“With the release of Dragon Quest IX, there are two things I’d like to make reality. The first is to build a thriving Japanese game market together with Dragon Quest that rivals the West’s. The second is to form a strong tag team to promote Dragon Quest overseas. At Nintendo, we were able to popularize the Brain Age series overseas, which was said to be unmarketable. I want to increase the number of people worldwide that understand the appeal of Dragon Quest, which represents all Japanese gaming culture…even if that only turns out to be a single person. I’m looking forward to working together with Mr. Horii and Square Enix.” - Satoru Iwata

nintendo seem to be trying really hard to improve their relationship with third parties, i wonder what help they will give and if the same will be done for monster hunter

No, they're just trying to ensure that ffxiv comes to wii or it's successor.

That's good news for SE. Glad to see Nintendo commiting to pushing great 3rd parties games for their systems.

I guess re-releases/remakes on Virtual Console/retail versions is teh way to go for the Dragon Quest/ Dragon Warrior series.

Cool hope than the DQ franchise grows in the west.

Omg omg omg omg Nintendo is planning on buying SE!!!! I knew it!

cool, i hope they really put their marketing muscle behind dragon quest and as well with other 3rd party games, then they can appease the hardcore wii supporters and as well as bring the casual crowd into a great series.

You gotta link for that quote, woopah?

It bothers me that Nintendo is having to do third parties' jobs, marketing games they don't make because the makers don't take the Wii seriously enough to put in any real marketing effort.