Now, I’m no analyst but I bet Square Enix is tickled pink thatDragon Quest IXisselling oodles of copiesin its native Japan,a few dismissed Amazon complaints aside. Given that Square loves making money, whether or notDQIXwould ever make it to the United States seems like a no-brainer — it’s notif, it’swhen.
Gamekyo is reportingthat Sqaure Enix boss and talking head Yoichi Wada established a pretty vague timeframe for us at a recent press event in Tokyo — an occidental release is being studied now, but fans of the series shouldn’t expect the game before April of next year. Wada also went on to reiterate Square’s goal of hitting 5 million domestic sales. Given that, in three weeks,DQIXhas already racked up almost 4 million, I think they’ll get it.
But anyway, bummer about the long wait, yeah? If, by next year you haven’t imported it (and miss out on all thatlocal multiplayer action!) or pirated it (andrisk bricking your DS), how many of you will still be interested? As for me, I recently found the originalDragon Warriorat a flea market, and a friend gave meDragon Quest VIIIfor my birthday — I’ve got more than enoughDragon Questto last me until well into 2010.
