That's endlessly more probable IMO.

So? They still released it and game still sold very well depsite the 3DS already being out. They can release a DQ VII remake or whatever on the Wii and it'll still sell well; they don't have to put it on the 3DS although that's possible. Doesn't matter if JP third parties stopped announcing games. And this is also assuming any other DQ game besides DQ X hasn't been in development for a while already, and would still be early in development.

Oh god, I hope not.  Everything Genius Sonority has done is a travesty compared to the original games.  The 3D Pokemon games they worked on are some of the worst Pokemon games in existance.  And while Drago nQuest Swords was marginally fun, I attribute that more to the fact that Yuji Horii has a firm grip on design and production of every Dragon Quest game.  And even then, the game is probably one of the weaker in the series.

If anyone should remake DQVII, it should be ArtePiazza, since they were the original developers of the game and did the remakes for DQIV-VI on DS.  But again, I don't think DQVII will get a remake.  Its probably the biggest DQ ever made.  Even compared to DQVIII and IX.

lol, no it isn't.  If any system gets a DQVII port it'd be DS.  If either Wii or 3DS get DQVII, it'll be a full remake.

trestres said:

But that wasn't your point. Your point was about announcements. Adding bonus stuff to an already released game is just too obvious of a milking cow to ignore. On the other hand making a totally new game for a dead platform if far more questionable, and as evidence has shown, Wii is no longer a viable platform for Japanese developers outside Nintendo (even for them it's getting tough). If any Wii DQ game has been in development outside of DQX then the most probable outcome is that it has been moved to 3DS, since the HW specs are similar and they would need to build a DQ base on that console. 3DS advantages far outweight the Wii advantages of releasing a DQ game on those platforms.

He said DQVIII port, not DQVII

Wii's sold more software in Japan in 2011 so far than any system but PSP (more than PS3, more than DS, more than 3DS).  And that's despite Wii having fewer new releases than anyone else, by FAR. There's still a healthy software market there, Nintendo's literally just the only one even trying to capitalize on it (which has pretty much been the case for Wii's entire lifecycle, c'est la vie).

And no, it really depends on the game whether or a 3DS transition makes sense.  Something multiplayer/family focused (like Itadaki Street) makes imminently more sense to just keep going on Wii since that's literally the platform's strengths.  A DQVII would sell similarly across either system (just north of a million) so that would also make more sense to just keep going on Wii with.  Had Slime Morimori 3 been a Wii game though (which is possible), then yeah that would've made more sense to move over to 3DS.

What? By that logic then they should port DQ X to the 3DS and cancel it on the Wii then since the Wii is apparently not "viable" anymore.

That's nothing, that's only 1 game coming from a third party which isn't even Japan oriented and it's not getting released in Japan for the Wii so far (Virtu Tennis 4 has only been confirmed for 360 and PS3 in Japan).
M&S is a conjunct venture between Nintendo and Sega, much like the Fatal Frame Remake or Pandora's Tower. Thrid parties have not announced shit since last year. Wii is dead already. And those DQ games you name aren't exactly obligatorily in development. Those are just speculation, and remember Wii 2 dev kits might have been in devs hands for at least a year now, that could explain the total lack of Wii announcements and the more aggressive HD focus (so that Wii 2 could have ports ready)