Dragon Quest VI release in doubt
UPDATED: Square insists "no cancellation".
UPDATE: Square Enix has offered a clarification on its European Twitter feed. A new post reads, "About DQVI, there are [sic] just no news. No confirmation, no cancellation. Please be patient and bear with us!"
ORIGINAL STORY: Maxed-out Dragon Quest IX and looking for another serving of handheld RPG questing? Don't hold your breath – Square Enix has seemingly ditched plans for a European release of its Dragon Quest VI remake.
Responding to a request for news on the title on its Twitter feed, a spokesperson for Square Enix Europe wrote, "Not on the cards right now – sorry!"
When it was first announced in 2008, Square promised the game would be coming to the the US and Europe.
The remake of the sixth game in the series – the only one never to see a Western release – came out in Japan in January this year.
It's a strange decision – the excellent Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, released earlier this year, has sold very respectably outside of Japan.
We've put in a request with Square Enix's US branch to see if it sees things differently.
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