DQ9 delay could affect FFXIII

NewsPosted 13/02/2009 - 12:02pm GMT

The highly anticipated RPG is currently scheduled for a Japanese release this year.

According to Japanese news site IT Media (translated by Kotaku), Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has revealed the recently announced Dragon Quest IX delay could affect the release of Final Fantasy XIII.

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada commented: "The next term's schedule has been fixed yet. Presently, I cannot say what kind of effect we will experience from moving the Dragon Quest IX launch from March to July. I cannot say there won't be an effect."

Wada added: "There is a possibility that Dragon Quest IX delay could affect Final Fantasy XIII."

Earlier this week Square Enix announced that Dragon Quest IX, which had been scheduled for release in Japan on March 28, will now hit stores on July 11. The delay will allow the development team to fix "flaws" currently in the game.

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thpcplayer

final fantasy 13 is looking amazing. I have played all other ffs and i can't wait for this as i now have a ps3 which i got this christmas but i think i will now have to wait even more. more than a year to wait

Posted 18:20 on 13 February 2009

FantasyMeister

Both games are so far away from me in Europe that I'm not worried if they add a few months to both. Unlike waiting for previous Final Fantasy's where there was absolutely nothing worth playing inbetween (comparatively), there's now a veritable glut of gorgeous gameplay in practically all genres to be getting on with.

Inundated with games here, never had it so good, there have even been RPGs released which for me have made the FF series wobble precariously on its lofty pinnacle of worship. Pretty much guarantee I'll still be trying to finish a bunch of existing games right up until release, DQVIII and FFXII are, coincidently, two of the titles in my backlog.

Posted 12:16 on 13 February 2009