Dragon Quest 9 Japanese DS launch 

the guy in the black is Yuji Horii, the guy in the blue slime hawaiian shirt is Ryutaro Ichimura , the producer.

the japanese actually make sense waiting till the day time to launch something instead of the fucking middle of the night which i will never go to!

For many Japanese , DQ is a once ever 3-4 year event. People who aren't hardcore gamers get excited along with the bigtime gamers. There's not really a need to queue, you can preorder, but there is something fun about the whole thing.

This is an Historical Event. 😍

I don't know if this is true, but I heard that Dragon Quest videogames can't be launched on working days, only on sundays and holidays, because people would miss school or even work to get a copy of the game... I'd love to be there!!!

Canadians should have more fun conventions like these. The guy who was holding the #1 was so happy in all his otaku/nerdy glory. Good for him! :)

man that looked awesome, i cant wait to play it when it comes out in english, i hope they are working on a console dragon quest next

Ah, that explains a lot :D Thanks for the clearing man!

Very very awesome food, Cool style of wearing, nice view of upcountry. YOU must get there once in your life.

dragon quest is massive , the most selling rpg in japan.

it would be awesome if they did this when DQ 9 came out over here

@RorschachAvenger actually something like this happened on the day of the Xbox launch. At the same location, there was a massive queue which was surprising to say the least. Turns out that it was the queue for the first season of 24 on DVD :/ Interestingly though, the smallest queue i've seen at Tsutaya was for the Nintendo DS launch (around 15 people). It was a Thursday launch of course but even so... and we all know how that turned out in the end :D

might have to reserve a copy for this one =P

wow can't wait till in comes out I wish Koichi Sugiyama could have been there to see this

They live for Dragon Quest.

Three more days! :D

wow Man I Wish he was there

Gee thanks for understanding me

Pretty impressive; a huge line just for a Nintendo DS Game that could've easily been pirated at its release.

there are! the next one will be for the wii

this game will come out in about 2 weeks!

wow

I can only imagine how many people line up for dq 10 ^_^

was that yuji horii on the microphone in the blue shirt

no prob

it's as true as the earth turning around the sun.

Customer number one was the man. Wonder what was going through his head.

hehe im sure he plays dragon quest when he's on his break

I know but it would be cool if he was there

I didn't know they shook hands in Japan. I don't know much about Japanese culture.

:"> Japan is so beautiful I wish I could get there for a sightseeing

you better have DQ IX by now !! **shakes fist**

it shoulda been a national event

rofl @ sprsk expert on japanese and dq culture

i know how ya feel

oh man not the wii, i want it on proper consoles

or the old man in the black?

The DS is a joke you need to have eyes that can see very small words the graphics performance wasn’t that great I only bought a few games for the 2DS that I loved playing on the big console they aren’t close being the same finally Nintendo releases the real handheld console Nintendo Switch now where is the powerful Nintendo console

It's true, but it's something Enix decided to do of their own free will. It's not a law in Japan, which is what a lot of gullible people believe.

seek help. your soul demands it

actually my explanation makes no sense,forget what i said...true,no kid...probably they were bullied away LMAO

sorry but everythime i heard "hardcore gamers" i see crack addicts in my mind ... though,i understand what you meant :)