[DS] Dragon Quest IX Announced For Nintendo DS

Originally Posted by Dubble

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.

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.

Plus: There have been a few RPGs on the PSP and the GBA too.
Golden Sun and GS:TLA were both on the Gameboy Advance.
The PSP has PoPoLoCrois.

As far as this DQ goes, I think the graphics look ridiculous. What is it supposed to be, some kind of super-deformed Akira Toriyama art?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Matt, I'm not sure what Dragon Quest games you've been looking at before DQ8 but most of them were super-deformed Akira Toriyama art. =/

Besides going into battle everything was super-deformed otherwise because that was the formula until they decided to use Akira Toriyama's art EVERYWHERE in DQ8.

The only RPG to really do Akira Toriyama completely before DQ8 was Chrono Trigger. Otherwise it was super-deformed and little elements of the game that used it.

So smashing an old school super-deformed vibe while maintaining an Akira Toriyama style shouldn't be much to complain about as long as there is still that epic Dragon Quest story that Level-5 managed to create in 8. If it's just a dungeon crawl like Children of Mana then there is reason to be disappointed but until that's confirmed I look forward to a full-fledged rpg with some SoM elements for my favorite handheld.

For your information, mister smarty-pants, none.

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Many of the things that made Dragon Quest VIII so special will be sorely missed in a DS installment.

What elements from DQ8 can't be ported to a smaller media? The voice? (which, btw, is the best VA work ever)

There's nowhere I can't reach.