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>Dragon Warrior IV Cancellation (May 20)
Enix finally wrote an open letter about the Dragon Warrior IV cancellation:

Since our official cancellation of Dragon Warrior IV for the PlayStation on March 4, 2002, we have been reading your thousands of message board posts and emails expressing anger, disappointment and hope. Collectively, you've shown the same vitality and passion that convinced us to bring Dragon Warrior VII to North America, which we did to great critical acclaim.

Unlike Dragon Warrior VII, however, the collective passion of the fans and energies of the staff of Enix America combined can't reverse the course of history. In fact, we had the translation staff in place and truthfully, we were excited and enthusiastic about bringing the title over -- after all, we are game fans, too. We were set to roll. Then the unthinkable happened. The Japanese developer of Dragon Quest IV, Heartbeat, unilaterally decided to close its videogame development operations. Given the complexity of the PlayStation version of the game, it is virtually impossible for anyone but Heartbeat to integrate the translated text, revise game code and generally localize the game for the North American marketplace.

In the end, to the great disappointment of everyone concerned, the Dragon Warrior IV project had to be cancelled. And that's the truth. We hope that you would understand the predicaments we faced in making this extremely difficult and disappointing decision. We truly regret this situation and apologize to all the disappointed Dragon Warrior fans. We request your understanding and renewed support as we move forward with our new products for 2002 and beyond.

Sincerely,

Enix America Inc.

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