The intolerable hunger that 360 owners suffer for solid Japanese content on their consoles is to be satiated by the end of the summer, for the highly anticipated RPG, Blue Dragon, has been announced as an August 28th release. We here at Destructoid have been covering the game quite extensively and I for one am most excited that we now have a solid release date for what looks to be everything that Enchanted Arms wasn't -- in other words, good.
Honestly, I can't wait and nor should you. A solid RPG experience is exactly what the old 'Shooterbox' needs right now to help give the machine more variety than just explosions and Viva Pinata. Between this and Bioshock, 360 gamers should have plenty to do as the summer draws to a close.
[Update: According to ThatXbox360blog.com, the release date for Blue Dragon in Europe has been set, and those in the PAL territories (like, I don't know ... ME) will be delighted to learn that we're getting four days of playtime ahead of our US cousins. That's right, August 24th is the official European release date for we on the inferior side of the pond. Swanky!]
[Thanks to Joe 'how many tips have to die?' Burling]
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9:59 AM on 06.28.2007
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This is the reason I bought a 360. Couldn't be more excited!
Or is it the same as the US one?
I'm going to call it Blue Dragon Warrior, though.
And I'm going to name my guy Lord James Burling
I the other 360 releases are anything to go by, we should have our copies around the same time. Say what you will when it comes to MS and Europe, at least we're not kept waiting half as much.
You guys have had all fucking summer to release some games. Piling everything, and I mean EVERYTHING into 3 months will not help you guys out.
I can't even consider Blue Dragon. I've got 9 other games to consider for purchase during that stretch from September to November.
Bioshock
Mass Effect
Unreal Tournament 3
Halo 3
Metroid Prime 3
Half Life 2
GTAIV
Beautiful Katamari
Mario Galaxy
AND remembering... Banjo Kazooie is going to be done sometime this year or early next...
When the fuck am I going to have time to play these games, MS? Nintendo's will get their due course, but some of these won't get played, and possibly bought for years.
I hope they get totally underwhelmed with software sales this xmas and learn to wise up about spreading the release calendar around so we're not all stuck waiting till the end of the year to have something to do on our game consoles.
I never apologize for double posts. When you guys put an edit button in the frame work, that's when I start apologizing for double posts. Same should go for you guys.
Additionally, I'd like to point out that anyone is welcome to look at my 360 play history to back up this vacuum of games to play. I flipped a coin on getting transformers or HPotter:TOOTP. I didn't even consider Darkness because I'll eventually get to play it from a friend who is obsessed with the comic, or at the very worst, I'll rent it. But, if any of my preceding games were out right now, I would not have bothered deciding on HP or Transformers. I would've easily preferred to spend my money on another game. Call it stunting the releases to accomplish the task of getting me to buy licensed content over a real game, but I would have preferred on having some fresh and fun content to try out instead of spinning my wheels about not having any games to play.
Again, if I had some of these big AAA titles RIGHT NOW, you wouldn't see a GC full of games from the winter or Live Arcade games.
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Oh, It's when we get boners! I get it now!
Wait, What?
No tent needed ....