Nintendo president pledges overseas marketing support for Dragon Quest IX.

Square Enix and Namco Bandai partnered to include “Overture IX” from Dragon Quest IX in Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Dodon to Ni Dai Me.

Dragon Quest IX is a mega hit with over 3.5 million copies sold in Japan alone. A blockbuster title like DQIX should get an international release, right?

Let’s take a look at the general reaction on the streets to DQIX. Ninety nine people from a broad spectrum of age groups were asked to take a brief questionnaire.

Dragon Quest IX has a multiplayer mode, it’s only local multiplayer, but hey it’s the first numeric Dragon Quest game you can play with friends.

Dragon Quest IX lets players outfit and customize their characters like never before. Want to make a bunny warrior with a spear and silver tray as a shield? You can!

With E3 behind us, Square Enix is shifting their focus to Dragon Quest IX. A new gameplay trailer came out today that summarizes everything about Dragon Quest IX announced so far.

Final Fantasy XIII is slated for a winter 2009 release in Japan. Will North America join the fight with Cocoon by the end of the fiscal year? Probably not.

Square Enix sent out a batch of new Dragon Quest IX screenshots focusing on the game’s monsters. One of them is the lesser cousin of the King Slime, the Slime Tower. When three slimes join forces they transform to a wobbly mesh of multicolored goo.
 

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With five months to go until Dragon Quest IX comes out in Japan there is plenty of time for Square Enix to refuel the hype train. For starters, they just released a “new” Dragon Quest IX trailer on their YouTube channel with glorious looking gameplay footage.
 
By “new” I mean new for the public. This [...]