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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:32 am
Post subject: Nintendo DS sticks a sword down PS3's throat - DRAGON QUEST 9 on DS, not PS3
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TALK ABOUT A MEGATON
http://www.famitsu.com/blog/express/2006/12/ixds.html
http://www.cubed3.com/news/6441/1/Dragon_Quest_IX_DS_Confirmed!
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/square+enix/dragon-quest-ix-coming-to-nin...do-ds-2
http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2006/12/12-21
http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q4-2006/121106a.html
http://www.n-sider.com/newsview.php?type=story&storyid=2555
http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=7333
http://ds.ign.com/articles/750/750590p1.html
Dragon Quest 9 Set for DS
Square Enix brings Japan's favorite series to Japan's favorite system.
by Anoop Gantayat
December 11, 2006 - Square Enix held a press conference in Tokyo today
to announce the next entry in the main Dragon Quest series. In a
surprise move, Japan's most popular series will continue not on the PS3
or the Wii, as many had expected. Instead, Square Enix will be bringing
the game to the DS.
The full name of Dragon Quest 9 is Dragon Quest 9: Hoshizora no
Mamoribito. The surname can be translated to "Protectors of the sky."
Level 5 will be handling development on the game. The hot-shot
development studio headed up development on Dragon Quest 8, before
turning to a couple of projects for Sony. On the DS, the studio is
currently working on Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village, to be
self-published early next year.
Development staff on Level 5's end is the same as from Dragon Quest 8,
right down to company president Akihiro Hino, who's serving as
producer. Other staff members should come as no surprise. Series father
Yuji Horii, heading up the project once again, was in attendance at the
press conference, and said, "The DS version is not a side-story, but a
true part of the series." Kouichi Sugiyama will be lending his talents
to the game's soundtrack. And all future Dragon Quest soundtracks, it
seems, as he took the stage today to say "I will continue making Dragon
Quest music until I die."
Development seems to be quite far along. The online arms of magazines
Famitsu and Gemaga, report that a demo was held at the press
conference, with Horii and other guests playing the game live. Dragon
Quest 9 features an action-oriented battle system playable
cooperatively by up to four players via Wi-Fi. This is the first
network-based Dragon Quest, Horii noted. The DS's dual screen setup is
also put to use, with the top screen showing a map and the bottom
screen housing all the action.
Horii is aiming for a Japanese release some time in 2007. With Dragon
Quest 8 pulling in favorable sales internationally, expect a release
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:23 am
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:28 am
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:59 pm
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:10 pm
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:15 pm
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"AirRaid" <AirRaid1500 RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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>snip
> December 11, 2006 - Square Enix held a press conference in Tokyo today
> to announce the next entry in the main Dragon Quest series. In a
> surprise move, Japan's most popular series will continue not on the PS3
> or the Wii, as many had expected. Instead, Square Enix will be bringing
> the game to the DS.
That's not such a big surprise as you might think. Enix always had a stated
policy of putting Dragon Quest on the most popular console with the biggest
installed base, so the shift to DS is logical for them. Post PS2, the DS is
clearly the most popular gaming device in Japan and around the world. It's
also a game whose popularity was never about graphics. >> Stay informed about: Nintendo DS sticks a sword down PS3's throat - DRAGON QUES.. |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:00 pm
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Rob Browning wrote:
> Wow, how stupid. Putting a main-line title from one of the most
> popular video-game franchises on a portable? And right after they
> decided to bring the series' look to a modern-day level? What the
> hell is Squenix thinking?
In terms of current system sales, the DS is the most popular out
there, with the PS2 second, and 360 third. So why not?
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:51 pm
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"Rob Browning" <pluvius3 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 12 Dec 2006 00:32:53 -0800, "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500 RemoveThis @gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>TALK ABOUT A MEGATON
>
> Wow, how stupid. Putting a main-line title from one of the most
> popular video-game franchises on a portable? And right after they
> decided to bring the series' look to a modern-day level? What the
> hell is Squenix thinking? (Probably the same thing it was thinking
> when it decided to make one of its other major series' iterations an
> MMORPG; that is to say, nothing.)
Yeah! Putting the game on a system that's still selling like hotcakes and
has a huge installed base is just CRAZY. What's wrong with these people?
Shouldn't they be putting it on the console that has near zero market share
in Japan (360) or the console that costs $600 and has serious production
problems (PS3) or the console that just came out and is selling very quickly
but will take years to catch up to the DS in installed base assuming that it
isn't just this holiday's fad (Wii)? >> Stay informed about: Nintendo DS sticks a sword down PS3's throat - DRAGON QUES.. |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:33 am
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starcade RemoveThis @yahoo.com wrote:
> May be the beginning of the end for Sony -- there's been talk that
> Square Enix wants to take the FF series completely off of Sony and
> move it to Nintendo.
