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Dragon Quest IX Officially Dated For Japan
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 5:15 PM on October 1, 2008
Square Enix has finally dated Dragon Quest IX. The Level 5 developed DS title will get its Japan release in March 2009. According to Square Enix, the release date is given as "March 2009", and the title has not yet been priced or rated. This comes as apparently Square Enix president Yoichi Wada recently stated that the game would be going on sale "during the New Year's period". Dragon Quest IX was originally announced in late 2006.
The title will not be playable at next week's Tokyo Game Show.
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Chagrin
Posted 5:44 PM 1/10/08
@SupaPhly:
I just assumed Japanese school-desks had a DS tray for easy access.
Chagrin
dowingba
Posted 5:37 PM 1/10/08
@SupaPhly: Well it's better than the "To be announced". Japanese schools closed indefinitely!!
dowingba
Skinney
Posted 5:35 PM 1/10/08
I Love Level 5. They are the Pixar of videogame developers.
Where is my White Knight Chronicles US announcement?! I don't need dubbed voices. Just some subtitles and I am good to go!
Skinney
SupaPhly
Posted 5:33 PM 1/10/08
March 2009 - Japanese Schools closed for the whole month
SupaPhly
everybest
Posted 5:26 PM 1/10/08
Is that a Pear behind the logo or a flying whale?
everybest
EmTeeZ
Posted 5:21 PM 1/10/08
IX or XI?
EmTeeZ
cythas
Posted 5:21 PM 1/10/08
YESSS!!
Wait, it's for the DS?
NOOOO!! Or.. rather, time to save up money. :(
cythas
PAULINK
Posted 5:20 PM 1/10/08
And how long is that in North America/ Europe terms :(?
PAULINK
MattB92
Posted 5:59 PM 1/10/08
Nice!!! Now a NA release date would be nice.
MattB92
dracu
Posted 5:58 PM 1/10/08
@EmTeeZ: IX
The third game that worth every cent and probably the best dq game.
I wish there will be a new nds with better graphics and bigger screen , that is what drags some games down.
dracu
Jurec
Posted 6:35 PM 1/10/08
It's some kind of fruit important to the story, or els it wouldn't be in the logo. In the very first trailer we could see a pear-like fruit falling from a tree on top of a huge city in the skies.
Jurec
PsycheE
Posted 6:26 PM 1/10/08
@laser beams: James???!!
PsycheE
laser beams
Posted 6:20 PM 1/10/08
a giant... peach?
laser beams
zkotaku
Posted 7:06 PM 1/10/08
ooh make it avaiable for wii because its selling a lot.
zkotaku
Xtreme_Hindu_Cow
Posted 7:02 PM 1/10/08
USA will get this in probably 6-8 months after the japan release. I say late october/november most likely.
Xtreme_Hindu_Cow
laser beams
Posted 6:57 PM 1/10/08
@PsycheE: oh man, how cool would THAT be????
can we expect all party members to be large anthropomorphic insects, as well? *crosses fingers*
laser beams
cio
Posted 9:04 PM 1/10/08
@everybest: I'm siding with the pear...
cio
Kirbysuperstar
Posted 9:20 PM 1/10/08
@zkotaku: I...you...that doesn't...just.. Augh, you hurt my brain.
Kirbysuperstar
Razgriz1
Posted 10:01 PM 1/10/08
@cio: It's a Whalicopter
Razgriz1
muu
Posted 10:25 PM 1/10/08
Level5 can create decent goods, AS LONG AS Yuuji Horii is holding the tether. The premise of returning to turn-based combat on what's supposed to be a semi-networked RPG scares me, but I guess it'll be seen what they do with it come TGS.
Dragon Quest / FF purchases have never been a priority for me anyway (after all they're the price-drop leaders), so I'll look to around June for whether I want to get this or not.
muu
clumsypanda
Posted 10:10 PM 1/10/08
And I bet that's probably when the new DS is going to ship.
clumsypanda
Lixie
Posted 11:02 PM 1/10/08
Let's see, VIII came out in 2004. IX will be out in 2009. A 5 year wait for a DS game?
Look, Square-Enix. If you want to get back into the game you will need to release your major franchises quicker than the time it takes to get a Bachelor's degree. It's more profitable to have quality AND quantity, not just the first.
Lixie
Do Kesubei
Posted 12:28 AM 2/10/08
I guess this is good news. I recognize the impact DQ has on the Japanese gaming market. It doesn't do much elsewhere. I keep trying to like it, but the battle system is too boring, and I'm tired of random battles. I wish SE stuck with the original plan they had for DQIX.
Do Kesubei
Do Kesubei
Posted 12:31 AM 2/10/08
@Lixie: Well, Level 5 is developing the game. The company ain't that big and over the past 5 years, they've been making plenty of games.
Similarly, with a series like DQ it doesn't matter when SE releases it; it sell well in Japan no matter what.
Do Kesubei
PKFC
Posted 1:01 AM 2/10/08
When can I order? :P I've been holding off a DS Lite waiting for a special edition
PKFC
AnonymousNoob
Posted 1:38 AM 2/10/08
CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT CHRISTMAS!
I LOVE WAITING!
AnonymousNoob
Prism Ra
Posted 1:32 AM 2/10/08
Hellz yeah.
Too bad it's on the DS and not PS3/360. Oh well, I'll take all the DQ I can get.
Prism Ra
Forkball
Posted 3:12 AM 2/10/08
I hope that peach is the final boss.
Forkball
OrangeHairKid
Posted 3:00 AM 2/10/08
Ohhh snap, James and the Giant Peach!
OrangeHairKid
Foxstar Sixtail
Posted 4:08 AM 2/10/08
@cythas:You could have enough to buy a DS within two 8 hour days. Get a job ;p
Foxstar Sixtail
Foxstar Sixtail
Posted 4:07 AM 2/10/08
@Prism Ra:The DS is more profitable then the 360 and PS3 for games.
Foxstar Sixtail
i_am_not
Posted 4:16 AM 2/10/08
Well, finally... I've been waiting for this game for a long time now. But it was obvious from the very moment of the game's announcement that SE wouldn't release the game just two years after DQVIII.
i_am_not
NaldoMakudonarudo
Posted 12:46 PM 7/10/08
Gosh, it's so simple. Heck, Square-Enix should release a major title every three months -- they'd saturate the market and make billions! What the hell are they thinking?! Can't they see they'd be making more money if they were constantly making near-perfect games?? Bunch of morons...
NaldoMakudonarudo