Dragon Quest presentation held by SquareEnix slated for 12/12/06!

[Shred0r]

According to this japanese Nintendo related column of the "Yomiuri Shimbun" morning edition paper/mag, tomorrow a presentation is going to be held by SquareEnix on upcoming DQ titles.
It is uncertain to this point which titles are going to be presented.
But most likely it should be these:

- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (NDS)
- Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Wii)

BUT according to a guy (john tv) from the NeoGAF forums SquareEnix is about to uncloak a totally new, never before announced game from the Dragon Quest universe!
So let us keep our fingers crossed for this game to come for the PS3 as Nintendo already gets 2 new DQ titles (which are listed above).

My 2 cents: The Enix guys have been working on DQIX for the PS3 since the FF team starded their work on FFXIII. Who knows, maybe they are also using the White Engine for it

Worst case, most improbable scenario: DQIX exclusively for 360!



http://www.nintendo-inside.jp/news/196/19649.html

[Jirojin]

Oh man...I can't wait to see what is announced...

I am a rabid DQ and DQM fan. I can't wait for Joker and DQIX, lets hope IX is on the PS3!

[Voice Of A Riot]

Dragon Quest IX perhaps or DQVIII-2? and you're right, they could quite well be using the White engine. I wonder if Level 5 will take on the next DQ...

[keshin]

This is really good news. I'd like some new info on DQS for Wii and anything about a new, nextgen DQ9 would be awsome!

[Loudninja]

Of coarse the PS3 is goign to get a Dragon Quest games, the series always do well on a PS system

[Azu]

I reckon Dragon Quest Swords will disappoint many... It's not your usual RPG, and as a game it's not from the most normal selection.

Oh well, here's some videos from it. The graphics are good/great, but the "on-rails" stuff isn't really turning me on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE8XHroL0Cc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8U6yybPxQ

I hope it's not too short of a game and that there's enough depth in the battle system.

[Loudninja]

I reckon Dragon Quest Swords will disappoint many... It's not your usual RPG, and as a game it's not from the most normal selection.

Oh well, here's some videos from it. The graphics are good/great, but the "on-rails" stuff isn't really turning me on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE8XHroL0Cc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8U6yybPxQ

I hope it's not too short of a game and that there's enough depth in the battle system.

Please tell me its not like that?Sorry but rail games are crap in my book

[PaiPaiMaster]

Please tell me its not like that?Sorry but rail games are crap in my book

Yep, there's no exploration or anything like that. Your character moves along automatically and you fight monsters that pop up by swinging the WiiMote like a sword.

[Loudninja]

Yep, there's no exploration or anything like that. Your character moves along automatically and you fight monsters that pop up by swinging the WiiMote like a sword.

My God, what did they do to Dragon Quest? Its no longer the Quest part.

[Azu]

My God, what did they do to Dragon Quest? Its no longer the Quest part.

It's not a full-fledged Dragon Quest game, but a spin-off, and a successor/sequel to a "Plug-in-your-TV-and-Play" game.

[G_H_G]

For selfish reasons... I want it on the 360 (but not exclusive).

[collie9877]

So do you think that this new Dragon Quest game will be announced in some hours because it's already 8:30 A.M.

[Loudninja]

It's not a full-fledged Dragon Quest game, but a spin-off, and a successor/sequel to a "Plug-in-your-TV-and-Play" game.

What have they done thought? this does not look fun at all

[ConsoleCrusader]

Wow talk about taking the fun out of an RPG series thats been historic in the past..way to ruin DQ

[Azu]

I'm guessing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers is a game that is a bit closer to what people thought DQS would be. Though, at first even I didn't know that it was an on-rail "RPG", but thought it'd have a bit more freedom.

I'll definitely try to get this through my freelancer job, if it will ever be released in Europe. Even though it's disappointing it's not the kind of RPG than most Dragon Quest games are, I find the idea kinda interesting. The sword fights do look alright, when you can do all kind of magic and have to block attacks accurately. It's not like I've never played on-rail games before. I actually find Time Crisis and House of the Dead 2 great fun, more so than any Halos or Killzones, which are shooting games that are not on-rail...

[Fedos]

Seeing as how during the last two generations Square (Enix) released DQ games pretty much at the end of the lifecycle of the PS consoles to reap the benefits of a huge installed base I don't see them changing that this time around by announcing Dragon Quest IX this early. DQ is bigger in Japan than Final Fantasy, I think they'd want to wait at least until the system has a hefty installed base.

[Loudninja]

I'm guessing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers is a game that is a bit closer to what people thought DQS would be. Though, at first even I didn't know that it was an on-rail "RPG", but thought it'd have a bit more freedom.

I'll definitely try to get this through my freelancer job, if it will ever be released in Europe. Even though it's disappointing it's not the kind of RPG than most Dragon Quest games are, I find the idea kinda interesting. The sword fights do look alright, when you can do all kind of magic and have to block attacks accurately. It's not like I've never played on-rail games before. I actually find Time Crisis and House of the Dead 2 great fun, more so than any Halos or Killzones, which are shooting games that are not on-rail...

It woudl have bee cool withotu the damn rails! or it could have been liek Drak Cloud

[spazchicken]

I hope that it comes out for the PS3, that would be sweet!

[PS3 rocks]

I've got my fingers crossed for Dragon Quest 9 on the PS3! What else could it be?

[GarthVaderUK]

DQIX is on DS folks:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre...133134&page=23

[Naboomagnoli]

Thread for DS DQ

In here, everyone

[Tobian]

Thread for DS DQ

In here, everyone

Too bad there isn't any video footage about the gameplay.

[Mael Duin]

No need to be open anymore. Nothing to do with PS3. There's already a thread about DQIX in Handled Consoles Section.
http://ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=47802