[DS] Dragon Quest IX Announced For Nintendo DS

Um...word has it that Famitsu just reported this.


Isn't that something of a pretty big announcement if it's indeed true? I can't read any Japanese and I don't trust machine translations, so I don't know for myself but a lot of people are saying that is indeed what just happened...

How ya doing, buddy?

I was talking about this with Skills last night and the DS has shown that it can house some pretty big games in those small chips. Plus there are some people that are talking about a multicart system that would be pretty interesting if implemented, and really not that much different from multicart CD's if you think about it.

I'm curious to see just how they'll go with implementing this and what will become of it in terms of future games from various companies. because you KNOW that if this succeeds other companies will follow suit in trying to emulate it. There's a lot of opportunity here to see just what kind of things one can really do with the DS if you push its productivity to its limit. It's just a matter of trying to figure out what works and what can be done with it. I think it could be really neat.

Something of this scope has never been tried on a handheld (the closest we've ever really gotten are ports of large games). The DS certainly isn't a GBA, so this will be interesting in how it pans out.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Matt

I'd agree with you, but the fact of the matter is that Final Fantasy III on the DS is so different from its original version that it can be considered an entirely new game.

I wouldn't know. I haven't played FF3 yet and probably won't for a very long time. =\

I've never played a DQ game so this will be my very first...I'm interested in seeing what they'll do with it, but I think they can pull it off with some good ideas and creative implementation.

How ya doing, buddy?