Deku-Nutz

I've been looking for a copy of Tri for ages... but only wanted to spend a tenner... anyway, something always stopped me... I would constantly miss auctions on the BAY... and now I realise why, it was the powers that be screaming "WAIT!!! It's coming for Wii U!!!" haha Happy Chappy right here.

I am... so addicted to this game right now! It might be the only 3DS game I have been hooked on since Mario 3D...

Beautiful!

Well I was sold when it was first announced... I was further sold when the initial trailer was released, so lets say I was Mega Sold... with all the trickles of info and finally this 11 minute presentation... I guess I am Hyper Sold!!! I have this annoying (great) habit of playing tons of games again in a series that is about to get a new instalment... playing VIII and IX and VI... whew...

Well I don't think gameplay is trivial to be honest, and the game is not move compatible but sure, that could hae been an inferior substitute to writing with a stylus. The rune system works perfectly. Never played Okamiden. Anyway, as good as many of your points are every so often I have quickly noticed how narrow your field of view is. HD graphics trumps all, according to you. I disagree. Not really much else to add

Pro's and Con's going handheld.

Without descending into a 'what DQ game is best?' argument, I think millions would agree that the pedigree of the series is very high, and yes, that includes the brilliant 9.

It's safe to say that Enix and then Square-Enix have always been driven by greed with Dragon Quest (Always on the most popular console), and it served them just fine so far Plenty of awesome RPG's fo sho! Problem for me was that being a RPG junky I had already played and still owned nearly every port that came out... that said Crisis Core was fantastic! As were the monster hunters and the Radiant Mythology games as well.

It's not region locked, no I think it's a great game to get to grips with Japanse. All the dialogue is in Kana and the the few Kanji all have furigana. Also the dialogue itself is very simple so it's not overly complicated. PSP definately had a lot of JRPG's, but if we are talking about Original content, and Quality content... then it wasn't so hot in my opinion. Plenty of cool remakes and ports... not so many masterpieces that were Original to the PSP though.

Ah, some people who agree with me. I can rest in peace I'm currently playing through the Japanese version right now (but it's tough going, since I am not that hot with the language), and I can attest to how beautiful it looks and sounds... the Book reference, Rune system is just so brilliant... so immersive. I realise that the PS3 version will look and sound beautiful as well (even more so) but I will miss the interaction.

Again, ya speak a lot of sense. DQ9 sold around 600'000, about 150,000 less than 8 yeah... but still a strong number when you consider that it's fairly unlikely that most people who owned a PS2 would own a DS. Anything is possible but I would say it's unlikely to be the norm. So the audience that was built upon 8 would be fairly tested with 9's shift to Nintendo AND handheld. I would say it faired well. I still think that given the same marketing push as 9 got over in Europe Ni No Kuni could have been a success. I guess we'll never know, but I will be interested in seeing how well the PS3 version does... I am absolutely desperate for it to do well seeing as Level 5 have their eyes on making this a Franchise!

You may well be right, but if the Japan releases were anything to go by there wasn't as much interest in the PS3 version as the DS... but I realise that regional differences apply. I just don't get why they didn't just do both, as planned from the start. Who would have thought that Dragon Quest 9 on the lowly DS would sell over half a million copies in Europe? Especially since it followed the fantastic and graphically superior Dragon Quest 8 on the PS2.. people didn't seem too phased (when it came to slapping down money anyway) by the graphical downgrade... Anyway... at the end of the day I agree that the majority of people would choose the PS3 version over the DS one if there was a choice... Quite simply, I just wanted that choice! Level 5 is hardly a small, struggling company... they could have had a shot at the HUGE DS install base as well as the LARGE PS3 as well... why limit themselves? That's all I am asking...

I own a PS3. I'll buy the PS3 version because I have no other choice. It looks lovely in HD. I wanted it for the DS as well! I suggested the Wii U because it has a touchscreen interface, and would be a perfect combination of the DS gameplay and the PS3 visuals and sound. Why don't people get this? Well I am looking forward to seeing what the Wii U version of DQ X looks like... it will be a good taster for XI

Looks stunning doesn't it? Maybe the most beautiful game I will ever play on my PS3. I'm a huge fan of Ghibli and Level 5, grown up with both companies masterpieces so this is my dream game really. Anyway... you and a few other people clearly didn't read my posts properly... you tell me to buy a PS3... I own one. I said I owned one and I said I will buy the PS3 version.. but I have been watching the development of this game over the years, right from the start. I happen to have gotten attached to the game as a DS title... the art style and graphics are lovely, the music is just perfect... and gameplay is also amazing and the touchscreen implementation is brilliant. Playing the game on the DS won't ruin the experience. It IS the experiences. Playing the PS3 version is a different experience entirely, which will also be enjoyable. Although the quality of the GFX and the Audio will be so much better on PS3 I still want to be able to jump on a train and enjoy the game how it was originally intended, as well as being able to play the HD version at home.. I can enjoy great graphics, but I am no graphics whore. The DS has had so many better games than the PS3... it's just a fact. So inferior graphics mean shit, quite frankly. Also as I originally stated... the two games actually differ in story after a certain point... This game is a big deal to me, so being prevented from experiencing both incarnations is a pretty bad thing for me... I honestly don't get why people are being so vicious about this, it's not like I am saying DIE PS3!!! I simply said that I would like the DS version localised, as was the intention... and that if that wasn't going to happen then surely a Wii U version (a Home console DS...) would be a great alternative. I will still buy the PS3 version, I am not boycotting it and never said I would... Well anyway, I'm frankly shocked that nobody wants to play the other game... even with the promise of a different story and more immersive gameplay, but perhaps those things mean more to me... well, they obviously do!

I'll ignore the trollish tone of this... It's a little different from seeing a game like Final Fantasy XIII (for example) and getting all pissy, wishing it was on a console I owned... NiNoKuni was announced for DS... and then announced for PS3 later... and then dropped for DS in the west... so I figure that some people might be disappointed? With the move to PS3 it also loses a lot of the interactive gameplay elements and the Book, which was unique and pretty wicked in terms of immersion... oh, but it looks all shiny and better so I guess that's ok?... For the people saying it will sell better on PS3... i'd just like to point out that while the DS version sold over 500k copies, the PS3 version didn't even sell 200K