2009, the company revealed that Dawn of the New World had sold over 215,000 copies in Japan by 6 August 2008. The game was later released under Nintendo's "Everyone’s Recommendation Selection" of budget titles in Japan. Since the game's release, Dawn of the New World received "average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. There were conflicting opinions about voice acting on IGN: Mark Bozon stated that the voice acting was stronger than the previous game, whereas Matt Casamassina said that "the voice acting is...simply atrocious". Nintendojo expressed their disappointment when it was learned that Scott Menville did not return as the voice of Lloyd Irving. Reviewers of Famitsu gave a score of three eights and one seven, for a total of 31 out of 40, whereas Famitsu Wii+DS'''s reviewers gave it a score of one nine, one seven, one ten, and one nine, for a total of 35 out of 40. Emil was listed as the fourth most irritating RPG protagonist of all time by 1UP.com. References Notes External links Official Japanese website Jump Festa 2008 Trailer Role-playing video games Action role-playing video games PlayStation 3 games Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Tales of Video game sequels Kōsuke Fujishima Wii games 2008 video games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Motoi Sakuraba Video games with alternate endings