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I saw Cyndaquil in the trailer. I suppose they just didn't choose to show him as one of the fire starters over Vulpix. Vulpix had massive fan appeal from the first game.

No love for grass starters, it looks like. Unless they made the versions like this because the plot might have something to do with the 2nd gen legendaries.

...And I fail at reading comprehension. Joystiq did mention the starters, although not exactly which ones are in which version.

Doesn't matter though, you can tell which starters are in which game by the video.

[Insert inappropriate Skitty on Wailord jokes here]

That said, aside from the awkward stacking thing, I'm interested in seeing how they handle this. The story's supposed to be about Arceus, and I think fellow Pokemon Mystery Dungeon fans know that these Dungeon games have pretty good stories by Pokemon standards.

From the looks of it, the only difference between each game so far is the starters (which Joystiq didn't mention when I sent this info in, but that's okay).

Yeah, completely seperate. I'd say the only things that both have in common are that the games are entirely 3D and that they share the same horrible Pokemon Ranch sprites.

(Even though they share the same sprites though, I think that so far, these Dungeon games have environments that look a lot better. Better to the point in which I couldn't tell if those were reused Pokemon Ranch sprites or not for a while.)

I will stand here and laugh like crazy if this turns out selling more than VIII did. Which it most likely will, seeing as the class system is modeled after III and VIII (much more emphasis on III), of which III is the most popular DQ game by far.

Actually, this game costs around 5500+ yen. Much cheaper than the standard SE pricetag of 8000+.

The reason why it's this cheap is because the developers figured that families would buy multiple copies, what with the single save file and the local multiplayer and all.

Roto is correct. What you see in the picture represents different classes, not different characters. And there are a lot of classes to choose from.

For those curious, from left to right: Paladin, Thief, Cleric/Priest, Mage, and Warrior. The first one is an advanced class, the other four are basic. Advanced classes are unlocked through quests rather than leveling up as a certain basic class.

The other classes not seen here are Rangers, Battlemasters, Fighters, Jesters, and Magic Knights. Fighters and Jesters are basic classes, the rest are advanced.

There also appears to be two more advanced classes not yet fully revealed, one of which appears to be Sage, and the other looks like some type of Dancer.

From the looks of it, yes (in regards to the DQ Swords part).

However, I'm not sure if you know yet, but SE let slip that DQ X will be for the Wii last December.

Monster Hunter 3 might increase Wii sales. But just wait until Dragon Quest X is released there.

The Wii will crush everything in Japan on the week that Dragon Quest X is released, and it's a guarantee. Hell, Dragon Quest IX is on it's way to do that on the DS in about a month.

Darn it, that was supposed to be a reply to hylianpsy's observation of the staircase.

Looks like you might have to refresh between making comments or else your next reply's going to be shoved at the bottom. *shrugs*