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Blue Dragon sets Japan ablaze


Akira Toriyama, Nobuo Uematsu, Hironobu Sakaguchi: all three are famous names in Japan. And all three are closely associated with Blue Dragon, the Mistwalker Xbox 360 RPG that was released in Japan this morning. For an Xbox 360 title here in Japan, where the format has to date been failing spectacularly, Blue Dragon is set to become the system's most successful game by some distance.

Pre-orders for the Blue Dragon Xbox 360 hardware bundle sold out some weeks ago, while gamers queued for their copies in Akihabara this morning. We had no problem finding a copy of the game in Osaka today, however -- it's popular, but it's not unobtainable. Regardless, at this rate, Blue Dragon could still become a flagship series for Microsoft in Japan. No wonder Sakaguchi recently revealed plans for Blue Dragon 2...

Jump for more photos from this morning's in-store launch event at Akihabara's Yodobashi Camera.

Black is the "in colour" with Japan's trend-setting gamers this season...


Hardware sales for the week should see a significant rise, as many customers bought 360 + Blue Dragon bundles.

Tags: Akihabara, Blue Dragon, BlueDragon, Japan, Mistwalker, Nobuo Uematsu, NobuoUematsu

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