Yep, I believe you could do that in Dragon Warrior III on the GBC. Pretty cool!

Thats really cool. I can't wait for Sunday!

hotel thing? What's that?

Nintendo Week (on the Nintendo Channel) was all about Dragon Quest 9 this week! They showed character customization (looks great), some turn-based battles (one with a knight looked especially fun), and the recruiting feature (getting people for your party).

Next week, they are supposed to show local multiplayer for Dragon Quest 9!

The game looked great on the video. They were playing it on the DS XL and it looked great! Not too much longer till it comes out.

DF2506

DF2506 - The hotel thing is the main multiplayer "hub" of DQIX. It's also where the guests you acquire in Tag mode show up (I think).

I hope it sells very well so it doesn't become stupidly rare and expensive like Dragon Quest 5 so I can actually get it years after its release.

This.

I want it, but not anytime soon. Again, way too many awesome games coming out that I want to buy. They should stick to 2 releases a year. :3

Is anyone here getting it on release date? I plan to go to Nintendo World and try to get my signed! :3 I know it is the first 30, but hey, i was the first 100 to get a Super Mario Galaxy 2 Artwork thing.

Birdman13, thanks. I hadn't heard about that.

turtlelink, very cool. I'll probably get my copy sometime after release day (ordered mine online). Looking forward to playing it!

DF2506

I have a $30 preorder on it, so I'm kinda forced to get it day one.

I believe you can make up to 8 characters.

@turtlesoup: I'll probably get it sometime next month. Pearl Harbor will be the next purchase I make. :3

I'll probably get it a couple days after it's release. I still think FF 4 Heroes of Light looks better though turtle

[10:19] turtlelink: [10:12] theblackdragon: he's probably slaving over that DQ9 review, lol
[10:19] turtlelink: He better be
(Corbie)

Anyways I'm excited to see Corbie's (excellent I'm sure) review of this game

Im getting it but not until the 19th (My birthday.) It looks really good I want it so bad.

I've been looking forward to getting this for a while. Is it true that this will be a dual cartridge game?

No, its not a dual cart game. It is a VERY long game though!

I got the Dragon Quest 9 guide yesterday!

DQ9 looks really awesome. The main quest looks lengthy, there's tons of sidequests, random treasure maps, an amazing amount of cool equipment to find, the multiplayer looks great (can't wait to play it), and the graphics look very good.

Very excited about the game. Somebody I know is getting the game on Sunday; I'm getting the game sometime next week (ordered it online). Can't wait to play it!

DF2506

This looks great. But an important question is whether you can really enjoy the game even if you can't do the sleepmode connecting with other DSs thingy... because I never take my DSi with me when I go to the mall or so and even if I did I doubt there are any people who do the same with the game...

After reading Nintendo Power's review on it, the reviewer stated that you could ignore the multiplayer stuff if you felt like it. I've never really been a big non-Pokémon RPG fan (mostly because I haven't gotten into any of them), but I'm getting it on launch day (or the day after that) and I don't know anyone else getting it, so if you remind me I'll give you my impressions of the single-player campaign.

Well there still are almost two weeks till the Europe release so I think I'll read a bit of the American's impressions before preordering it.

Fair enough. Just so you know, GameRankings.com shows that there are 7 reviews of DQIX, 5 of which are online. You may want to check them out to help you better decide.