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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> | 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. | 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. ''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''. Nintendo also ran a [[Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Fan Trivia Contest|trivia contest]] to promote the game. The winner would receive the game early free. | ||
The August 2010 issue of Nintendo Power also featured ''Dragon Quest IX'' on the cover. | The August 2010 issue of Nintendo Power also featured ''Dragon Quest IX'' on the cover. | ||
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. It was the eighth best-selling game of July 2010 in the NPD charts, with 132,000 units. | 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. It was the eighth best-selling game of July 2010 in the NPD charts, with 132,000 units. | ||