Dragon Quest X 'not that far out', says Horii

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

LordTheNightKnight said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

Even if they have DQX by next year for Japan, it looks very bad for us in the west getting it anywhere near then.  I'm afraid tge game might be one of those that gets caught in 'limbo' and never released internationally, because a new system is announced and launched.  Much like Seiken Densetsu 3 and Tales of Pantasia on the SNES.

But I'm optimistic.  DQIX seems to be selling better than all the previous games (thanks to, OMG, advertising) and so perhaps SquareEnix will wake up and actually start treating the series like something more than a forgotten step child and give it a proper and timely release outside Japan.

But that assumes the next home system is coming, and this isn't following the typical console pattern right now.

Of course, its all assumption.  But Nintendo has been making quite a few comments about a future console (quite a few more than they ever did in the past).  And many people, even those who don't like Nintendo, expect them to try to bring out their next system by 2012.  Plus, just looking at the last launch of theirs, they launched the DS in 2004 and the Wii in 2006.  If they followed that pattern, we will probably see the 3DS at the end of 2010 and the new Wii in 2012.  It just makes sense when both Sony and MS are sitting on their hands and trying to throw out things like 'Kinect' as a solution to the Wii.

But where does all this leave DQX?  Basically, it forces them to rush development.  BOth DQVIII and IX had 4 years of development.  So, unless they've been secretly working on DQIX and X at the same time, that doesn't leave much room for DQX.