I cannot elaborate on the details, but let me talk about one title with which we have come to a basic agreement. Nintendo will collaborate with Square-Enix on the overseas sales of Dragon Quest IX that they launched in Japan for Nintendo DS in July this year. For the U.S. and European sales, we would like to fully cooperate with them. Nintendo would like to play a key role in expanding the Dragon Quest title in these markets because our preposition is that such quality title could and should sell more in the overseas markets. That is the basic agreement, and we will decide the details from now. – Shinji Hatano (General Manager, Marketing Division)
It may not be the type of game for me, but I can respect that the franchise deserves a lot of credit. Final Fantasy had a huge breakthrough moment in the states with Final Fantasy VII, and I’m sure Dragon Quest could have that same moment as well. I just don’t know that it will be the 9th installment to make that happen.
