Call me a slave to my DS, but the announcement that Dragon Quest IX will appear on Nintendo DS has sent feelings of plusgood joy in me. It’s a bad day to be a Sony fan right now, which I am, to an extent, but an awesome day to be a Ninty dude.
In Japan, Dragon Quest VIII was the best selling PS2 game. Ever. Ever ever. Which means no game sold as much as DQ VIII on the PS2.
Everybody was waiting to know which console – PS3 or Wii, or maybe even X360 will Square Enix decide to bring DQIX on. What no one had considered was the little DS Lite. BY the by, the DS is no ‘mere handheld. It is on it’s way to be the best selling console in Japan, ever, and it continually sells upwards of 100,000 pieces in a region in a given week during festivities or a major title launch.
Sure, the graphics might take a little beating, but look at this:
Akira Toriyama is a happy dude.
Right after this announcement DQ Monsters Joker is set to release as well. Now an average DQ or Squeenix fan might just think it makes damn good sense to buy a DS to play DQ MJ and then wait for less than a year and play DQIX on it as well. We are talking rabid fanboys who bought more than 4 million copies of Dragon Quest VII for the PSOne, the same people who bought 3 million copies of DQ VIII for the PS2 within the first week!
Sony still has its Final Fantasy fanbase though, and that is reason to cheer enough for them. But, DQIX is on the DS man. Expect this to sell 4 million copies EASY.
With the DS getting it’s share of the Fantasies that are Final (FF III, FF Revenant Wings, FF Crystal Chronicles), not to mention the FF V GBA remake that is playable on the DS too, it may so come to pass that the DS , a little i-podish gadget with 2 little cute screens, may beat the HDMI touting, Blu-ray supporting PS3. At least in Japan.
As Chris Kohler just put it:
“I know that sounds crazy but hey, Dragon Quest IX is on DS. Welcome to Crazytown.”
anupma
12/15/2006 at 3:03 am
I never got hooked to FF on my GBA SP.
Then again, never found GBA half as engaging as DS, so maybe I can also have some borrowed fun playing DQ. BTW, did I tell you I have a fresh wish list for PSP?
serioussam
12/18/2006 at 1:10 am
No. Pray tell what is it?
StormCrow
12/19/2006 at 12:01 am
dude.i bought a DS lite and cracked (as in broke
) the same day……u gotta gift me yours
serioussam
12/19/2006 at 1:56 am
oi! bhassu also bought a DS. is it that slight crack on the hinge? Nintendo says that happens with DSes all over, and that does not mean it is defective. As long as it plays games, that crack won’t bother too much. Know what? I have one too.
StormCrow
12/19/2006 at 7:18 am
*sigh*..NO, make that *sigh* *sigh*..i kinda dropped it on the road and then it got run over by a Auto rick…..no more rick trips for me
serioussam
12/19/2006 at 7:52 am
yeaargh! that has got to be the most painful mental image i got in the whole day.
(
sucks man.
StormCrow
12/19/2006 at 10:44 pm
i need all your support here….send me money..clothese….DVDs….music…booze…anything will do
i am traumatised
sunshine girl
12/20/2006 at 12:26 am
My PSP wish list:
WTF
Death Jr. II: Root of Evil
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Sonic Rivals
Exit
Lemmings
and the new ones that seem interesting:
Tales of Eternia
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
Bubble Bobble Evolution
serioussam
12/21/2006 at 12:17 am
Stromcrwo dude, all you need is a hug from moi.
Come get some suga from yo brotha.
serioussam
12/21/2006 at 12:39 am
Sunshine, I have Ultimate Alliance for PS2. You wanna play a bit and see if you like it first?
StormCrow
12/21/2006 at 12:56 am
Ya a hug aint gonna hurt….dude u r my brother from a different mother (ofcourse father too)
serioussam
12/21/2006 at 1:30 am
hehe. also, we shall go buy the wii and forget the DS pain. coming out jan in palika. PS3 is cheap now too – 32k.
anupma
1/29/2007 at 12:06 pm
I like this look. A lot. But I do not understand the text in About. Do you? :p
serioussam
1/31/2007 at 12:37 am
Nopes. NO clue, some random Latin shiz. Gotta get off me lazt arse and change the settings.
vikram
4/2/2007 at 1:19 am
I was wondering where you disappeared to.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=74841
Huzzah!
serioussam
4/3/2007 at 3:52 am
Yup, I just hide, not dissappear. Hehe.