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Dragon Quest creator comments on why DQ9 was a Nintendo DS exclusive, team was "a little disheartened" by the fan reaction (nintendoeverything.com)
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The reason we made Dragon Quest 9 on Nintendo DS was to allow quick and easy play over local networks. At that time there were not many games using local networks and it was difficult to do so. But with Nintendo DS, the moment you turn the power on you can connect with people. We thought that was an amazing system, and decided we wanted to make Dragon Quest 9 using that ability.

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[–] 7 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

I played all the DQ games on their original platform.

I owned a DS but for some reason, forgot all about DQ9. I remember reading about multiplayer, then learning DQ10 was multiplayer only. This was during the WoW era and even Final fantasy was going there. So I just stopped playing JRPGs.

I got PC Game Pass and decided to try DQ11. My god, it was awesome!

I really hope DQ9 gets a re-release. I can probably dust off the ol Nintendo DS. But I don't think I'm that into it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    I can't understand all the love for DQXI. I've tried to play it half a dozen times and got as far as just before the world tree or whatever they call it once but just couldn't keep going.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

    I couldn't either. The combat and progression felt decades behind. Compared to a series like Tales or Trails, it feels unplayable to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    It's weird, my first JRPG was Phantasy Star on the Master System. I should love DQXI for being such a throwback, but it just seemed all cliches with easy combat and no surprises, but I fell in love with Clair Obscur even though I was awful at parrying.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Even if you're bad at parrying, it's still a more fun and active combat system. I want to experience the evolution of gaming. Grinding was put in games to artificially increase their playtime, mindlessly spamming attack to get through easier battles is boring. Let's keep the good aspects of each iteration and exclude the stuff that's less fun.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    The fact that it feels decades behind is the main attraction for me. It’s an new(ish) old school jrpg. And most importantly, it still feels like a dragon quest game. Unlike final fantasy for example, which to me hasn’t felt like final fantasy since 10.

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