Dragon Quest IX out in the U.S. this summer, published by Nintendo

darcotrigger

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Can't wait.

It's hard to believe, but DQV DS is already being heavily priated...........
 

HeartlessNinny

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Finally, DQ IX. I've really been getting into the series lately, so that's welcome news to me. Now, I just need to go back and finish VIII....
 

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DQ VIII wasn't so bad. The story of DQ VII was so convoluted that by the time I'm halfway through I'd already forgotten about the earlier plots (every single piece had its own plot), so I never got to finish that one.
 

HeartlessNinny

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I also need to complete it, it's been a while since I last played it. I can't remember why I never finished the game.

The only reason I didn't was because it's so damn long, and I got distracted by new releases. I just haven't made time to go back and beat it.

On the plus side, I remember exactly where I was and what was going on (I was about to get the ship).

As for DQVII, I own it, but when I went to play it on my PS3 (for the first time), it was a bit buggy. I've never gotten around to trucking out the PS1 to play it on, so I've only ever tried it for those few minutes.
 

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I like Dragon Quest. I have DQ V and it's worth a lot! I love DS games much more than 360/PS3 games! Maybe because they are more old school? :)
 

gutsman004

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I love the Dragon Quest series,but I'm not about to buy a DS just so I can play the DQ games.Just like I'm not going to buy a PSP just for the Mega Man,DarkStalkers,and Castlevania rehashes.Should have put the DQ series on the major systems.
 

darcotrigger

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I love the Dragon Quest series,but I'm not about to buy a DS just so I can play the DQ games.Just like I'm not going to buy a PSP just for the Mega Man,DarkStalkers,and Castlevania rehashes.Should have put the DQ series on the major systems.

Nah. DQ is happy where it is. The developers have already said that DQ will always end up where they feel they can reach the largest possible audience.
 

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Nah. DQ is happy where it is. The developers have already said that DQ will always end up where they feel they can reach the largest possible audience.

I think that's their rationale for Nintendo publishing it. They mentioned that they want to increase it's base in the U.S.
 

GregN

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I bet Nintendo will really push this game.. Hopefully Best Buy or Target will have a promo for it...

Edit: Box art revealed.

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I think I like the JP box art better.

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SNKorSWM

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Consider that the game is text heavy and translation is time consuming, a year of delay isn't far fetched.
 

thund3rs

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No doubt Europe will get a completely different boxart thats worse than both of those...

I still dont know whether to get this, DQV was pretty boring for me and P3P is out a few weeks before DQ9 and i have a feeling i'd just find the difficulty tiresome. But everyone has different tastes i suppose..
 

darcotrigger

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No doubt Europe will get a completely different boxart thats worse than both of those...

I still dont know whether to get this, DQV was pretty boring for me and P3P is out a few weeks before DQ9 and i have a feeling i'd just find the difficulty tiresome. But everyone has different tastes i suppose..

Scummy. :)




Can't fucking wait for this game.
 

GregN

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Stolen from CAG:

Buy DQIX from Best Buy between July 11-31st and receive a free slime cap in the mail through the rewards zone program:

picture.php
 

NeoSneth

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when i was chatting with my japanese coworker, he said DQ9 is one of the best yet....
 

GoosehanX

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Stolen from CAG:

Buy DQIX from Best Buy between July 11-31st and receive a free slime cap in the mail through the rewards zone program:

picture.php

Thanks for the info! I will ROCK that cap!
 

Shawn Carr2o

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I can't wait to get Dragon Quest IX when it's released. :D

we need a Dragon Quest action rpg like Brave Fencer Musashi or Threads of Fate someday. :)
 

darcotrigger

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I would give a Zelda like DQ a try myself. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

Fuck I'm really getting pumped as the release of 9 creeps up on us.
 

Shawn Carr2o

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I would give a Zelda like DQ a try myself. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

Fuck I'm really getting pumped as the release of 9 creeps up on us.

A DQ Zelda style game would be nice and to be able to change characters at anytime during battles, have exploration, puzzle solving, side quests and changing between characters with special abilities like a bomb, fireball, grapple hook etc to get passed hazards, pits, reach unreachable areas or find secrets like in those Wild Arms games. :)

Sadly Square-Enix might never make one though. :(
 
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