Dragon Quest IX Out in July in North America, Europe

Matt Kessler killing it with the news!!!

" I've never played any Dragon Quest games. Do they all have separate stories and worlds like Final Fantasy or is it just one long continuous story? "

i am scared of this release. I want to enjoy it, but to experience the game you need to know other people with the title. I don't know even a single person with a DS, let alone someone that is interested in playing Dragon Quest. How am I supposed to enjoy all the bonus content Enix and prepared for the game.
In case anybody here hasn't heard about Dragon Quest 9, all the bonus content is unlocked by having your game in sleep mode and walking by somebody with another copy of the game. If you do run into someone with the game, you will unlock things like new dungeons, quests, characters, or items that you can only receive this way. From what I have heard somewhere close to half the content of this game is locked behind this horrible decision.

I haven't used my DS (FAT) in months, but It looks like I may have a reason to finally dig it out. 
 
For the record, Outside of Tetris, I don't play many games on my DS. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl was good, but ANOTHER REMAKE Pokemon after that game isn't going to interest me. I've played the same Pokemon game with the same basic Pokemon story for 12 odd years now. I wish Gamefreak would totally reboot their hand-held Pokemon RPG Franchise, it's getting super stale and it honestly shouldn't be. But I guess it's a Nintendo hand-held with Nintendo game designs (make the same game over and over.)
 
I loved Dragon Quest 8 and I bet 9 will be great as well. If Nintendo is doing the translations I hope they don't mess up the spell names. Or maybe I do hope they mess it up.  Can't wait! It hits soon.

Can a slime really die? I mean, I'd assume it would be like a worm or something. Though, worms can totally die I suppose.

" I should probably finish up (read: start playing) that copy of DQ8 that's been collecting dust on my shelf for years. "

I've never played any Dragon Quest games. Do they all have separate stories and worlds like Final Fantasy or is it just one long continuous story?

I should probably finish up (read: start playing) that copy of DQ8 that's been collecting dust on my shelf for years.

Man, I can't believe I sold my DS last week.

About time.

DONT BUY THIS GAME!
 
FINAL FANTASY BONZAI!  DRAGON QUEST BAKA!

YES! i was waiting for this news. 

Yeahhh, Square have a serious issue with releasing games in any reasonable amount of time. I mean that PSP Kingdom Hearts game is only out at the end of this year. That's been  around since... three/four years ago?
 
That said I will totally pick this up! Love me some Dragon Quest.

Finally. Square sure took their sweet time (as always)

Hooray! July 12 is my birthday.  No better present than DQIX :D

FUCKING FINALLY! Dragon Quest always seems to push my buttons in the right way, but I am by no means a big enough japanophile to import the original and play without understanding a single word.
July will be a happy month.

Looks way "J" and way "RPG". Hence, I'm probably not interested.

I'm what you might call a Dragon Quest-virgin. Maybe I'll let this game pop my cherry.
 
Ugh.. So sorry for that.

"Disturbin' turban"? Alright, my interest is piqued.

Thanks for the news Matt

More DQ titles on the DS makes me happy. Thanks for the info.

I really liked Dragon Quest 8 (Hey, I even wrote a review on it).  However, I have no desire to revisit the franchise.  I felt like DQ8 gave me a good appreciation for classic JRPGs.  But I don't want to play them again.

About time.  :P          I'm sad that they aren't using the Japanese boxart.   :(

You've got a good editorial style, but quit trying so hard.

*sigh* Persona 3 Portable AND Dragon Quest IX in July? I'm going to be spending more time on portable systems during the summer than ever before.

I'm excited to see this finally come out in the states!

ehhh I have nothing to say

I've played a few of the Dragon Quest / Warrior games (working on IV and V on the DS right now) and I have to say I find them waaay more interesting and compelling than the Final Fantasy games (at least the recent ones... I didn't play that series before VII).
 
DQ has always been fairly stripped down JRPG fare from a gameplay perspective, still regular-ass turn based combat, but the music, the characters, and the enemies have always been a lot of fun... I'm looking forward to this one (although I wish it was on PS3 or 360 instead).

I've heard very good things from people who have imported the Japanese version, so I'll probably pick this game up eventually. Probably not at the 40 dollar price point they'll inevitably charge, although maybe since Nintendo's publishing we'll be spared the Squeenix Tax.

No!

Wow neat!