
You Too Can Experience The Dragon Quest IX Launch! [Feature]
Kotaku —
by Tim Rogers You've no doubt heard some blogger or another refer to a Dragon Quest release date as "national holidays in Japan". This isn't really true. Today, for example, was not a holiday. It was, however, the release date of Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS. You may have also heard someone or another say that, in Japan, Dragon Quest game are released on Saturdays instead of the typical Thursday game release date because would skip work or school, and entire institutions of business or education would implode and suddenly no one would know or do ...
Massive Dragon Quest IX launch-day coverage
GoNintendo —
If you’re looking for a ridiculously in-depth look at the launch of Dragon Quest IX, the article below has you set. You’ll get tons of videos, as well as written accounts of all the big lines that formed at nearly every game retailer in the heart of Japan. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen this much buzz over just one game, so you might want to sneak a peek at the article and enjoy the excitement while it’s still fresh.
More videos and article here

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