We’ve got a brand new trailer for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, which will be out this summer for the DS.

It seems that there are great expectations for Dragon Quest VI in Japan, and according to publisher Square Enix, they’ve shipped over a million units to Japanese stores. The game was released two days ago, and it wont be until Monday, when the sales numbers are released, that’ll we’ll know how much the game sold.

When a game is as hyped as Dragon Quest IX, there is bound to be a leak. I mean c’mon, the game was pre-ordered how many times, 2 million?

Unfortunately, some tricksters thought it would be funny to release a fake torrent that featured nothing other than a hentai slideshow. Futhermore, said hentai slideshow bricks your Nintendo DS if you decide to run the pirated software.

So just as a personal note, if you feel the need to download Dragon Quest IX prior to its release date, don’t do it as it’s probably a fake.

Read (Kotaku)

Even though franchises such as Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest have been seeing some ridiculously high numbers, it doesn’t mean that the Japanese gaming market is recession proof.

Recent reports are saying that sales were 24% lower in the first half of 2009 than they were in 2008. While this somewaht makes sense due to the fact thatlast year had games such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Monster Hunter Portable it’s proof that an economical recessions hurts all industries.

Luckily, buzz suggests that games such as Dragon Quest IX, Monster Hunter 3 and Fintal Fantasy XII (all shipping later this year0 will bring the Japanese gaming market back to its glory days.

Read (Joystiq)

Japanese gamers really are all about their RPGS — Square Enix has recently announced that Dragon Quest IX, follow up to the popular Playstation 2 title, has been pre-ordered in Japan over 2 million times.

Kotaku reports that the game is sure to be a hit considering the 26 million+ Nintendo DS consoles sold in Japan thus far and the generally well reception of Dragon Quest VIII.