Dragon (magazine)/Quarter/YMMV


 * Broken Base: Reactions ranged from ecstatic to furious, especially outside of Japan--where its detractors have accused it of being a Franchise Killer, despite the game being the top-selling game in its first week of release. (The fanbase isn't nearly as broken in Japan, for whatever reason.)
 * Capcom seems to (at least since 2007) semi-officially consider Dragon Quarter its Old Shame as far as the franchise goes--no promotional material has come out since a few months after its release in Japan; it is the sole game in the franchise never to have had derivative works licensed such as manga or drama albums; it is the sole game never to have had a port from its original system (III did have a No Export for You PSP re-release and IV did have a Windows port); and all new promotional material for the franchise as a whole (save a re-release of the Breath of Fire Complete Works artbook) has been for Breath of Fire IV. This treatment likely is due to the badly Broken Base outside of Japan.
 * High Octane Nightmare Fuel: Pushing D-Counter to 100% causes this.