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Dragon Quest creator explains why Dragon Quest 9 was a Nintendo DS exclusive

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies was a surprising game especially since it was made an exclusive for the popular Nintendo DS system. Yuji Horii, the creator of the Dragon Quest franchise, recently sat down with Famitsu to talk about why he decided that the Nintendo DS was the perfect fit for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies.

With the rich 3DCG in ‘DQVIII,’ it seemed like the series was continuing its natural evolution, but then I was surprised when it switched to the Nintendo DS with ‘Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies’ (released July 11, 2009).

Horii: We created ” DQIX ” for the Nintendo DS because it allowed us to immediately implement local network gameplay. Back then, there weren’t many network games, and they were quite inaccessible. But with the Nintendo DS, you could connect with people as soon as you turned it on.

I thought this was an amazing system, and I wanted to use this network functionality to create a “Dragon Quest” game.

Horii: I thought this would be a fun game and that everyone would be surprised, so I announced it, but then I got a lot of flak, with people saying, “What? It’s for the Nintendo DS?” I was a little discouraged at the time (laughs).

3 thoughts on “Dragon Quest creator explains why Dragon Quest 9 was a Nintendo DS exclusive”

  1. I’m not a huge Dragon Quest fan, but this is one of those games that I really wish they would remake Dragon Quest 7 style for the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Especially with both the local wireless, Nintendo online play and game share. This is like screaming for a remake!

  2. I feel like the wait for dragon quest 12 hasn’t been that bad, same with persona 6. We keep getting new releases each year to fill in the gap. Dragon quest has recieved many remakes like the HD 2D games and the reimagined games alongside many spin offs like builders, heroes, treasures, and other stuff like that. Persona has recieved a ton of ports and remakes alongside some very cool spin offs like strikers and tactica.
    More companies should follow these footsteps, like instead of having 5 to 10 years of almost no releases, why not push out some smaller projects and ports. I kind of wish to fill in the gaps between kingdom hearts 3 and 4, they would recreate the games missing from the collections so that each game is playable on modern devices. It’s better then waiting 4 years with nothing in between.

  3. C’est assez intéressant de voir que le choix de la Nintendo DS était avant tout lié à la volonté de rendre le multijoueur local simple et accessible. À l’époque, pouvoir simplement allumer sa console et rejoindre ses amis sans configuration compliquée était vraiment un gros avantage. Le plus amusant, c’est que Horii savait que ce choix allait surprendre, surtout après le rendu 3D de DQVIII, et il a effectivement reçu beaucoup de critiques à l’annonce. Avec le recul, ce pari a plutôt bien fonctionné et DQIX reste un épisode très particulier de la série. Au-delà de son univers casino, Slotexo Casino peut aussi intéresser les passionnés de paris sportifs. Cette facette mérite d’être https://slotexocasinosfr.com/ examinée.

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