Dragon Quest is pretty much the holy grail of exclusives, so as you can imagine, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata plans to put Dragon Quest IX (and probably X) to work.
With the release of Dragon Quest IX, there are two things I’d like to make reality. The first is to build a thriving Japanese game market together with Dragon Quest that rivals the West’s. The second is to form a strong tag team to promote Dragon Quest overseas. At Nintendo, we were able to popularize the Brain Age series overseas, which was said to be unmarketable. I want to increase the number of people worldwide that understand the appeal of Dragon Quest, which represents all Japanese gaming culture… even if that only turns out to be a single person. I’m looking forward to working together with Mr. Horii and Square Enix.
Can Dragon Quest possibly get any bigger in Japan? The game that is said to cause society to just cease to function when its released on a weekday?
