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Dragon Quest X Headed to Wii

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10th December 2008, 4:29pm
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Square-Enix have come out and announced that the next numbered game in the series (after the yet to be released Dragon Quest IX being released on the DS) is being developed for the Wii. Dragon Quest X will move the numbered entries of the series back to the home consoles once again, after the brief departure. Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii revealed at the recent Square-Enix conference that "Square-Enix is currently developing Dragon Quest X on Wii." Nintendo's President, Satoru Iwata took the stage shortly after and confirmed the statement. Also at the event, Dragon Quest IX was confirmed for a March 28 release in Japan, so we should see an  English release a little later down the track.

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RJG
Posted by RJG 10/12/2008 8:36pm
LOL

Oh man, this is gonna make a lot of Sony fanboys very cranky. Or it will suddenly makes them think DQ is shit.
Posted by admeister 11/12/2008 11:09am
Not really, I'm not particularly surprised. Dragon Quest IX is being released on DS after all, and the Dragon Quest series started out on the SNES. Sony just got lucky with VII it would seem.
RJG
Posted by RJG 11/12/2008 2:21pm
Started on NES, and Sony got lucky with VII and VIII you mean.

This is a massive coup for Nintendo, and a massive loss for Sony. Dragon Quest is a religion in Japan.
Julz
Posted by Julz 11/12/2008 2:33pm
Just hope it isn't dumbed down for the new audiences.
RJG
Posted by RJG 11/12/2008 5:18pm
Everything gets dumbed down these days. You can't even die in the new Prince of Persia.
Predator
Posted by Predator 11/12/2008 5:56pm
yay! something good for Wii again..
400 Turtles
Posted by 400 Turtles 11/12/2008 8:46pm
Just hope it isn't dumbed down for the new audiences.

It's not like... they were ever hard or anything.
Julz
Posted by Julz 12/12/2008 5:47am
I've played DS games which seem to have been painfully dumbed down so I'm just hoping that this isn't because I'll probably give it a go.
moodycj
Posted by moodycj 12/12/2008 7:37am
I've played DS games which seem to have been painfully dumbed down so I'm just hoping that this isn't because I'll probably give it a go.

How many are available for the DS at the moment?
nshady
Posted by nshady 12/12/2008 7:38am
Just out of interest can you give me an example?
400 Turtles
Posted by 400 Turtles 12/12/2008 11:33am
I've played DS games which seem to have been painfully dumbed down so I'm just hoping that this isn't because I'll probably give it a go.

You should probably stop playing the Imagine series if you're looking for something challenging.
Julz
Posted by Julz 12/12/2008 3:52pm
Games in the "Mana" series by Square Enix, unless they're like that normally of course. I've played plenty of G rated games so I have a benchmark to compare to. There are probably more but I tend to avoid playing them again and I haven't played my DS in a while so they slip my mind.
400 Turtles
Posted by 400 Turtles 12/12/2008 4:47pm
Games in the "Mana" series by Square Enix, unless they're like that normally of course. I've played plenty of G rated games so I have a benchmark to compare to. There are probably more but I tend to avoid playing them again and I haven't played my DS in a while so they slip my mind.

The Mana series has been going downhill for a little while now anyway.
Julz
Posted by Julz 14/12/2008 12:03pm

Games in the "Mana" series by Square Enix, unless they're like that normally of course. I've played plenty of G rated games so I have a benchmark to compare to. There are probably more but I tend to avoid playing them again and I haven't played my DS in a while so they slip my mind.

The Mana series has been going downhill for a little while now anyway.


Okay, then maybe there's no need to worry.
400 Turtles
Posted by 400 Turtles 14/12/2008 12:29pm

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Games in the "Mana" series by Square Enix, unless they're like that normally of course. I've played plenty of G rated games so I have a benchmark to compare to. There are probably more but I tend to avoid playing them again and I haven't played my DS in a while so they slip my mind.
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The Mana series has been going downhill for a little while now anyway.


Okay, then maybe there's no need to worry.

Are you coming onto me?
RJG
Posted by RJG 14/12/2008 3:25pm
Who's coming on who?

You people make me sick.