Dragon Quest IX Hitting Early 2009 In Japan!!

Originally Posted by Slime

Ughhh. I wouldn't mind stuff like that as a bunch of side quests, but if it doesn't have a traditional story, I'll be really disappointed.

From the new trailer it seems like there is still quite a bit of story.

you can haz some Dragon Quest IX screens plz.

Originally Posted by Aeana

Finally got some direct feed screenshots of the treasure map stuff I posted about earlier.
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OMG I HEART THE DRAGON QUEST VIII STYLE WORLD MAP.

Heart heart heart.

Sqeenix really did an awesome job with this game...

The graphics are simply stunning... And it's a DS game!

It looks so good. I just hope the overworld is actually big. It looks like it will be, but who knows. Either way, it's beautiful so far. Really surprised they were able to do something so much like DQVIII on the DS.

Some first pictures of the zoomed out world map, ALA Dragon Quest VIII. I can't believe this is a DS game and it's pulling stuff off that DQVIII did. Incredible.




Many more here.

Oh wow. That's really getting me excited for this game, those are outstanding.

Those boat screens look gorgeous. Damn!

So bloody beautiful. Square Enix really know how to push hardware to its limits.

Wow, I still need to finish III-VIII first (Minus VI since IX sounds like it'll be out here first). I just got to Baramos's castle in III. This game looks amazing though.

This is cruel/awesome.

Considering how popular the franchise is in Japan, I won't be surprised if this leads to some death threats against SE employees.

A new 7 minute long promotional video has been put up.

The game has also been confirmed for a 7/11 release. No more delays!

Graphically and technically otherwise, this puts every single DS game out there to shame. It makes Spirit Tracks look like a friggin launch title.

Well, DQIX's multiplayer is officially local-only.

I saw this coming for a while, but that doesn't make it suck any less. I was looking forward to partying up with some of you folks. Fail!

It's taken this long to have that cleared up? But then what's up with the Wifi Logo on the box?

Wifi is used for the downloadable quests. Supposedly, they're all already on the cart, they just need to be unlocked.

Originally Posted by Slime

I saw this coming for a while, but that doesn't make it suck any less. I was looking forward to partying up with some of you folks. Fail!

Well, there's always Phantasy Star 0.
And down the line, hopefully, DQX. *crosses fingers*

Originally Posted by Slime

Well, DQIX's multiplayer is officially local-only.

I saw this coming for a while, but that doesn't make it suck any less. I was looking forward to partying up with some of you folks. Fail!

Honestly, the mutliplayer isn't exactly the part of Dragon Quest IX that I was looking forward to.

Could use some anti-aliasing, personally.

Originally Posted by Phazon goron

Could use some anti-aliasing, personally.

Yes, I would like new handheld systems too. Good point.

- originally conceived as an evolution of Dragon Quest III
- the game's theme is 'independence'
- wouldn't be far-fetched to see people spending, 100-200 hours with the game
- quests that follow the story, side-quests that do not
- damage bonus for attacking the same enemy consecutively
- dexterity stat affects chances to run away, get a critical hit
- items pulled from broken pots/barrels may replenish later on
- some downloadable quests will involve side-stories for main characters
- treasure map bosses are very tough
- treasure map dungeon layouts and treasure are randomized to a degree
- when dying in multiplayer, you can choose to wait for help, or revive at the church
- exchange items during multiplayer
- 'medal king' is a former king who wants to be a pirate, Captain Medal

Whaaaaaaaaat?

As long as all that playtime isn't from something retarded like needing 1 of every silver monster medal in the game just to play the secret dungeon. That took at least 3 times longer than the rest of the game.