Dragon Quest IX, or 'Dragon MapQuest IX'?
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jan 29th 2009 at 4:15PM }
It's a minor thing, but the map screen in Dragon Quest IX is quite lovely. And, honestly, it's more important to have a nice world map than it may seem, because you'll be staring at the thing all the time. The sepia-toned map provides a detailed drawing of the world, including bridges and other narrow crossings.Less detailed, but still pretty great, is the treasure map, seen here. These maps imitate the color scheme of the main world map, but are drawn crudely and with much less detail. Treasure maps, of course, are marked with an X in a location corresponding to some mysterious treasure -- housed inside caves.
Once inside the cave, you switch over to a blank automap that fills in as you explore. That's a lot of different mapping for one game!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
aj @ Jan 29th 2009 11:03PM
But can you look up where the closest Pizza Hut is in relation to your party?
Chenchi @ Jan 30th 2009 9:53AM
The fact that the characters and main game is on the bottom screen in this screen shot really scares me. Please tell me I am not going to be stuck moving my characters around with the stylus like in the ds wind waker 2 game! Completely ruined the game for me and made it unplayable.