>
> Especially with the foibles of the PS3 to date, one has to wonder if
> Sony and the game consoles might go the way of history in a few years.
Eh. We said the same thing about Nintendo when FF-VII went to the PSX.
These companies are far more robust than people give them credit for. After
all, it took an incredible amount of bait-and-switch for the user base to
finally give up on Sega's "a new console every two years, with five games -
tops" system. >> Stay informed about: Nintendo DS sticks a sword down PS3's throat - DRAGON QUES.. |
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:40 pm
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:42 pm
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"sanjian" <sanjian.RemoveThis@widomaker.com> wrote in message
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> AirRaid wrote:
>> TALK ABOUT A MEGATON
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> <snip>
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> Wait... how can a game that's meant for one of the two brand spanking new
> systems work on the DS - a portable system?
>
> Is the DS -that- good??? o_O
The DS is the best selling system in Japan, it is basically a social
phenomenon there. Also for a developer to make a profit on a
PS3 game they basically have to sell 500,000 copies of the game.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:45 pm
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:46 pm
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"sanjian" <sanjian DeleteThis @widomaker.com> wrote in message
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> starcade DeleteThis @yahoo.com wrote:
>> May be the beginning of the end for Sony -- there's been talk that
>> Square Enix wants to take the FF series completely off of Sony and
>> move it to Nintendo.
>>
>> Especially with the foibles of the PS3 to date, one has to wonder if
>> Sony and the game consoles might go the way of history in a few years.
>
> Eh. We said the same thing about Nintendo when FF-VII went to the PSX.
> These companies are far more robust than people give them credit for.
> After all, it took an incredible amount of bait-and-switch for the user
> base to finally give up on Sega's "a new console every two years, with
> five games - tops" system.
The DC was one of the best consoles of all time. If it had support from EA
it would have had a better chance.
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:12 pm
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"Rob Browning" <pluvius3.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:51:39 GMT, "El Guapo" <plethora.RemoveThis@pinatas.com>
> wrote:
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>>"Rob Browning" <pluvius3.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:sgptn29c9uo63no1k8ugo9t0p4enqi9n45@4ax.com...
>>> On 12 Dec 2006 00:32:53 -0800, "AirRaid" <AirRaid1500.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>TALK ABOUT A MEGATON
>>>
>>> Wow, how stupid. Putting a main-line title from one of the most
>>> popular video-game franchises on a portable? And right after they
>>> decided to bring the series' look to a modern-day level? What the
>>> hell is Squenix thinking? (Probably the same thing it was thinking
>>> when it decided to make one of its other major series' iterations an
>>> MMORPG; that is to say, nothing.)
>>
>>Yeah! Putting the game on a system that's still selling like hotcakes and
>>has a huge installed base is just CRAZY. What's wrong with these people?
>>Shouldn't they be putting it on the console that has near zero market
>>share
>>in Japan (360) or the console that costs $600 and has serious production
>>problems (PS3) or the console that just came out and is selling very
>>quickly
>>but will take years to catch up to the DS in installed base assuming that
>>it
>>isn't just this holiday's fad (Wii)?
>
> This is Dragon Quest we're talking about. You know, the series that
> the Japanese government had to request Enix not to release on work
> days because the entire goddamn country would call in sick to buy and
> play it? Do you really think that the currently low penetration of
> the next-gen systems would be a major obstacle to the sales of this
> thing?
Of course it could be an obstacle, if the consoles fail to sell in large
numbers, or more likely, if the sales are split between the two new
consoles. Why in the world would they want to force people to buy a console
they don't want, just to play their game? Maybe people would, but maybe
they wouldn't - you never know. That's not a problem with the DS, the thing
is crazy popular in Japan and pretty much the same everywhere else, too.
> And if Squenix really thought that that was such a problem, why have
> they already announced FF13 to be exclusive for the PS3?
Probably because it's the only Japanese console that can handle the graphics
they have planned for the game. I doubt they are very happy about the
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:12 pm
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Rob Browning <pluvius3 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:12:40 GMT, "El Guapo" <plethora RemoveThis @pinatas.com>
> wrote:
> >consoles. Why in the world would they want to force people to buy
> >a console they don't want, just to play their game? Maybe people
> >would, but maybe
>
> Good question; why would Squenix want to force people to buy DSes just
> to play their game?
They don't have to. Everybody (for their purposes) already has one.
Did you miss the bit about the DS being the biggest-selling gaming
console? I don't have one yet, but I'm seriously considering getting
one for Xmas, assuming my wife hasn't beaten me to it, mainly for FF3
and DQ9.
> What you said is a problem no matter what console Squenix releases
> their games on. The only real solution is for them to stop making
> their games console-exclusive.
That'd be nice, but they've never done it before; I don't see why
they'd start now.
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