I’m Also Excited For… Dragon Quest X

Another 2012 title that I am anxious to get my hands on is the rather unorthodox Dragon Quest X!  More than any other game slated for release next year, the next Dragon Quest title intrigues me in terms of how it (seemingly) is striving to be a Wii and Wii U connected MMO on a console.  But this game doesn’t just pique my interest in terms of how it will actually function.  It also gets me thinking about the online potential of the fabled Wii U as a whole.

Sure, Nintendo’s next console will have a slew of familiar favorites: Mario, Zelda, and Smash Bros, among others.  But will it be more than just a platform for great Nintendo games?  That’s what I hope Dragon Quest X will prove.  Dragon Quest IX got plenty of my otherwise non-DQ-loving friends to tote around their DSes and go on epic quests with me.  But while I don’t expect anyone in the U.S. to buy a Wii U solely on the power of this RPG franchise, it might be able to show off the resources available to third-party developers and Wii U’s potential as an online gaming machine.

C’mon Nintendo!  C’mon Square!  Prove to me that Dragon Quest can evolve and prove to me that it can be a Final Fantasy-level success here in North America.  I desperately want a next-gen Dragon Quest title and I desperately want to share my online adventures with my friends on Wii U!