| JAPAN’S BEST-SELLING
PLAYSTATION® GAME CONSOLE TITLE EVER
SEATTLE, WA, April 27, 2001 –
Enix America Inc. today confirmed what has long been anticipated – that Dragon Warrior VII for the PlayStation®
game console will ship in North America later this year.
Released in Japan as Dragon Quest VII
in August 2000, the title sold more than two million copies in its first three days, and
to date, has already sold more than four million units making it Japan’s best-selling
PlayStation game console game ever. Across
all platforms, Dragon Warrior VII ranks as
the third best-selling video game in Japan of all time.
“Thousands of North American fans
have been asking each day if and when Enix will release this epic RPG,” said Paul
Handelman, president of Enix America. “These
dedicated fans have petitioned us, created elaborate fan web sites and an extensive Dragon
Warrior community. We are now thrilled to
tell the Dragon Warrior community that Dragon Warrior
VII is riding across the Pacific in an RPG tsunami created by over four million
Japanese fans.”
An
epic game of magnificent proportions, Dragon Warrior
VII follows the adventures of the hero, his mischievous friend Prince Kiefer
and the feisty Maribel who discover that their island home holds more than peace and
tranquility. Solving time-traveling puzzles
transports the trio back in time where they discover lost continents. Once in the past, it is imperative that they solve
the mysteries of the continents in order to save the future. Accomplish this task and the world will be
complete. Fail, and the lost lands and their
inhabitants will be forever doomed.
Enix
has upgraded the graphics of the Dragon Warrior series in Dragon Warrior VII to utilize the power of the
PlayStation game console to create 3D rendered backgrounds and fluid combat animation. Fans of the series will note, however, that the
depth of story and engrossing RPG experience of Dragon
Warrior VII remains true to other recently released titles in the series,
including the hit Dragon Warrior I & II and
the forthcoming Dragon Warrior III and Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 for Game Boy®
Color.
Dragon
Warrior VII was created by the masterful trio of Yuji Horii (game
design), Akira Toriyama (character and monster design) and Koichi Sugiyama (music). For
fans hoping to get some early insight into the game, Enix has today launched the official Dragon Warrior VII web site located at www.enix.com.
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