To this day, Dragon Quest IX remains a Nintendo DS exclusive title. However, the team behind the game has made comments suggesting that a Dragon Quest IX remake is possible.
Despite having some of the best storylines and customization options in the series, Dragon Quest IX is the only installment to never receive a port.
I wo set why this port never happened. Now with a larger and more interested fanbase, may e they will?!
I wish the majority of the previous mainline Dragon Quest games were readily available on modern platforms. 3DS is the only system that fits that criteria but this should be expanded upon
There is a long tradition of Square Enix Remakes dating back through PlayStation history. That tradition continues with Final Fantasy VII, and will probably keep going after that. Here are some titles gamers would love to see again.
Why do lists like this never ask for the Eidos side of Square Enix? There’s plenty of remakes id like to seem from Eidos’ stories history
Well said. I know I'd gladly pay for a remake of Legacy of Kain and if it does well the chances for a new game increases too, which would be a plus in my book.
Not only that but people tend to also forget about Enix’s own titles and just mainly focus on Squaresoft’s past like it’s the only classic backlog Square Enix can return to.
Dragon Quest is the only thing people ever mention. You’ll hardly ever see the likes of Valkyrie Profile, Star Ocean, & ActRaiser
Or Enix. Remake Terranigma I say! One of the most underrated RPGs ever made.
Personally I’d just want Square Enix to release FFVIIR period before thinking of whatever remake they could work on after it.
Plus it’s not like we even have to wait for that to release for another remake to be made. Their last one was Secret of Mana last year. They can still release smaller scale remakes in the meantime
Iam still hope someday Square Enix cooperate with fromsoftware to remake VAGRANT STORY
I would love for Square to take Chrono Trigger as is, repolish it with an overlay of lighting effects and actually get an orchestra to do the soundtrack. (I wish CT had a live cover too).
Also would love to see Enix's E.V.O Search for Eden remade in something that resembles the Ubisoft Framework Engine. This game is incredible yet almost completely forgotten.
Could possibly look amazing employing tilt shift like Octopath's art style. That game has beautiful sprite work and lighting. Also, EVO, hell yes.
Final Fantasy VIII
They already skipped VIII out with a port and trophy support so they better not skip it for the next remake
The garden battle in HD would be glorious
It’s unlikely Dragon Quest will ever be as popular in the US as it is in Japan, where an urban legend persists that new entries are released on Sundays so that kids won’t skip school to buy them. But the hope is that by increasing the visibility of the series — through releasing a combination of ports and spinoffs, in addition to the main DQ games — Square Enix will be able to make Dragon Quest a more globally prominent franchise.
it was successful on the DS in America, if anything article should talk about why Sony struggle to make it relevant, when the DS, 3DS line bring so many sales to Dragon Quest series.....that the whole series can be played on the 3ds from 1 to 11
DQ VIII made the series relevant across the world. If they would have stuck with that from VII on up, it would've have been huge. Besides the DQ sales in Japan eclipse those in NA & EU. If anything the remakes and all the way from 1 to 9 should've have started on PSP to Vita. DQ VIII is the FFVII of the series, and both debuted on PSX 1st.
Why you say psp to vita, i love dq 9 i would of missed out on it if that happen ☹ it was the first dragon quest game i beat even tho i had the others i was too young to finish those
I didn't mean for it to skip DS. Lol I meant it would have been great to also get it on psp to vita like the FF remakes. The series is long overdue for full recognition . I wish they localized the Lotto trilogy on the Wii.
Wtf are you talking about?
Dragon Quest became more well known in the west after DQVIII on the PS2. After that Square Enix started putting Dragon Quest games exclusively on Nintendo platforms for many years until Dragon Quest Heroes came out.
dragon quest 9 on the DS sold more in the west than ps2 version which had more consoles sold than the DS at the time......yes it was the first to make a dent in the West......but DQ9 made a bigger hit and sold way more than DQ8........so I am right again, Nintendo handheld sold the most of it in all territory and this is why Square remake all the Dragon Quest for Nintendo handheld and this is why the 3DS is the only system that can play Dragon Quest 1 all the way up to Dragon Quest 11
And DQ8 sold more in the west than any Dragon Quest game prior. DQIX built off that newfound appeal.
Besides that if Square Enix isn't developing a game on a PlayStation platform then there's not much Sony can do about it. So you are wrong in saying that Sony struggled in making this franchise more relavant in western territories when the their console was the reason the franchise became more well known in the first place.
It should be obvious how that Square Enix remade many Dragon Quest games on Nintendo handhelds because it's much more cost and time effective than making HD remakes on Sony consoles.
Dragon Quest 1-3 aren't playable on 3DS. However Dragon Quest I-VIII are playable on iOS and Android though, so I wouldn't be surprised if Square Enix ported DQIX to those platforms as well along with DQX & DQXI in the future.
@Gemmol
The point was the fact that DQ finally was truly noticed on PlayStation and it took 8 games for that. So who is to blame for that?!! If they had remasterd the old games like they did Final Fantasy on PSP to vita, it would have been a double hit for them. Dragon Quest IX was not even on PS2. If DQ was redone like it should have been for an actual console then the sales I garuantee the sales would have been much better.
I've been a fan since it was known as Dragon Warrior over here. One of my favorite games from my childhood.
* I love Dragon Quest. DQ 9 was the game that got me hooked on Dragon Quest and rpgs.
I'm really looking forward to playing Dragon Quest XI, and it's my most wanted game to come over to the U.S. that at the moment is still Japan only.
If we got DQ Heroes 1 & 2, which are spin-off side games of the DQ series, then I'm pretty sure we have a good chance of getting DQXI state side.
We just got DQ 7&8 as well.
I see no reason why a DQIX remake couldn’t also be on PS4 as well as Switch
I really want X brought to NA & EU.
I'd be game for that. It was fun having a team of DBZ characters running around. Lol