Square Enix has announced the release date of the latest Dragon Quest remake and has released a few new screenshots with the news.
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Square Enix will have a playable build of Realms of Reverie inside their Tokyo Game Show booth. The game will be shown to the public for the first time next week.
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For most of us, we can wait a little longer until Dragon Quest IX is released, but not 73-year-old Japanese actress Keiko Awaji.

For her, it's a matter of life or death.

Japanese film actress Keiko Awaji wants to play new Dragon Quest and pronto. Awaji, who has appeared in over 160 movies since 1949 including Akira Kurosawa's police noir Stray Dog, said this about DQ.

"I won't live forever. I'd like to play two more more games... I really want them to put out a new game once every two years."

Don't we all Awaji-san, don't we all.

Awaji is a big fan of role-playing games, including Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Mother (known in the West as Earthbound).
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Siliconera writes:

"Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is already out in Japan and we haven't heard anything about the next Dragon Quest DS remake. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie was notably absent from Tokyo Game Show, but attendees were too busy drooling over Dragon Quest IX to notice.

Square Enix Europe acknowledges the final installment in the Zenithia trilogy in their Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride announcement by teasing us with "look out for the next adventure in the trilogy – DRAGON QUEST: Realms of Reverie – coming to Nintendo DS soon." When is soon? Sometime after spring 2009 when Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride comes out in Europe. North America is scheduled to get Dragon Quest V on the DS a few months earlier on February 17."
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There was an eight month interval between the release of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen and Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride in Japan. North America might not have to wait as long for the next game in the Zenithia trilogy since Dragon Quest V: Hand in the Heavenly Bride was just rated by the USK, Germany's ESRB equivalent. Since Dragon Quest V has a rating it must be well in developmen
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According to widgamer.com, the European release of those titles has been confirmed by Square Enix, with Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen to come out in September 2008 for both North America and Europe.
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Square-Enix has confirmed that Dragon Quest IV, V and VI will be on their way to USA for DS. The first US screens of IV are here.Known as the Zenithia Trilogy, the games were originally released for the NES and SNES back in the early nineties. The new titles will have 3D graphics, newly animated monsters and dual screen presentation.Dragon Quest IV (its full name being Dragon Quest: Chapters of the Chosen) will ... » Read More

After discovering that the original Japanese release of Dragon Quest IV DS had a partially translated English script in it, then picking up clues in regards to a possible stateside release thanks to the ESRB and USPTO, RPG house Square Enix has finally confirmed that all three DQ DS remakes are heading to North America.
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