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Ah, that music -- that glorious music. It’s like comfort food to me.

Last week during TGS, Square Enix showed off a new trailer for upcoming DS game Dragon Quest IX. For some reason it was not released to the public, leading me to push a few old ladies into mud puddles. Luckily, someone broke the rules and decided to record the trailer and post it on the Internet. Yay, hooligans!

Since the surprising reveal a couple years back that Dragon Quest IX would be a Nintendo DS exclusive, DQIX has gone from a heavily multiplayer, Secret of Mana-esque game to slowly morphing back to its traditional, turn-based RPG roots. While news on how the almost finished game actually plays is still unknown, there can be no argument that this leaked trailer is absolutely stunning. I may go so far as to say the game has the best graphics of any DS game to date. Just look at those gorgeous visuals! *swoon*

Let us know what you think of the trailer. Do you agree that it looks amazing or have you seen better on the Nintendo DS? How excited are you for Dragon Quest IX? I, for one, can’t wait!

[Via Kotaku]


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Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:20
Monodi
Seriously holy crap, I like how some sound effects are very bitsy like magic attacks.

This adds to my wishlist also for Akira Toriyama's Work doing justice again.
Prince Ghidorah's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:20
Prince Ghidorah
Byoootiful! Still, for me it is going to be tough to top DQ8. Man, I love that game.
Now then, when does it come out?! I want to play this game yesterday.
mjgsantos's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:20
mjgsantos
Dammit! This game will really raise the bar for the DS development.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:23
Chad Concelmo
@Prince Ghidorah,
I agree. Dragon Quest VIII is in my top five favorite RPGs of all time. But I still can't wait for DQIX!
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:23
ParaParaKing
Because of the quality of this video, I'll hold back with my judgement of the grahics.
But DragonQuest never dissapoints, so this game will be totally amazing.
Arugala9's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:23
Arugala9
I want so badly...
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:29
welkstar
I love the "bi-di, bi-di, bi-di" sound when someone casts magic :)

Is this getting an orchestral score, on the DS?!

Sexy!
bVork's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:29
bVork
The graphics look nice, but I'm sure the gameplay will be the same old tired 8-bit crap that was already outdated when the first game came out.
riomccarthy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:36
riomccarthy
I just had a freaking massive nerdgasm.. That is GORGEOUS! I can't wait to get my hands on it! Damn I love the hell out of Dragon Quest. I can't believe it's suppose to be here next month already! @.@
ShawnKelfonne's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:42
ShawnKelfonne
@bVork: Duh, it's Dragon Quest, and that's why we love it.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 15:55
Mxyzptlk
Wow, that looks fantastic.
Altered Beets's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 16:06
Altered Beets
The sad thing is that this would never look this good on the Wii. Somehow.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 16:10
JLanphear
That looks absolutely incredible. The cel-shading is so crisp and the sound effects are perfect. God I love that music... mmm...
boxmyth's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 16:11
boxmyth
Yeah, consider it already bought. Fantabulous.
Cataract's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 16:35
Cataract
OH SWEET GOD I CAME RAINBOWS
Narishma's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 16:52
Narishma
Somehow I doubt these are DS graphics. I'm pretty sure it's just some cutscenes.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 16:55
Chad Concelmo
@Narishma,
All the cutscene footage aside, there is a lot of actual in-game stuff. I think that is what we all are referring to. :)
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 17:42
bluemeep
Mind? Blown.
LordGloom's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 17:58
LordGloom
why did they change back to the shitty combat

why why why
TrickyNicky's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 18:18
TrickyNicky
The inventory looks like its going to be tits. Seriously. I'm hyped about the inventory system.
DarkSaint76's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 18:36
DarkSaint76
It looks very impressive. It might be time to upgrade the sound effects, though.
zeroword's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 19:36
zeroword
I think I read somewhere that the idea was the game is supposed to be real time for multiplayer and turn based for single player.....
timepants's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 19:45
timepants
@bVork
you say that like it's a bad thing...
DynamicSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 20:38
DynamicSheep
OK, I'm officially very excited about this game!
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 21:12
CelicaCrazed
So that's why DQIX has been hiding. I figured that the game was coming along poorly but it seems to be quite the opposite. I've never played a DQ game but I am unbelievably excited for this!!
Funktastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 23:32
Funktastic
Jeebus that looks freaking awesome! ^_^ So much fun with VIII . . . until some douche stole my memory card . . . -_-' . . . but for a game of that magnitude and on DS . . . MAN does it look good!
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 23:51
Batthink
I think they've done away with the random battles, since I saw a slime on the battlefield just before the team attacked it.
naia-the-gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/16/2008 23:53
naia-the-gamer
I'm glad I'm not the only one that compares Dragon Quest to comfort food ^_^ It's my bread rolls of video gaming.

I don't think words could describe how excited I am by anything pertaining to Dragon Quest. I'm just sad I have to wait for so long to play it.
el_chack's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/17/2008 00:09
el_chack
I'm not into DQ games (actually I don't feel very attracted to Medieval-RPG games), although this game looks great. I know gameplay will be the same, but I think I can try it out.
perri's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 16:00
perri
Incredible! I've been weary of Toriyama's style recently and this totally redeems him. I really love how this looks on the DS. They've done a great job bringing the huge series to the small screens, this will be in my library. First DQ game ever. Looking forward to it. Also, the cutscenes are INCREDIBLE! I want a console game to look like that. PLEASE!
MrSlippery's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2008 12:27
MrSlippery
I just got 4. :(
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2008 17:26
GohanGVO
As much as I am looking forward to 'DQIX,' I am a bit saddened that it will be a while until we see a 'DQ' looking as good, if not better, than 'DQVIII.' Damn gorgeous game, that 8th one.
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