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Dragon Quest 9 has been trapped on the Nintendo DS for 17 years, and franchise creator Yuji Horii was "a little disheartened" to learn fans never wanted that

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Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
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Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Genres · adventure, rpg, tbs
Release · Jul 11, 2009
Developer · Square Enix, Bird Studio, Armor Project, LEVEL-5
8 articles 7 writers 1 reviews
Nintendo
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Nintendo
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 1980–2026
Latest · Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Top genres · platformer, adventure, puzzle
15567 articles 951 writers 1322 games
YH
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Yuji Horii
Role · Developer
Active · 1983
Latest · The Portopia Serial Murder Case
Top genres · adventure, visual_novel, point_and_click
46 articles 21 writers 1 games
Quest
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Quest
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 1989–2026
Latest · The Killing Stone
Top genres · rpg, strategy, adventure
793 articles 285 writers 10 games
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