News

Dragon Quest IX Dated For Australia

Kotaku AU

Dragon Quest is the most popular RPG series in Japan. It’s bigger than Final Fantasy! It is not, however, bigger than Final Fantasy in Australia.


July 13, 2010
In Real Life

Star Treatment

If you are somebody, and you visit Nintendo’s New York offices from out of town, you get your very own greeting in the lobby, running on a flat-screen TV.


News

If A Slime Met A Chocobo

What would happen if Dragon Quest’s most famous slime encountered Final Fantasy’s most famous bird? Yuji Horii, father of Dragon Quest, must know the answer.


July 10, 2010
News

The Ideal Length Of A Role Playing Game Is…

…40 hours, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii told Kotaku today. Why 40? Why not 30 or 50?


July 9, 2010
News

Why Japan Likes Dragon Quest (And Other Pressing Issues)

Dragon Quest IX was released in Japan on July 11, 2009. A year later, the game is getting released in North America. Finally.


June 30, 2010
News

Are You Good Enough To Write Dragon Quest?

Like Dragon Quest? Want to, perhaps, write Dragon Quest games? OK, read on.


In Real Life

What? Lil Jon’s A Dragon Quest Fan? Yeeeyeah!

Nintendo’s Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies celebrity sneak-peek event gets a lil’ crunk, thanks to Lil Jon and DJ Slade. Slimes beware! [Photo courtesy of Nintendo of America]


June 29, 2010

Watch Seth Green Sell Dragon Quest IX To Teenagers

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How does one sell a game like Dragon Quest IX, a traditionally core role-playing game, to the general Nintendo DS-owning populace? Right. Seth Green and pop rock band The Lost Boys.


June 9, 2010
News

The Most Pirated Nintendo DS Games Are…

You know it. I know. People pirate Nintendo DS games. It’s so bad that Nintendo is spearheading a lawsuit to stop piracy. Yet piracy continues.


June 4, 2010
News

Play Dragon Quest IX The Proper Way, On A Slime

Hori’s very necessary Dragon Quest Slime Speaker Stand heads stateside, just after the North American release date of Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. Support your Nintendo DS with a slime for just $US49.99—whatta bargain! [Amazon via GoNintendo]