First Dragon Quest X details and trailer

September 5th, 2011 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Videos, Wii

Update: Added in trailer.

This information comes from Yuji Horii, who is currently speaking at the Dragon Quest conference…

- Made by Square Enix
- Online RPG
- Wii confirmed
- Takes place in Astortia
- This place has five continents and five races
- Huge story
- Ogre, elf, dwarf, pukuripo, and Wedi classes
- Make your own character
- Can choose to play alone
- Can play alone with NPCs
- Commands are comparable to past games in the series
- Yosuke Saito is leading the project
- Saito is the producer
- Change occupations with a job system
- Alchemist is one job type
- Events tie into different seasons (like holidays)
- More quests after release
- Additional quests will be available at the same time as they were in IX, possibly sooner
- Multiple volumes for some quests
- Can be involved with crafting professions
- Alchemy: add on attributes to current items, not new items
- Can become famous (sort of) as other players equip your crafted items
- Customize inside/outside housing
- Assist fallen players
- Check out other players who are fighting
- Job and race attributes for characters
- Make a party in the pub
- Other parties can choose to use your character
- Players around you will be translucent and will cheer you on
- Sugiyama: handling new music
- Make weapons that others use
- Can apply for beta (requires USB storage)
- Battles: character can attack after a certain amount of time
- Interact with others online through emotes
- Chat bubbles will appear when you speak
- Skill points (gained when you level up) allow you to customize your character
- Sewing system: others can make clothes

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