Dragon Quest IX delay may influence Final Fantasy XIII
by Jem Alexander
on Feb 13th 2009 5:00PM
So Square Enix' next DS bestseller,
Dragon Quest IX, has been
pushed back to the next fiscal year in Japan, thanks to some major bugs. Whoops! No wonder the company slashed their
earnings forecast for the year. What does this mean for Square Enix' other titles? Japanese news site
IT Media reports that
Final Fantasy XIII may be influenced by the delay of
Dragon Quest IX, according to Yoichi Wada.
It's unclear as to what form this "influence" will take and nothing more specific has been said. It could mean
Final Fantasy XIII will be delayed in Japan, or it could mean that the game is actually brought forward in the US and Europe in order to increase the company's FY 2009 income and more quickly recoup their FY 2008 losses. Alternatively, it could mean the main character might wear a slightly different outfit now. We simply
don't know.
[Via
Kotaku]