Rumour: Dragon Quest IX Wii Bound?

By Jorge Ba-oh 04.12.2008 8

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Rumours suggest that the Dragon Quest IX may be heading to the Wii, as a DS port.

The RPG giant has taken a risk by bringing one its most popular franchises exclusively to the DS, and with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time doing the Wii to DS thing, it seems Dragon Quest IX could receive similar treatment.

Echoes of Time lets players to link-up their systems and play the same game wirelessly, and a port in a similar way could be an option - quick, simple and will have been tried and tested with Crystal Chronicles.

Dragon Quest IX is due out in March 2009.

Box art for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Developer

Level-5

Publisher

Square Enix

Genre

Turn Based RPG

Players

4

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jesusraz is offline. jesusraz 04.12.2008#1

Would make sense since S-E now has a specific engine to port between DS and Wii easily...I know I'd probably opt for the DS edition as I prefer gaming on the go nowadays, but many will prefer playing on the big screen.

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 04.12.2008#2

Oh god... please don't be lazy with the Wii S-E... at least remake it properly...

They love the DS too much for their own good!

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Andrezao is offline. Andrezao 04.12.2008#3

That would be a good idea, but I think it's pretty lazy to just port from the DS to the Wii. If they release a Wiiware in a stylish 2D version, that would be a 1st day purchase!

You can do better than this SE, fair enough if it was a last minute idea, but take your time and make it good, make it a more complete game on the Wii in 2D.

 
J4K is offline. J4K 04.12.2008#4

jesusraz said:
Would make sense since S-E now has a specific engine to port between DS and Wii easily...I know I'd probably opt for the DS edition as I prefer gaming on the go nowadays, but many will prefer playing on the big screen.

Yeah, I'm MUCH more of a handheld gamer since the DS came out.

 
Glenjamin is offline. Glenjamin 04.12.2008#5

Andrezao said:
That would be a good idea, but I think it's pretty lazy to just port from the DS to the Wii. If they release a Wiiware in a stylish 2D version, that would be a 1st day purchase!

You can do better than this SE, fair enough if it was a last minute idea, but take your time and make it good, make it a more complete game on the Wii in 2D.

I agree. I hope this does not become a constant thing. The Wii deserves more of an effort then a cheap DS port.

 
D_prOdigy is offline. D_prOdigy 04.12.2008#6

Source?

Wouldn't surprise me anyway. It's exactly the sort of trick Nomura-Enix would pull to say they've appeased Wii owners.

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 04.12.2008#7

D_prOdigy said:
Wouldn't surprise me anyway. It's exactly the sort of trick Nomura-Enix would pull to say they've appeased Wii owners.

Nomura doesn't hate the Wii any more than he hates the DS. Or anything else that's non-Sony. >>

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tiamat1990 is offline. tiamat1990 04.12.2008#8

Oh dear god Squenix better not be doing this all the time now and stop developing ACTUAL Wii games.

 

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