Dragon Quest IX: Difference between revisions

Dragon Quest IX (edit)

Revision as of 14:47, 27 October 2010

3,146 bytes added , 14:47, 27 October 2010

→‎Release

Zenithian

2,139

edits

@@ Line 111: / Line 111: @@
 Within a two period the title had sold 2,318,932 copies out of an estimated 3 million copies that had been shipped. Some analyst say that 3 million may be too conservative and expect 5 million copies sold in Japan alone with large overseas sales expectations that could break previous Dragon Quest sales records. The sale is the largest post 2000 debut week sale which was previously held by the former title, Dragon Quest VIII.
+==North America==
+On July 10, 2010, one day before the official release, Dragon Quest creator [[Yuji Horii]] visited the [[Nintendo World Store]] to commemorate the release of Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies in North America at a special launch event.<ref name="Yuji Horii">{{cite web | author=JC Fletcher | date=July 1, 2010 | title=Yuji Horii at Dragon Quest IX launch event |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/01/meet-yuji-horii-at-dragon-quest-ix-launch-event/ | work=Joystiq.com}}</ref>
+The North American release of ''Dragon Quest IX'' was heavily promoted by Nintendo - the company ran commercials featuring [[Seth Green]] in theaters and on television,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sethgreenonline.com|title=The Official Seth Green Website|publisher=SethGreenOnline.com|page=1|year=2010|accessdate=August 2, 2010}}</ref> featured ''Dragon Quest IX'' for two weeks on [[Nintendo Week]], and sponsored special ''Dragon Quest IX'' events at select [[GameStop]], [[Best Buy]], and Simon Mall locations from July 31, 2010 through August 2010 where players could obtain exclusive downloadable treasure maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/07/dragon-quest-ix-3/|title=Real-World Dragon Quest IX Meet-Ups Begin|publisher=Wired.com|page=1|year=2010|accessdate=August 2, 2010|quote=}}</ref>  ''Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies'' was also the subject of two segments of ''Iwata Asks'', where [[Satoru Iwata]] interviewed [[Yuji Horii]] and [[Ryutaro Ichimura]] concerning the North American release of ''Dragon Quest IX''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todaygamenews.com/general-game-news/this-week-on-the-nintendo-channel-iwata-asks-dragon-quest-ix.html+dragon+quest+ix+iwata+asks&cd=21&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Iwata Asks - Dragon Quest IX|publisher=Game News|year=2010|accessdate=August 2, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
+The August 2010 issue of Nintendo Power also featured ''Dragon Quest IX'' on the cover.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aeropause.com/2010/07/read-a-long-with-nintendo-power-257-august-2010/|title=Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #257 (August 2010)|publisher=Cream Media Inc.|year=2010|accessdate=August 2, 2010}}</ref>
+Excluding pre-orders, ''Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies'' has been the top selling DS game in the first two weeks since its release, according to Gamasutra and Amazon.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29564/Saling_The_World_Dragon_Quest_IX_Tops_DS_Sales_in_US_and_UK.php+dragon+quest+ix+sales+america&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Gamasutra - News - Sailing the World: Dragon Quest IX Tops DS Sales in U.S. and UK|publisher=Gamasutra|year=2010|accessdate=August 2, 2010}}</ref> It was the eighth best-selling game of July 2010 in the [[NPD Group|NPD]] charts, with 132,000 units.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29893/Nintendo_Titles_Again_Reign_Over_NPD_Top_20_In_July.php|title=Nintendo Titles Again Reign Over NPD Top 20 In July|date=2010-08-13|publisher=[[Gamasutra]]|first=Kris|last=Graft|accessdate=2010-08-31}}</ref>
 ==Reception==