The Children of the West Who Grew Up Among Dragons (Spanish)

You are about to enter a story that will take you deep into the origins of the JRPG.

Draw your sword, prepare your weapons, fill out your character sheet and dust off your old dice, because in this book you will have to do more than just turn from page to page. Take part with the inimitable Adrián Suárez (@nuevebits) on an interactive journey to the depths of Japanese role-playing, unravel the mysteries of its narrative and discover how video games from the land of the rising sun have inspired countless children around the world who, as adults, have created their own JRPGs beyond the borders of Japan. You are about to meet those children from the West who dreamed of dragons.

AUTHOR
ADRIÁN SUÁREZ MOURIÑO

Adrián Suárez Mouriño is the executive director of the degree and master's degree in Video Game Design and Development at UNIR, host of the Nuevebits podcast and a PhD in Video Game Narrative from the University of La Coruña. He writes for GTM, 3Djuegos and the magazine Manual.

He is the author of the books The Secrets of the Intermediate Lands: Beyond “Elden Ring” (Ludwig, 2022), The Secrets of Hyrule: Beyond “The Legend of Zelda” (Ludwig, 2023), The Father of Dark Souls: Hidetaka Miyazaki Through His Work (STAR-T), among others. Under the name Nuevebits, you can find him on his YouTube channel, Twitch and Twitter, where he has more than ten thousand followers.

«A journey as interesting as it is personal throughout the history of Japanese role-playing video games. One in which the protagonists are those who, in one way or another, saw our childhoods marked by titles like Pokémon or Chrono Trigger and, today, dedicate our lives to video games.» Juan Pedro Prat
Director of GTM magazine

Binding
Hardcover book with matte chrome.
Canvas paper covers
Closed format: 17 × 23 cms.
Estimated weight: 1,252 gr.