| Words Of Wisdom said: Level 5 is not a big name in the business. It has little "appeal" international or otherwise. It has one successful IP of its own and one which it has been borrowing from S-E. The rest aren't quite up to par. Level 5 is up-and-coming, but it's nowhere near there yet. Heck, Level 5 has made fewer games than High Voltage Studio and people (stupidly) still manage to consider HVS to be "new" to the scene. |
Uh...Level 5 is turning into one of the biggest developers in Japan. Its so big, its making a DS game with Miyazaki. That's on a whole new level, pretty much on equal level with Kingdom Hearts (or beyond it) in potential for the Japanese market. And of course, it has Dragon Quest, Professor Layton, Inazuma Eleven, White Knight Chronicles, etc. Plus a lot of other games in the works. The company basically has Japan wrapped around its finger.
Anyway, for when DQVI will come out, its probably going to be delayed in Japan until next year. I'm guessing until March at the earliest. More likely next May-July. They are going to want to milk everything they can from DQIX, causing any new DQ title (aside from DQWars on DSi) to be delayed for quite a long time. The only thing I could see that could change this is if they announced the new DQMonsters title that was rumored to be in production. But even then, they might just delay that even further as a title to be released in between DQVI and DQX.
Whenever DQVI is released, it'll just be released. Its most likely done already, since its being done by Artepiazza and using the same engine as IV and V. The only thing that's up in the air is who is doing DQX.
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