Long, hot summer

[slimequest]

Dragon Quest IX comes out in North America on July 11th so plan ahead now to decide which sandals go best with your DS's color.

It's interesting that we're getting IX before VI, but since Nintendo's publishing it, I'm assuming they want to try and bolster DQ's image in the west before going ahead with VI. I'm not really bothered one way or another, especially because IX looks so awesome.

Here's some more preview pics! The character customization really looks like a lot of fun. See, this is what I'd wish they'd let us do in the new Pokemon games. Everyone's character looking the same is pretty boring.

Amazon has it up for preorder already, so you know what to do.

Comments

[tsuki-reiko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was super-excited and everything, but I was also wondering why they would release IX before VI.

Then it occurred to me-- maybe they just want to make sure that they keep up with the recent games as they're re-releasing the old ones, so that old fans will still be satisfied (not that we fans aren't satisfied with remakes too), and so that they don't get behind?

[slimequest.livejournal.com]

Could be, could be. The thing that's most interesting is that it's Nintendo itself, and not Square-Enix, which is publishing DQIX over here. So I think that's the biggest reason. If Nintendo's behind it, that means it's worth putting the effort into first, then maybe the DQ fanbase would increase enough for VI to be more of a success than it ordinarily would be.

Can't say I blame them, even if it would've been nice to have gotten VI by now.