When Square Enix announced that the Zenithia trilogy would be coming stateside, responses seemed mixed: among the shouts of joy were a few lonely curmudgeons wondering if a release date for Dragon Quest IX: Protectors of the Starry Sky had finally been announced. Disappointed, they returned to their humble caves to eat rats and poke at the ground with sticks.
Rejoice, lowly mouth-breathers, for the good news is upon you! According to Jeux-France, DQIX will be hitting U.S. shores on November 20th, before the Japanese market will get its grubby paws on its favorite RPG. Square Enix have a habit of holding their big-name releases until the holiday season, so a late November release doesn't come as much of a surprise.
Dragon Quest IX will feature the distinctive DQ battle system: enemies are viewable in the field before entering into turn-based combat. There's a twist, though: as I understand it, multiplayer games, using the DS' online functionality, will use a more action RPG-esque battle system. I'm not sure how well using two different combat systems will work, but it's certainly an interesting idea -- it alleviates the tedium of scrolling through countless menus and shoehorns some DS functionality in. I'm sure Nintendo is thrilled.
Can I get a DO WANT?
[Via Jeux-France]
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8:04 AM on 05.23.2008
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That's unpossible.
Holy crap. I didn't know that. I want it. Now.
This is probably a stupid question but do we have a European release date?
Coming to the US BEFORE Japan? How is this...?
*faints*
Also, I thought they went back to the turn-based RPG system because Japanese fans bitched and complained? I've seen some screenshots somewhere indicating that...
Yeah! This link!
http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmasters/Images/55451020070425_135925_0_big.jpg
Danke Squeenix!