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Dragon Quest Swords gets a slimey sale

Posted Jul 25th 2008 1:45PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Sales

Most reviewers rank Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors as mediocre, but $17 sounds like a fair price for the game. If you happen to agree (and can buy games from Amazon.com), you should probably hit up Amazon's "Deal of the Day."

The battle system might take you to "Waggle City" and the story might fall a little flat, but cheap prices tend to make up for these things. Then again, the price of Dragon Quest Swords has been dropping steadily at Amazon for a while now, and might even go lower in the near future. Unfortunately, we're too busy to get into our time machines and check.

Reminder: Last day for your chance at DQ Swords

Posted Mar 16th 2008 12:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Contests / Giveaways



That's it, folks. Today is the last day in our latest Fanswag giveaway. So if you haven't hit up the contest post today and left a comment, you're missing out on your last chance to toss your name into the hat for Square Enix's Dragon Quest Swords. Get on over there already!

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Reminder: Dragon Quest Swords is up for grabs

Posted Mar 14th 2008 11:15AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Contests / Giveaways


Did you forget about something? Of course you did! We're trying to unload this game onto one of our lucky readers! And what do you need to do to enter for your chance to nab Square Enix's latest Wii offering? Hit up the contest post.

Remember folks, you can enter once every day, so be sure to stop back this weekend and leave a comment on the post each day so as to increase your chances of winning. The contest will conclude on Sunday night.

Best of luck to you all!

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Wii Fanswag: Win a copy of Dragon Quest Swords

Posted Mar 11th 2008 11:15AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Contests / Giveaways


We've been sitting on this copy of Square Enix's Dragon Quest Swords (retails for $50) for a little longer than we would've liked, but we're now ready to gift it to one lucky reader. As with the majority of our giveaways, there are some rules that must be followed.

First of all, you must be 18 years of age or older to enter, as well as a current resident of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec). Sorry, no getting around these two. Also, in order to enter, you only need leave a comment telling us what your favorite Dragon Quest (or Dragon Warrior) game is. And you may only leave one comment per day, or else you'll be disqualified from the giveaway.

We'll be ending the contest on Sunday, March 16th at 11:59PM Eastern. All comments after that time will be disqualified and we'll announce the winner (chosen via random drawing) on Monday. For a full and very complete list of rules, click here.

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Wii Fanboy Review: Dragon Quest Swords

Posted Feb 27th 2008 1:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Reviews


In a lot of ways, Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors is a lot like the Wii itself. It appeals to a new kind of gamer by making sacrifices for the greater good, and introduces them to a genre they might not have known of or cared enough about in the past. However, in making these sacrifices, Dragon Quest Swords ultimately fails as a RPG.

But that's not the end of the world, necessarily, because this is a title to ease gamers into the genre, ignoring the best features and aspects of modern RPG titles and replacing them with simple gameplay and an overall easily accessible package. But longtime fans of the Dragon Quest (previously Dragon Warrior) franchise will find that this game is a lackluster spin-off.

Most folks will tell you that a RPG ultimately needs two things: a good story and an engaging battle system. This game, sadly, falls flat on both accounts.

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Hatsune Miku sings your favorite video game classics, doesn't exist

Posted Sep 26th 2007 12:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Video

Inexplicably, the voice synthesizer program Vocaloid 2 is a massive hit in Japan. Well, it's slightly less inexplicable when we specify that the "Hatsune Miku" version of Vocaloid 2 takes music and lyrics and exports voice output that sounds like it was sung by a female idol singer. And, of course, the fake idol's picture and name grace the product's box. We're happy for the linguists who, for once, can enjoy some commercial success (assuming that Yamaha is still employing the linguists who worked on this).

The YouTube video after the break contains Hatsune Miku versions of classic video game tunes. It's pretty surreal. It's all acappella, but the voice, in this case, is computer-generated!

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