Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2/Trivia


 * No Export for You: Unfortunately, the Updated Rerelease was not localized. Given the age of the DS and Nintendo having started pushing the 3DS, it's very unlikely we will see Joker 2 Professional in the West. The announcement of the Terry's Wonderland 3D remake (on the same day as the US Joker 2 release, even) cuts the chances even further as it's likely to be localized instead, but with TW3D said to have the entire Professional roster, it's probably an even trade.
 * This hurt the Japanese too, as they were promised international tournaments, and they got them, but for the version that most people had already stopped playing.
 * This is more an example of bad timing than anything else. Professional was announced literally just as the localization of the original version was finished. Square Enix and Nintendo had to choose between releasing the localized normal version and compensate with the 3D remake, or spend another several months localizing Professional. For obvious reasons, they chose the former. The fact that many of the new monsters are from DQ games that never got released overseas (Magarugi, pretty much every Rocket Slime character aside from the Hero Slime and Slival's tanks, Ghadis , the monkey demon with the throne, etc) probably didn't help matters.
 * A good listing of these monsters, including pictures, is available here.