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Dragon Quest IX


One of the world's biggest RPGs goes DS exclusive. Will fans flock to the tiny screens and real time battles?

Available on: DS
Genre: Role Playing
Expected release date: Spring 2010
Published by: Square Enix
Developed by: Level-5



Screenshots updated Sep 30, 2009
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Dragon Quest IX Confirmed For Overseas ReleaseN4G
Shinji Hatano, General Manager of the marketing division at Nintendo, confirmed that we'll be seeing...
DS News from N4G - Nov 6, 2009
Square Enix shares Dragon Quest statsN4G
A few weeks ago, Square Enix started a new type of cooperative Dragon Quest IX quest. These quests...
DS News from N4G - Oct 15, 2009
Dragon Quest IX Guide Books Top a Million N4G
Anoop Gantayat: Dragon Quest IX is on its way to topping four million in sales. Meanwhile, the...
DS News from N4G - Oct 1, 2009
Dragon Quest IX Has Players Team up for Wi-Fi...N4G
Anoop Gantayat: The surprises keep on coming for Dragon Quest IX. Today, Square Enix unveiled a new...
DS News from N4G - Sep 11, 2009
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Tournament of level one enemies
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Oct 21, 2008
Dragon Quest interview
The series' creator spills the beans about DQIX and DQ Monsters: Joker
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Dragon Quest IX Confirmed For Overseas Release N4G
Shinji Hatano, General Manager of the marketing division at Nintendo, confirmed that we'll be seeing...
News from N4G Nov 6, 2009
Square Enix shares Dragon Quest stats N4G
A few weeks ago, Square Enix started a new type of cooperative Dragon Quest IX quest. These quests...
News from N4G Oct 15, 2009
Dragon Quest IX Guide Books Top a Million  N4G
Anoop Gantayat: Dragon Quest IX is on its way to topping four million in sales. Meanwhile, the...
News from N4G Oct 1, 2009
Dragon Quest IX Has Players Team up for Wi-Fi... N4G
Anoop Gantayat: The surprises keep on coming for Dragon Quest IX. Today, Square Enix unveiled a new...
News from N4G Sep 11, 2009
Square Enix CEO sinks 30 hours into Dragon Quest... N4G
It seems Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada is as addicted to Dragon Quest IX as the rest of Japan -...
News from N4G Sep 7, 2009
Square Enix Still Making Dragon Quest IX... N4G
Anoop Gantayat: Dragon Quest IX has already sold over 3.5 million copies. But Square Enix has even...
News from N4G Sep 4, 2009
RPG Deals 8/30 - 9/5 N4G
Russ tells of console sales and other RPG deals as he begins, September may have a lot of games...
News from N4G Aug 31, 2009
NGamer review scores - second Metroid Prime... N4G
The NGamer magazine has brought some interesting review scores in its latest issue. Check them out.
News from N4G Aug 11, 2009
Dragon Quest IX - "Definitive decision"... N4G
VG247: Square told VG247 today that a final decision on launching Dragon Quest IX outside Japan is...
News from N4G Aug 11, 2009
N-Zone review scores and details - First Cursed... N4G
German magazine N-Zone has some reviews for Wii and DS games.
News from N4G Aug 11, 2009
Dragon Quest IX – import review
What exactly will we be waiting so long for?
Aug 11, 2009
Forget AWOL, here’s AWOI – Absent Without Intent, the art of accidental fleeing. In a game that’s rammed with Japanese text, it’s a mis-prod of the run-away button that irritates most. Story, job classes, skills, spells and item conditions – you can muddle through without them, but showing a boss your back to stab is suicidal. ...   » Read Full Dragon Quest IX preview
Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky
An epic adventure on the tiniest of consoles
Feb 2, 2007
2006 marked the 20th anniversary of the original Dragon Quest, and while Square Enix could have rested easy and watched the fan love-fest unfold, they instead dramatically announced a new installment, dropping an unexpected bombshell in the process. IX would be the first Dragon Quest installment to debut on a handheld console, and would do away with the turn-based battling that had up to this point defined the series and given it much of its unique appeal. ...   » Read Full Dragon Quest IX preview
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