yearn for BR when you only need to switch disks twice on 20 and 40 is just silly!