Dragon Quest IX exclusive to DS

Hurray!

Who cares...game will look like a$$ on the DS. Enjoy.

OUCH

DUDE FFXI is horrible compared to WoW but anyway Dragon quest is cool im almost done with Rocket Slime game anyway!

WOOT!!! :D YAY!!! DRAGON QUEST IX! I personally don't care what system it's for, it's just the fact that it was announced is amazing! :D I can't wait!!!

Um. yea. ok. so what?

This is HUGE NEWS!. Yeah I am a hardcore DW/DQ fan.It never mattered what machine it was on but I dont care I just want DQ9 ^_^

Sounds pretty bad ass.

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Considering how many DS's per household there are n Japan its not that surprising. (I think it was like 3!) Besides the FF franchise is staying on for Sony and thats what I like to hear.

360 gets ffXI =/

Fantastic, I need more games for the DS, I have put it down for the time being to play MSG: PO on PSP, but once I beat that, I will be out of portable games 8(

the amount of ps3 hatred on this site is disgusting.

the dragon quest games have always been very simple, with little complexity. This is the exact opposite of the Ps3 and PsP. This boring series fits better on boring consoles, like nintendo. playstation still has FFXIII, and any smart person knows the final fantasies are muchhhhh better than the dragon quests (which is for lil kids).

Big news for Nintendo! DS rules!!!

wow....this is big news considering the last episode came on ps2....now its on a handheld...really its smart buisness...the nintendo ds is outselling all the consoles....why put it on a ps3 when sony cant deliver the consoles...good job

dont expect the chrono series to see the light of day again, for atleast a long time.

O_O Did NOT see this coming...

That was unexpected, but great news for me.

Sony has plenty of excellent rpgs slated w/o needing a Dragon Quest. Again, its pretty ignorant to say SE is moving away from sony with the future of Final Fantasy is exclusive to the 3. Expect to see XIV and XV on the 3 too.

To Chaduma: Be interesting if Xbox 360 got the Chrono Series since Blue Dragon is done by the same production team.

How divine.

**** you don't have to put the dang thing on the PS3 or Xbox 360 but put it on something other than a handheld. -,-

I love the Dragon Quest series :)

I hope Level-5 and NIS follows suit and starts putting their RPGs on the DS!

PS3 is getting FF XIII and varients. DS and Wii are getting Dragon Quest games. And SE has said they want to see all the new home consoles succeed, so what franchise will Xbox 360 get, and will the runaway success of Blue Dragon have an impact on that decision?

It really isnt the fact that it is coming to a Nintendo platform, it is the fact that Sony lost another key franchise. Of course I am more excited than ever at the thought of a wifi DQ game that is traditional

This is so stupid why put a full length console rpg on a handheld

Crisis Core on PSP: << LINK REMOVED >> you were saying, devilgunman?

Square-Enix is beginning to show signs of moving back to Nintendo.

OMG! YES!

Lack of confidence in ps3? Why even print that crap Mr. Surette? That statement holds absolutely no ground considering Square Enix has stated they had no plans to put all their heavy hitters on one system, in addition to developing a totally new engine for their flagship Final Fantasy which appears EXCLUSIVELY on the 3 with two games slated already.

There goes the DQ series:(

Sweet, now Sony will never gain dominance of the hand-held market in Japan! :D

PSP has been owned?

FFXII Revinant Wings, Dragon Quest IX, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker, Heroes of Mana... Seems the DS is the place to be for SQE RPGs this generation. Oh, and Dragon Quest has never been known for it's graphcal strength...Even DQV remix on PS2 looked like a PS1 game.

Dang, Dragon Quest 8 was one of the best RPG's I had ever played and couldn't wait for the next one. But I'm not shelling out a couple hundred for a mediocre portable system just to play the next installment. Bad decision on their part.

big for japan, but i think the decision to put this next dq on the ds instead of consoles is beacause of the ds's huge sucess,...........money..........

I've seen a trailer. It's an ACTION RPG!!!!! with 4co-op gameplay . . . R.I.P. PSP

I really don't care which company gets the game, but why DS? Why not the Wii? Oh and that Wii game is that crappy looking first person arcade game, like the awful one on PlayStation, I wouldn't exactly get excited for it.

Dragon Quest IX was NEVER a PS3 game... It was originally intended for the PS2. The DS actually makes more sense for SE. Wait and see what they do with DQX.

who cares? wow a stripped down graphically crappy dragon quest! GREAT!

Crazy...I never suspected this one to happen. Hopefully they will keep the series sense of style and incorporate DS functionality that is worthwhile. It has potential to be an awesome game. And a Wii game?! Bonus.

Dragon QUEST IS #1 RPG in japan this is huge

This is expecially unfortunate. I was hoping that this game would appear on PS3.