Blue Dragon DS delayed indefinitely
by Ross Miller 
{ Jan 11th 2008 at 6:00PM }
Despite the indefinite loss of a portable Blue Dragon, fans of Hironobu Sakaguchi's work can look forward to other DS releases from the studio, including ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (already out in Japan) and Away: Shuffle Dungeon.
[Via DS Fanboy]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ColossalHat @ Jan 11th 2008 6:05PM
How about that, another game released on an MS system not going to be finished on DS.
Come on people we've been through this already, if it's made exclusive for an Xbox system, it's NOT coming to the Nintendo DS.
mr nimblewick @ Jan 12th 2008 12:56AM
I think they cancelled it because the XBOX game sold so poorly and generally sucked.
At least, that's why I would have cancelled it.
Undead Priest @ Jan 11th 2008 6:11PM
That's a shame.
Jin @ Jan 11th 2008 6:54PM
That's BS. They released screenshots recently:
http://www.rpgamer.com/games/bluedragon/bluedragonds/propaganda/bluedragondspropaganda010408-1.html
FROM Jeux-France!
why not the LS2/LS7? @ Jan 11th 2008 6:17PM
Excellent choice of pictures. Looks like someone suffered massive damage.
After Blue Dragon 360 was such a disappointment, this was inevitable.
Bloo @ Jan 11th 2008 8:59PM
Such a disappointment to who? 78 Metacritic is a pretty good score for any game let alone a RPG. Check the message boards for people who actually own the game and you will see most people like it a lot.
Superstar90 @ Jan 11th 2008 6:53PM
It will probably sell more copies than there are 360's in Japan. If it does, then it will be a 100% fact that Japan just doesn't like ANYTHING on the 360, except Ace Combat 6.
B1gC72 @ Jan 11th 2008 7:55PM
i think its that they just dont like game American in general. not just 360. theres an exception every now and then but i think that's what's goin on.
anyway, rather than do two post, this kinda upsets me since Blue Dragon was one of the few 360 games that i actually wanted to play. a DS version woulda been perfect for that since i own a DS. well "delayed indefinitely" doesnt necessarily mean "canceled" so they have left me that ray of hope lol.
Tamer Brad @ Jan 12th 2008 12:55PM
I don't buy this. Modern Japan doesn't have that much of a bias against American companies. Apple is huge in Japan. My girlfriend bought an issue of Japanese Vogue for research and there were almost no Japanese people in it. American celebrities and cultural adaptation is big in Japan. I think the issue is that the XBOX360 simply doesn't provide them enough of what they want.
Pag @ Jan 11th 2008 7:28PM
Just to be clear, Jeux France isn't saying that the game is delayed indefinitely (i.e. cancelled), they're saying that the release is pushed back with no new release date given (i.e. the game is coming out, just not in March).
pwnetheus @ Jan 11th 2008 7:32PM
So is this going to span multiple cartridges?
Superstar90 @ Jan 11th 2008 10:49PM
Yeah, I don't even know the math to it, but 3 DVD = over 9000 cartridges!
Psaakyrn @ Jan 12th 2008 7:05AM
False... considering there are microSD card readers compatable with SDHC which can fit neatly into the DS's cart slot, the storage is theoretically much larger than a DVD.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS_storage_devices
Brett from Atlanta @ Jan 12th 2008 10:37AM
I hope that this comes out eventually. Blue Dragon for the 360 wasn't a bad game, but it definitely needed some fine tuning. Seeing as they couldn't just directly port the game from the 360 to the ds because of controls, graphics, etc., hopefully this will give them and excuse to polish the game. This is something they should have done in the first place before they released it on the 360.