Rumor: Dragon Quest X releasing next year

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MrT-Tar said:

TomaTito said:

BenVTrigger said:

I personally hope they just made this game a launch title for Project Cafe instead of a Wii or 3DS title.

I'd love to see a Dragon Quest game in HD. I probably won't pick up a 3DS for a long while so it would suck for me if it ends up being on there.

I don't see them releasing it in HD since they already worked on it for the Wii, but they could release it also on the 3DS, maybe they are working on that now hence the disparity between date releases.

Yeah, I think DQXI will go to the 3DS and DQXII to the dominant home console next gen (likely Cafe).

The interesting thing however is the style of the future games, whether they are more like VIII or have a rather short single player story and a focus on multiplayer Co-op and customisation like IX.  I wouldn't be surprised if the home console versions (like X and I expect XII) go for the fomer approach and handhelds (XI in my example) to go for the latter.

Yuji Horii has said DQX is going to be more like DQVIII, with a set storyline and character paths (aka no character creation like in DQIII and IX).  Frankly, I think that's a good thing.  DQ is great because its one of the few JRPGs that focuses almost exclusively on gameplay and exploration.  But I still think the best games in the series had set character classes and story (DQIV, V and VIII).

DavidValbu said:

Carl2291 said:

Okay so if it was nearly finished what, a Month ago... Then why are they releasing it NEXT Year?

That's what I would like to know...

For those saying that it's gonna be a launch title for Project Cafe...forget about it. SE would never release a game to boost hardware in a launching event. They release their games once there is a big user base and they can get enough profit of it selling their software.

He said it was nearing completion.  That's nowhere near finished.  They still need to do testing, marketing and production of the finished product.

Rememeber, both FFXIII and DQIX were said to be 'nearly finished' in 2008.  And they released much later than that.