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By helping and protecting his/her town and earning their thanks, the main character obtains enough benevolessence for the World Tree to produce the fyggs. Just as the Starflight Express that will take the angels to the kingdom of God arrives, the Protectorate is attacked from below by a mysterious and powerful force. The force scatters the assembled angels and knocks the fyggs, the Starflight Express, and the main character down to the Protectorate. | By helping and protecting his/her town and earning their thanks, the main character obtains enough benevolessence for the World Tree to produce the fyggs. Just as the Starflight Express that will take the angels to the kingdom of God arrives, the Protectorate is attacked from below by a mysterious and powerful force. The force scatters the assembled angels and knocks the fyggs, the Starflight Express, and the main character down to the Protectorate. | ||
The main character awakens without wings or a halo and finds he/she has been rescued from the base of the waterfall in Angel Falls. As he/she comes to he learns a little about his/her fall and the great earthquake that happened at the same time. Having lost most of his/her Celestrian's powers, but not his/her memory or the ability to see deceased and magical spirits, he/she travels about trying to find a way back to the Observatory. During an adventure to reconnect his/her village to the nearby castle after landslides caused by the great earthquake, the main character finds the broken down celestial train and its faerie driver, Stella. Stella promises to help the main character return to the kingdom of angels if he/she can prove he is one. | [[File:Observatory.PNG|right|thumb|220px|The Observatory]]The main character awakens without wings or a halo and finds he/she has been rescued from the base of the waterfall in Angel Falls. As he/she comes to he learns a little about his/her fall and the great earthquake that happened at the same time. Having lost most of his/her Celestrian's powers, but not his/her memory or the ability to see deceased and magical spirits, he/she travels about trying to find a way back to the Observatory. During an adventure to reconnect his/her village to the nearby castle after landslides caused by the great earthquake, the main character finds the broken down celestial train and its faerie driver, Stella. Stella promises to help the main character return to the kingdom of angels if he/she can prove he is one. | ||
By helping humans, the main character gathers benevolessence though he/she can no longer see them. His/her ability to aid and protect the humans convinces Stella who, restoring power to the Starflight Express with the benevolessence, helps the main character return to the Observatory. Upon his/her return, the main character discovers that the fyggs have also fallen to the human world and that many Celestrian have been dispatched to find them, though no one has yet returned. His/her prayers to become a Celestrian again are unanswered but a vision is presented to the main character as he/she stands before the World Tree. Taking the vision as a sign, the main character is charged with returning to the human world to help collect the Fyggs. | By helping humans, the main character gathers benevolessence though he/she can no longer see them. His/her ability to aid and protect the humans convinces Stella who, restoring power to the Starflight Express with the benevolessence, helps the main character return to the Observatory. Upon his/her return, the main character discovers that the fyggs have also fallen to the human world and that many Celestrian have been dispatched to find them, though no one has yet returned. His/her prayers to become a Celestrian again are unanswered but a vision is presented to the main character as he/she stands before the World Tree. Taking the vision as a sign, the main character is charged with returning to the human world to help collect the Fyggs. | ||
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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
[[File:Monster Battle Victory DQ IX group.png|right|border|430px]] | |||
''Dragon Quest IX'' was primarily designed around the idea of attracting a wider overseas market by "giving the game a more action-oriented premise than previous games in the series. In mid-2006, ''Dragon Quest'' series composer Koichi Sugiyama confirmed that ''Dragon Quest IX'' was in development. He is quoted by Japanese video game magazine Famitsu as saying, "I'm not sure when ''Dragon Quest IX'' will be released, but it seems that progress is continually being made. I'm personally excited." On December 12, 2006, during a press conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ''Dragon Quest'' franchise, Square Enix announced that ''Dragon Quest IX'' will be released exclusively for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console making it the first numbered ''Dragon Quest'' title to debut on a handheld. | ''Dragon Quest IX'' was primarily designed around the idea of attracting a wider overseas market by "giving the game a more action-oriented premise than previous games in the series. In mid-2006, ''Dragon Quest'' series composer Koichi Sugiyama confirmed that ''Dragon Quest IX'' was in development. He is quoted by Japanese video game magazine Famitsu as saying, "I'm not sure when ''Dragon Quest IX'' will be released, but it seems that progress is continually being made. I'm personally excited." On December 12, 2006, during a press conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ''Dragon Quest'' franchise, Square Enix announced that ''Dragon Quest IX'' will be released exclusively for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console making it the first numbered ''Dragon Quest'' title to debut on a handheld. | ||
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==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
===Japan=== | ===Japan=== | ||
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Famitsu has scored the game with 40/40, the tenth game to achieve a perfect score. After its international release, it received better reviews, including an 87% on Metacritic.com and a user score of 9.0. | Famitsu has scored the game with 40/40, the tenth game to achieve a perfect score. After its international release, it received better reviews, including an 87% on Metacritic.com and a user score of 9.0. | ||
===Europe=== | ===Europe=== | ||
In the spanish magazine Hobby Consolas the game was scored | In the spanish magazine ''Hobby Consolas'' the game was scored on two occasions: the first time it received 96/100 and was reviewed by a journalist of the Nintendo department, the second time it received 93/100 and it was a mix of all the reviews made by the users of the game in the website of the magazine. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<center><gallery> | <center><gallery> | ||
File:DQIXDS_box_art.jpg|North American box art | File:DQIXDS_box_art.jpg|North American box art | ||
File:DQIX Michikusa adventure guide.png|Michikusa guide | |||
Image:DQIX_soundtrack.png|Soundtrack | Image:DQIX_soundtrack.png|Soundtrack | ||
File:DQIX Piano Album.png|Piano Album | File:DQIX Piano Album.png|Piano Album | ||
File:DQIXDS icon.gif|Game icon | File:DQIXDS icon.gif|Game icon | ||
Image:Dq9ds char collage 1.png | Image:Dq9ds char collage 1.png | ||
Image: | Image:Random Encounter.png| | ||
File:DQIX Alltrades Abbey scene.png| | File:DQIX Alltrades Abbey scene.png| | ||
File:DQIX Atlas battle.png| | File:DQIX Atlas battle.png| | ||
Image: | Image:Erinns_Inn.png| | ||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
