Square Enix released a trailer for the Wii U version of Dragon Quest X this morning.

Square Enix MMORPG, Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online, is getting a manga adaptation in Shueisha’s V Jump magazine.

While you can rent audio CDs and DVDs, you can’t rent video games in Japan. That’s part of the reason why the used game market is so big.

Over half of Dragon Quest X buyers are paying to play the Wii MMORPG.

Square Enix have provided shipment figures for a few of their major recent releases.

When you have a popular online game people are going to find a way to sell virtual money. The inevitable cat and mouse game has begun in Dragon Quest X and Square Enix’s first move is banning gold traders.

What’s new in Dragon Quest X for Wii U? The Wii U version will have HD graphics, an option to play Dragon Quest X on the Wii U gamepad, and a feature that lets you use the Wii U gamepad like a keyboard.

The boomerang, a staple and solid early game weapon, retains its ability to hit multiple enemies in Dragon Quest X. If you prefer you can hit one enemy twice using the Cross Cutter skill or add a fire effect to your weapon with Burning Bird.

Dragon Quest X has 300,000 subscribers to date, the Nihon Securities Journal reports.

The Ranger uses bows, boomerangs, and axes. (Boomerangs and bows are new to Dragon Quest X.) Their “survival” skill gives them some recovery spells that restore HP and negate negative statuses.

Square Enix is updating Dragon Quest X will more content geared towards high level players. First, they are bumping the level cap up from 50 to 55. Dragon Quest X will also get two new jobs – Paladin and Ranger.

Square Enix had a stage presentation where producer Yosuke Saito showed Dragon Quest X running on Wii U. While Dragon Quest X is an online game, the part Square Enix showed during Tokyo Game Show was not connected to the Nintendo Network.

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Nintendo announced a huge bonus for the Wii U premium set in Japan – that’s the black 32GB Wii U. Buy that package and you get access to the Dragon Quest X Wii U beta test.