Getting your wings in Dragon Quest IX
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jan 6th 2009 at 11:30AM }
Square Enix sent out some new screens of Dragon Quest IX, along with some information about the early storyline. Apparently, you start the game dead (or just inhuman), in some kind of land of angels, working to acquire some kind of "goddess fruit". Your (custom) character must get Star Auras from completed quests in order to make the World Tree grow this fruit. At least in the early portion, Dragon Quest IX will have somewhat of an open-ended structure, as you agree to take on quests from townspeople in order to help them out and earn your Star Auras. We are quite certain that the game will have a fairly linear storyline (it is Dragon Quest), but it's interesting to see Square Enix experimenting just a bit with nonlinearity.
Gallery: Dragon Quest IX
[Screens via GAME Watch]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sia @ Jan 6th 2009 1:16PM
This game is sounding more and more interesting. I hope it comes West.
Tim @ Jan 6th 2009 2:08PM
1. I grew up with the Toriyama artwork, seeing how I used to watch DB/Z when I was 6/7.
2. Will the Hyper Tension system fan service, as featured in US/Euro DQVIII, return to this installment?
eubep @ Jan 6th 2009 7:11PM
Nothing new. You can raid the dungeons out of order in DQ2.