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Dragon Quest 9 announced for DS

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Narr:
A major, major, major third-party developer making a move that fucks Sony?

I approve of this.

Storm Rider:
But yeah, now that I think of it more, holy hell is this gonna make SquareEnix a lot of money. I mean, developing games for the DS would cost a fraction of what developing for consoles costs, but they still retail for about half the cost of console games, at least here in the States. The DS is actually the biggest selling system of the current generation (I believe it's approaching 25 million sold at this point, not shipped), especially in Japan.

This really was an intelligent business decision for them. I've heard some concerns that the epic nature of DQ8 wouldn't translate onto a portable system well, but I still am pretty sure this will work out well for nearly everyone. You know, except Sony.

Manix:
And this isn't all. Square-Enix have like, six games planned for the DS to come out early this year.

DQ 9 (mid 2007)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (December 28th in Japan)
Final Fantasy: Chocobo and the Magic picture book
Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Ring of Fate
It's a Wonderful Life

And i'm sure theres more.

Narr:
A Crystal Chronicles game for the DS?  Awesome.  I thought the GC game was enjoyable, except for the absurd amounts of gadgetry involved to make it playable with friends.  It'd work well on the portable system, in my opinion.

God damn, i need to find my DS.  :(

Blue Kitty:

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