Info:
- Title: Dragon Quest X Online - Awakening of the Five Tribes
- Made internally by Square Enix
- Staff includes: Yuji Horii (General Director), Akira Toriyama (Character Design),
Koichi Sugiyama (Music), Jin Fujisawa (Director), Yusuke Saito (Producer)
- Online RPG
- Official site lists this as a single-player game
- Wii confirmed, may include USB memory for DLC and patches
- Supports Wiimote + Nunchuck, Classic Controller and Classic Controller Pro and USB keyboard
- Takes place in Astortia
- This place has five continents and five races (Ogre, elf, dwarf, pukuripo, and Wedi classes)
- Five continents of Astordia: the mesa-like Ogrelead, Eldona, a mountainous region called Dwachakka,
Pukuland, and an island area Wena
- Ogres are known for their strength and courage, Elves honor nature, Dwarves value craftsmanship and wealth,
Pukuripos live to dream and laugh, and Wedi (the blue water-like creatures) express themselves with songs of love
- Will feature a huge story
- Create your own character (up to 3 characters)
- Can choose to play alone with NPCs
- Commands are comparable to past games in the series
- Change occupations with a job system
- Alchemist is one of the job types
- Events tie into different seasons (like holidays)
- More quests added after release
- Additional quests will be available at the same time as they were in IX, possibly sooner
- Multiple volumes for some quests
- Can be involved with crafting professions
- Alchemy: add on attributes to current items, enhance weapons/armor with special effects, not new items
- Sewing: make a template for equipment, others can create clothes
- Create weapons that others use
- Can become famous (sort of) as other players equip your crafted items
- Customize inside/outside housing
- Assist fallen players
- Check out other players who are fighting
- Job and race attributes for characters
- Make a party in the pub
- Can leave your character at a bar when you log out
- Other parties can choose to use your character in their parties
- Travel with up to three characters
- Players around you will be translucent and will cheer you on
- Battle system, character can attack after a certain amount of time
- Game doesn’t have a transition to a battle screen
- A monster’s name changes color as its takes damage
- Four players shown in battle
- Interact with others online through emotes
- Chat bubbles will appear when you talk
- Skill points (gained when you level up) allow you to customize your character
- To release sometime 2012
- Can apply for beta soon (USB storage required)
Wii U version
The title will be brought to Nintendo’s newest console as well. The Wii U version will be powered-up and will feature enhanced graphics. Players in both versions will play in the same world. You will be able to resume your Wii progress on Wii U.
It also sounds like the developers are considering some connectivity with the 3DS. During the conference, Yuji Horii mentioned that the team may implement a transfer system to move characters for SpotPass data exchanges.
It’s possible to play offline for the first few hours after the start of the game. However, to play all elements of the game, an internet connection is required.
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Former Square Enix employee Takehko Hoashi, has Tweeted that Dragon Quest X has been in development at Square Enix for a staggering six years. Hoashi wondered whether or not Square Enix will release the game in 2011 given the mixed online reactions the game has received thus far.
Source - Thanks Roma
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Six years? I wonder what happened during that development cycle... wait, 2011 release???
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Jump Shares New Dragon Quest X Details
The latest issue of Weekly Shounen Jump has a huge blowout on Dragon Quest X this week. For its first look at the game, the magazine provides a few specifics on some of the features we heard about earlier in the week at Square Enix's announcement press conference.
As detailed then, Dragon Quest X is actually Dragon Quest X Online. Players play the game together in an online world. Square Enix hasn't used the phrase MMORPG to describe the game, but it does seem to be apply.
Players can create their character as one of five races: Ogre, Elf, Dwarf, Pukuripo, and Wedi. The game also has a sixth race, humans. Jump says that you create your character from one of the five races, but the footage at the unveiling event did appear to show play as a human character as well.
Humans appear to play a major role in the game's story, as Jump says that you'll be solving a mystery involving the human world. "Has something happened in the world of humans?" asks Jump.
The game is set in the world of Astoldia. This world is split into four continents, Ogleed, Eltona, Dwachakka, Pukuland, and one island chain, Wena Islands. These each correspond to one of the five races.
The five areas surround a mysterious area where something seems to be amiss. Jump doesn't put one and one together, but the central area appears to be the "human world" mentioned above.
Jump's two page spread is full of screenshots and artwork, including samplings of Akira Toriyama's new monster work. Square Enix will hopefully share some of these images over the coming weeks (possibly during the Tokyo Game Show next week, where the game is scheduled to be shown in video form).
Source - Thanks zolt
