Dragon Quest IX Hands-On

I think he means 100 copies :P

"Dragon Quest IX has already sold more than 100 million copies since its release in Japan last year and is expected to greatly increase those figures when it comes to US shores July 11 for the Nintendo DS. " this figure is wrong. The entire series has sold about this much Dragon Quest IX has sold about 5 million! (if it had sold 100 million copies it would have been the best selling game ever! haha)

cant wait for this game after E3 talked about it

OH YEAH my wish is coming true a fallen angel and me in a world wide adventure. heavens are finally smiling at us gamers.

but does it have online multiplayer or is it just upclose and personal multiplayer... nothing mentions that

I hope that a lot of people actually get this game so we can get a large community of maps circulating like they have in Japan.

I prefer the dragon quest/warrior games where you tame monsters over the more traditional ones.. trying to get a really rare monster from Dragon Warrior 2 for example was half the fun of the game -.- Oh well, still seems to be a great dragon quest game reguardless

GOING TO BE A GREAT GAME

I love the Dragon Quest series. I played the hell out of VIII, and I can't wait to get my hands on this one!

Finally, a jrpg that is raising the bar again :D. Gonna need two carts at least in my house by the sound of it though, the multiplayer sounds funs.

OPEN GREAT CREATING A HERO COOL RPG COOL AGAIN !

I'm so getting this game! I love customization!

I havent played v in a while so I think I may begin again and then get this game.

Omg! this game looks awesome. I love customizability :D

I can't wait to play this game! Feels like the kind of game you could log a lot of hours into.

This is ridiculously fun - I've clocked 100 hours at least on the Japanese version.

"Dragon Quest IX has already sold more than 100 million copies since its release in Japan last year " lol typo error!

Awesome! i just finished Dragon Quest VI for my DS so I can't wait.

@ Gelugon_baat I'm not sure if you know this, but Akira Toriyama has done the character designs for almost all of the Dragon Quest games. So no pressure needed, I'm sure he was more than happy to continue working on what has become his own signature character designs in the DQ series.

100 Million Copies? Holy jujitsu Batman! That HAS to be the best selling game EVER of ALL TIME FOREVER. Someone's finger seemed to get stuck on the 0 for a bit too long.

i'll agree with snxx about the 100 million copies lol.. i think he used the ''100'' figure to emphasize how much it sold (meaning it is a best seller :D) I can't wait until it is released!!!

I'm always excited for a new Dragon Quest. I admit that the DS wouldn't be my first choice of platform. I was really hoping for one of the consoles so it would feel more like Dragon Quest VIII, which is my all-time favorite JRPG, but these days with traditional RPG games (as opposed to the MMO variety) almost as rare as unicorns, I'll take what I can get.

I can't wait to play this game. I love the dragon Quest series and am looking forward to this one :D

@wahyudil , @nchan , @BornGamer , @link_15 , @ithilgore2006 : I really think the "100 million copies sold" number is off. I mean, c'mon, Japan's entire population estimation for 2010 is 127 million people. So, this is what Wikipedia told me: "According to Gamespot, 4,100,968 copies of the game were sold in Japan as of Jan 5 2010. Famitsu later updated the number, stating that the game have sold 4,150,667 copies of the game as of 28th March 2010. Square-Enix aims to have 5 million copies of the game shipped, though the company didn't specify if the target was for Japan only or worldwide." It also says that "As of February 2010, the Dragon Quest series has sold over 53 million units worldwide" - and that's for the *entire* series. I know Wikipedia isn't 100% trustworthy, but it's *very* unlikely it's THAT wrong, that means this article's author, Mr. Kurtis Seid, wasn't really thinking straight when he came up with this "100 millions copies sold" number.

I think 100 million must be for the entire series. DQIX was just over 4 million I believe.

100 millions copy in japan alone .... how many people that live in japan? and how many of them are gamers?

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@Ovirew lol, one of my favorite games ever is Elite Beat Agents on the DS, no violence. I own a DS I'm just tired of Dragon Quest on the DS, I finished IV and V but now I want it back on the big screen. It would just be cool to see DQ evolve into next-gen instead of just staying the same on a handheld.

"Akira Toriyama... ...once again returns as Dragon Quest’s head character designer." Sweet! Though I wonder how much cajoling that Square Enix had to do to get him to work on DQ IX in the first place. Knowing << LINK REMOVED >>, he's quite the drifter and never stays put in any particular IP, after having concluded the original Dragon Ball manga series.

WoW, I didn't know it already sold 100 million copies. LOL.

@Ovirew- I believe the word your looking for is insecure any ways I love the multiplayer on this never played dragon quest but I think I'll have to start

@eggs-benedict maybe you don't like handheld games, but that doesn't mean the DS is lame. It has some of the best games I've ever played on it. Some people are just too...I don't know what they are, but they feel like they are less masculine because they are playing games on a little device and not a big screen. I bet you wouldn't touch Animal Crossing with a stick either, the game doesn't have enough violence for someone like you.

Yea, I'm just not into the whole handheld gaming thing, if it was on the Wii that'd be fair. I just think it should be on an actual console not a lame DS.

@taxonomic: MSX

really pumped for this and Golden Sun!

Shoulda been on the consoles. Still, hope this will be good.

This is gonna be a guaranteed smash hit on an epic scale. 100 million Japanese gamers can't be wrong! Move over WoW!!

I haven't really played 8 yet, but hopefully I'll enjoy this (and 8) as much as III. That is to say, immensely. I imagine I will going by this.

@Eggs-Benedict : not to ruin your moment, but you do realize that, for the lion's share of DQ's existence, the series was primarily a Nintendo property right? Up until DQ 7, the series was only seen on Nintendo systems.

@Eggs-Benedict: We've known about this game's DS exclusivity for years...

LMAO 100 MILLION COPES LOOOOOOOOOL

... On DS? You put it on DS!!!!!!!!!!!! WTFFFFF! where's my Dragon Quest on PS3?!?!?!?

Looking forward to the game especially if it has as much replay value as they are claiming it has.

Dragon Quest 9 is ds only, you will never see it on multiplatform unless sqaure wants it that way and they usually release hand held games on one hand held system and that's it, I can't remember any DQ games being multiplatform, sorry Isaiah26.

I hope this game is in PSP also...T.t

Though it definitely won't be as successful as it was in Japan, Nintendo is making quite a significant effort to push Dragon Quest IX in America. Here's hoping it will sell well and help promote the franchise in the states, which can even lead to the spin-offs that would normally be Japan-only coming here as well.

100 million copies!? I think that was a typo there

I can't wait to try (as this writer has said) this roelpaying game.

Really been craving a new Dragon Quest game. Only have to wait a couple more weeks.

"Dragon Quest IX has already sold over one hundred million copies since its release in Japan last year" Uh...no? Maybe the entire franchise has.