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Enix Responds to Dragon Warrior GC Rumors

by Max Lake - June 28, 2001, 4:13 pm EDT
Source: GameSpot

Enix of America has gone on record to comment about the Dragon Warrior on GameCube & GBA rumors.

Not too long ago, Louie the Cat & other members of PGC dissected the rumor that Dragon Quest (AKA Dragon Warrior) was coming to GameCube & Game Boy Advance. Although any one of us would love to tell you the rumors are true, they are still rather suspect and may be completely groundless.

GameSpot recently got in touch with Enix concerning these rumors and reported back what they heard from Paul Handelman, president of Enix America. Handelman stated that Enix hasn’t made any official plans regarding the next Dragon Warrior game, but seemingly plans reach the largest demographic of Dragon Warrior fans with the game.

"Enix has not made any plans or officially announced any information related to Dragon Warrior VIII, including for what platform the title might be released," Handelman said. "However, historically, Enix has supported various leading game platforms, so I'm certain we will reach the most possible number of our fans."

This has pretty much been the general understanding on the situation – no platform has been decided. In fact Enix Japan went on record with this in late March. Apparently, in regard to Dragon Warrior, Enix is waiting to see how X-Box and GameCube fare against the PS2 and how the numbers break down. DragonQuest VII sold just over 4 million copies in Japan, making it the best-selling Japanese PlayStation game of all time and will hit North American Playstations in November.

The GameSpot article also mentions how the next Dragon Warrior game will likely incorporate online play, though since all three consoles will have online capability in one form or another, this may not weigh in as much of a deciding factor.

Enix is definitely in good graces with Nintendo, many of its other upcoming releases are for the Game Boy Color: on July 17, Enix America will release Dragon Warrior III for the GBC & Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 - Cobi's Journey and Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 - Tara's Adventure will hit in September. Since these games will all work on GBA, that part of the rumor is somewhat accurate.

For more information on Enix, check out our in-depth article on Enix featured as part of Andres Rojas’ ever-evolving look at RPGs on the GameCube.

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