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DS News by Tom Bramwell
Dragon Quest IX will be a Nintendo DS title, and is due out sometime in 2007, Square Enix has announced in Japan.
Given the series' massive popularity over there, the company's decision to make the next epic instalment for the diminutive Nintendo handheld is likely to cause a stir. For example, this paragraph, which wouldn't be here otherwise.
Developed by Level-5, who did the last PlayStation 2 title, Dragon Quest VIII, and are also working on PlayStation 3's White Knight Story, the ninth DQ RPG is subtitled "Hoshizora no Mamoribito", which is translated as something like "Defender of the Starry Skies" according to 1UP.
It will be done in 3D, with action-oriented battles and network options that will see up to four players teaming up. Series creator Yuji Horii has reportedly spoken of his desire to make a game that's "a true part of the series" and not simply a spin-off in the vein of other Nintendo DS RPGs based on renowned home-console series.
The game's said to be quite a way along, with a playable demo shown off at the game's unveiling in Japan, while Famitsu has a pair of screenshots demonstrating bright, handsome 3D RPG visuals more akin to the game's recent traditions than the top-down battling typically associated with the two-screen handheld.
Square-Enix's event in Japan also saw the unveiling of card-battler Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road, according to reports.
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Pac-man ate my wife
12/12/06 @ 09:52
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And here I was thinking the DS sales would be peaking soon. With this every Japanese person will be issued a DS at birth! ;)
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@DUFFMAN5: There are too many to list if you include SP games.
DS - Children of Mana, Final Fantasy III (3D remake) SP - The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Mini Capish, Final Fantasy I, II, IV, V and VI... EDIT: For some reason I completely left off the Fire Emblem games for GBA; which are fantastic imho.
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Cosmopolitan
12/12/06 @ 11:21
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Way off-topic but is there a way how to play the old Dragon Quests (the GBC ones or even the SNES ones) on a DS?
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@Duffman5
Golden Sun for a GBA rpg. Excellent gameplay (best use of magic outside of the battle system that I've seen in a console rpg) and decent length, 20 hours at the very least. Second hand copies going for about 12 quid on amazon marketplace. Any of the FF re-releases are worth it if you haven't already played them as well. |
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@DUFFMAN5
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 is another option to consider, especially if you are after something in the Tales Of... mould as it features similar side-on realtime battles. Bit tricky to get a hold of mind. Videogamesplus.com and ravenonline.co.uk seem to be your best bets. As for the news story..... all I can say is holy cow! I think that's the 'next-gen' war in Japan wrapped up before it even really got started. Excellent news for us too, as it means we can import the (inevitable) US version with ease, rather than waiting ages for some home console PAL localisation. |
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Aww crap. I was hoping for a sequel to Dragon Quest 8 on the Playstation 2 or Playstation 3. Dragon Quest 8 is easily the best RPG I've ever played on my Playstation 2. Unfortunately it ended. After only 110 hours or so of RPG goodness :P
Guess I'm looking forward to Final Fantasy XII instead then. |
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Cosmopolitan
12/12/06 @ 14:29
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If I'm not mistaken, FFXII is yet to be released in PAL, and that includes Sweden.
As for RPGs on the DS in general, thank God for backward compatibility with the GBA. |
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JediMasterMalik
12/12/06 @ 15:04
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http://kotaku.com/gaming/dragon-quest/dr...
I'm confused. If this is one of the main series of DQ games. Why does it have real time combat? Is it a spin of being announced before the proper version? /confused |
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Hmmm... i'm not so sure now surely with Japan's revolt against FF going real time-ish on XII doing it to DQ is a bad move right?
BTW DQVIII sold 50% more than Final Fantasy in Japan.... and Final Fantasy XII sold something like 2.4 million in one week. O_O
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CitizenGeek
12/12/06 @ 15:45
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Teriible news, really. I wanted an epic DQ game and that won't be as possible on DS. I would have prefered it on PSP so it could have had better visuals, along the lines of DQVIII and voice acting. Oh well, this game is still a must buy for me.
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Oh FFS. Worst decesion of the ever if it's 'true'. If they are just giving this a numbering title to make sure it sells as well on DS as they'd like, and they're still going to do a 'proper' DQ game for PS3, then fair enough, but if this is to be taken at face value then it's a bag of the proverbial.
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Pacman8MyGhostkart
12/12/06 @ 20:25
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Why are people assuming they can't do an 'epic' game on the DS. FFS the DS is powerful enough to do N64 conversions (Mario 64 for example). I'm sure the game will be lengthy......unless this is the usual whining about graphics pfff.
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It's not the graphics (Cel shaded gfx look really good) it's to do with the game being remotely close to the sheer scale and depth as DQ8 which was a true next gen RPG from the PS1 era (five years better late than never I suppose).
The storyline, voice acting and amount of content and how it all fits together superbly just rapes any other RPG. I just don't see that being replicated and bettered on the DS, given Level 5 is at the helm I would love to be surprised. Can't see this beyond FFCC TBH. |
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elliotreed
12/12/06 @ 23:15
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two cards, really? that would be awesome.
wait, how are they even gonna package that. I'm just frothing all over now. package porn.. mm.. |
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Square-Enix have always traditionally supported the most popular console with their flagship titles.
Maybe this is the first time that the most popular console by a long margin has been a portable one. It looks quite nice from the screenshots, it looks like it has the same graphical style as the PS2 one. It's all very well hoping for an epic PS3 DQ game but how long and how much would it cost to make. It's probably not finacially viable at the current time. You're not going to break even out of sale to 190,000 customers but out of 7 or 8 million you certainly will. |
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Muddtallica
13/12/06 @ 09:41
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Well, this is certainly a big coup...I gather that the Japanese are quite fond of these games. :P Is the two cards thing really true? That certainly is unheard of...won't that make it really expensive? Ah well - I've been kind of hoping for a big, epic DS game. I've got Zelda and Pokemon pencilled in, but maybe I might give this a spin too. And to the disappointed PS3 fans - I will be absolutely flabbergasted if a true Dragon Quest game does not materialise on that system at some point.
Also, DUFFMAN - an error appears to have occured; you have asked for recommendations on GBA/DS RPGs, and NO-ONE has said Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga/Partners in Time. That's just wrong; rectify their error by eBaying both games right now. |
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