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Manix:
Yep It would seem that Sqeenix has finally announced a follow-up to DQ VIII, and it's no tgonna be on the X-box 360, or the PS3, or the WII. Dragon Quest IX will be on the Nintendo DS! Yes, the handheld system!

http://ds.ign.com/articles/750/750590p1.html


Can I even begin to tell you how much i'm looking forward to this?

Storm Rider:
I saw this earlier on Gamespot today, and I was totally not expecting this sort of move at all. I think this is potentially a huge blow for Sony, especially in the Japanese market, where those games are nearly as big as Final Fantasy. I mean, the DQ series has sold 41 million copies worldwide, which even spread over 8 games is pretty big. As somebody who enjoys traditional turn-based RPGs on portables more anyway, I'm fine with this move since I have a DS already and the same guys who developed DQ8 are making this as well.

But man, whoever's negotiating Sony's licensing deals is fucking up big time. They lost exclusivity on GTA4 and Assassin's Creed and Koei's two games (Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm), and Microsoft just straight-up pulled BioShock out from under them, not to mention making the next Splinter Cell game a 360 exclusive. I don't know if this is more Sony dropping the ball or SquareEnix giving the PS3 a vote of no confidence, but man.

Ozymandias:
DQVIII is the fastest selling game in Japan. It's bigger than FF over there because it's not nearly as overdone as FF.

Squenix just hit Sony's weak point...

You know the rest.

ScrambledGregs:
This game, even if it's absolute shit, will sell like sex in a bottle in Japan because they are batshit crazy about Dragon Quest and the DS seperately. Together, Dragon Quest and DS will shut down Japan for a good week, leading Godzilla to rise from the sea and destroy the entire island chain because everybody is too busy trying to level up enough to get the quad hit skill.

Storm Rider:
But really, how many Dragon Quest games have been bad? Part of the reason the series is so popular in Japan is because it consistently produces quality games. And like I said, it's the same development team as DQ8, so I'm pretty sure this will be a high quality game. I don't know exactly how well it will translate to the DS, but I'm confident they'll be able to make it work.

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