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

GregN · Feb 25, 2010

http://kotaku.com/5479324/nintendo-bringing-dragon-quest-ix-stateside-this-summer

I knew it would come out in the summer, probably July.

I have to admit I'm looking more forward to VI. I haven't heard very good things about 9.

At least it'll get better distro. They're building up the fanbase for X when it comes out on the Wii.

I wonder if Nintendo will publish VI as well?

darcotrigger · Feb 25, 2010

Can't wait.

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

GregN · Feb 25, 2010

darcotrigger said:
Can't wait.

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

That's because it's sold out everywhere. They didn't print enough copies.

HeartlessNinny · Feb 27, 2010

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....

Setherial · Feb 28, 2010

HeartlessNinny said:
Now, I just need to go back and finish VIII....

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.

SNKorSWM · Mar 1, 2010

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 · Mar 1, 2010

Setherial said:
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.

Neo Pocky · Mar 1, 2010

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 · Mar 2, 2010

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 · Mar 2, 2010

gutsman004 said:
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.

GregN · Mar 2, 2010

darcotrigger said:
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 · May 19, 2010

Bump.

Official release date is July 11th, exactly a year after the japanese release.

http://kotaku.com/5542451/dragon-quest-ix-comes-stateside-in-july

ting123 · May 19, 2010

GregN. said:
Bump.

Official release date is July 11th, exactly a year after the japanese release.

http://kotaku.com/5542451/dragon-quest-ix-comes-stateside-in-july

1 year??? I thought long delays were a thing of the past...

GregN · May 19, 2010

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

Edit: Box art revealed.

I think I like the JP box art better.

SNKorSWM · May 20, 2010

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

Maury V. · May 20, 2010

Looking forward to this!

thund3rs · Jun 4, 2010

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 · Jun 8, 2010

thund3rs said:
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 · Jun 30, 2010

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:

NeoSneth · Jun 30, 2010

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

Shawn Carr2o · Jul 1, 2010

G'regN. said:
I think I like the JP box art better.

A repro insert cover can be made to replace the insert cover we got.

GoosehanX · Jul 1, 2010

G'regN. said:
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:

Thanks for the info! I will ROCK that cap!

Shawn Carr2o · Jul 4, 2010

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

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

darcotrigger · Jul 4, 2010

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 · Jul 4, 2010

darcotrigger said:
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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