Do the Japanese Care About Final Fantasy III DS?
Well duh. Check the pre-orders...
Posted 3 Aug 2006
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According to reports from our friends in the Japanese press, retailers in the RPG-obsessed land of Japan have begun taking pre-orders for Final Fantasy III, the somewhat anticipated series filler for the Nintendo DS. And amazingly, with a month before the game hits store-shelves, a massive 450,000 customers have paid upfront for their chance to kill things in a turn-based fashion.
It would seem that interest in a Famicom remake (albeit the only game in the series never to see a proper global release) outstrips demand across the board in Japanese game retail right now, a telling indicator of the power of the Lite-revived DS and hard-wired addiction consumers have to all things Square.
It was not explained how many pre-orders were linked to sales of these little beauties. Though given that in real-terms, a Lite costs as much as a slice of pizza in Japan, we can only assume it's a lot.
Expect news on the decade-long wait for FFIII in the west being sated on SPOnG as we get it.
It would seem that interest in a Famicom remake (albeit the only game in the series never to see a proper global release) outstrips demand across the board in Japanese game retail right now, a telling indicator of the power of the Lite-revived DS and hard-wired addiction consumers have to all things Square.
It was not explained how many pre-orders were linked to sales of these little beauties. Though given that in real-terms, a Lite costs as much as a slice of pizza in Japan, we can only assume it's a lot.
Expect news on the decade-long wait for FFIII in the west being sated on SPOnG as we get it.
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2/13
TsuMuchChuJung wrote:
"According to reports from *our* friends in the Japanese press, retailers in the RPG-obsessed land of Japan have begun taking pre-orders for Final Fantasy III, the somewhat anticipated series filler for the Nintendo DS."
"It would *seem* that interest in a Famicom remake (albeit the only game in the series never to see a proper global release) outstrips demand across the board in Japanese game retail right now, a telling indicator of the power of the Lite-revived DS and hard-wired addiction consumers have to all things Square."
;)
"It would *seem* that interest in a Famicom remake (albeit the only game in the series never to see a proper global release) outstrips demand across the board in Japanese game retail right now, a telling indicator of the power of the Lite-revived DS and hard-wired addiction consumers have to all things Square."
;)
Too Much Too Young, is there something i should know, what's the matter here?
(Answer with song titles, there's a new SingStar game out this week after all...)
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3/13
does it have wifi compatiable co-op?any wifi options?
4/13
I reckon they do care, since they love to collect stuff. Just a shame we'll never see these over here. I can do with a second DS.
5/13
this is the DS game I want. This looks beautiful.
6/13
micta wrote:
Too Much Too Young, is there something i should know, what's the matter here?
(Answer with song titles, there's a new SingStar game out this week after all...)
(Answer with song titles, there's a new SingStar game out this week after all...)
Haha! Err.... I'm sort of trying to blag myself a job with you, hoping that I might prove my use by repeatedly pointing out misspellings. The errors in this article have been corrected since I first drew attention to them. You can also see my work here.
PS I did my best to answer in song titles but it didn't really make much sense.
Tsu Much Chu Jung: "What became of the likely lads?"
SPOnG: "I'm a slave 4 u"
Tsu Much Chu Jung: "I bet you look good on the dancefloor."
SPOnG: "The answer is Blowing in the Wind."
Tsu Much Chu Jung: "Help!"
Yeah...
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7/13
TsuMuchChuJung wrote:
Haha! Err.... I'm sort of trying to blag myself a job with you, hoping that I might prove my use by repeatedly pointing out misspellings.
Have you sent a CV to us?
Oh and by the way, ellipsis are usually represented by three dots, not four, and they are usually used to show a missing word, not a pause. You should have used a semi-colon or a hyphen. :-)
8/13
...hmmm... could the ellipsis as representative of a pause in speech have evolved as a sort of visual onomatopoeia , perhaps coming out of the American cartoon tradition?
ellipsis is certainly more visually attractive and appropriate than either of the alternatives in some situations.
ellipsis is certainly more visually attractive and appropriate than either of the alternatives in some situations.
9/13
tyrion wrote:
Oh and by the way, ellipsis are usually represented by three dots, not four, and they are usually used to show a missing word, not a pause
shouldnt you have said ellipses? ;)
10/13
RiseFromYourGrave wrote:
shouldnt you have said ellipses? ;)
It seems (from a quick Google "define:" search) that either spelling is used, but that ellipsis is the more commonly used version, having more hits.
I know this is like citing Wikipedia, but the ellipsis spelling has some cambridge.ac.uk hits and the ellipses spelling doesn't, so I'm happiest with what I wrote.
11/13
so ellipsis is a singular and plural word? weird
12/13
RiseFromYourGrave wrote:
so ellipsis is a singular and plural word? weird
So's fish.
"I have a fish."
"I have many fish."
13/13
yeah its not very common, unlike in japanese.
plus ive always thought that the plural ending for words that finish with 'sis' is always 'ses'
thats all.
plus ive always thought that the plural ending for words that finish with 'sis' is always 'ses'
thats all.
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"It would *seem* that interest in a Famicom remake (albeit the only game in the series never to see a proper global release) outstrips demand across the board in Japanese game retail right now, a telling indicator of the power of the Lite-revived DS and hard-wired addiction consumers have to all things Square."
;)