(If you’re in Japan and would like to do this yourself, these two sites were helpful for filling out the form, and using Google Translate on this Family Mart PDF made the pick-up relatively painless.) I also had to print out my ticket via the ticket kiosk - a machine that doesn’t have an English option - inside of a Family Mart convenience store. It was a little nerve-racking because I had trouble filling out the registration form I later realized I couldn’t submit it unless I wrote my full name in katakana. When I was trying to book my reservation online, the time slots I wanted kept selling out. But it doesn’t seem to have any trouble drawing in a crowd. In addition to charging an entrance fee, each of the attractions - which also includes VR experiences based on Dragon Ball Z, Mario Kart, Evangelion, and more - requires a separate ticket purchase.Īt 3200 yen (roughly $30) per person, Dragon Quest VR is one of the most expensive games there.
You see, VR Zone operates like a carnival. It all started with trying to order my ticket. As a non-Japanese speaker, it was … more challenging than I expected. Given its novelty and regional exclusivity (along with a little prodding from Games Editor David Jagneaux), I had to try Dragon Quest VR for myself during a recent trip to Tokyo. Your goal is to fight through a series of battles before facing the powerful Zoma, an iconic Dragon Quest villain. Each team consists of four players and three different classes: two melee warriors, a mage, and a priest. It’s a first-person location-based experience that takes place on a huge 65 ft x 39 ft grid where multiple groups can play at the same time. But unless you live in Japan, you might’ve missed another crucial milestone: the release of the franchise’s first virtual reality game.ĭragon Quest VR made its debut this past April at VR Zone Shinjuku, a Bandai Namco-owned VR arcade located in the heart of Tokyo’s eye-popping Shinjuku district. The most recent entry in the long-running Japanese role-playing game series, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, recently came out on PC and consoles to much critical acclaim.
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