The Best Game You’ve Never Played - Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels Of Starry Skies 

Any suggestions on what monster is best for level grinding?

Screaming Teapot I used the red dragon’s outside the gortress but I’m sure there were better enemies to train against

@@kaliko4036 Farm treasure maps until you get a one with metal mobs, and you'll get to max lvl in less than two hours. If the online was still active I could gift you a King Metal Slime one :c

My first dragon quest game was dqmj when I was about 9 I think anyway I loved it and played it a lot I was very good at it so then I went to the store and thought of buying another dragon quest game thinking it will be just like dqmj and it wasn't but I loved the new game even more that game was dragon quest 9 one of my favourite games which I bought in 2010 and kept it ever since my ds broke and forgot about it until I bought dragon quest builders which revived my interest in the series then I purchased dragon quest 11 then I remembered about how good dragon quest 9 was so I though maybe I still have it so I looked around the house and fount it at the bottom of an old box and took it out and I also found my dragon quest monster joker 2 game besides I couldn't play them until I bought a new NDS And i bought one and that was all the way back in September 2019 and I will continue these games

I first saw the game in a promotion on a game manual somewhere, I was instantly intrigued but it wasn't until 3 years later that I actually got to play it. When I did, I was instantly hooked, the game was the largest game on the DS I believe at the time for me. I spent around months playing the game since I loved doing side-quests and I was also afraid I'd lose out on something. Needless to say I was quite OP when I fought against Corvus. My character, Kab, was an Armamentalist with a complete mastery of the sword. His mercenary and friend, Trump (as in trump card against the Wight Knight, not THAT Trump) Rose, the Priest who could oneshot MKS with Thunder Thrust and made my entire party OP FAST aanndd Rui, the Sage, who I imagined wasn't that "in tune" with the world. aaahh thanks for discussing this game, I absolutely adore it and I love seeing videos about Dragon Quest in general.

was a v good game, hopefully it gets a switch remake

Me!

Used to play this game all the time when it released, I was pretty shit at it because I was like 8 but I've still got thousands of hours on my save

BogBoy it might the devs we’re talking about it

I spend my childhood on this game

That was the best part about this game

@@jacobangel1411 Definitely

Finding the grottoes with Metal King Slimes. Having ‘Jack of all trades’ and max out everything

I spent 700 hours on this game and i don't regret it

Definetely! I'm even about to buy a 2nd copy so I can start over again without losing the downloadable content.

Honestly? Same here.

Two of you would make up to me then because im doing the same with 1000 played hours LMAO

@@alteraz_len Lol I’m at 600 how can you do that

@@jujt2258 Well theres always something to do in this game :D

Literally just started playing this again, logged 380 hours on it and still have alot of unfinished quests lol

Aw

900 hours!!! You could play eight other jrpgs with that amount of time.

@@thevalkyriemercenary9463 the average completionist run of dq9 is something like 730 hours, so for someone who is super lazy at games and enjoys spending time doing dumb things spending 900 on this isnt that spooky

@@mullanliam3396 oh... I mean that number did shock me though, most jrpgs I mainly finish up after the main story has ended and some others the post game content just feels a bit too overwhelming for me (I'm looking at you dq11S).

@@thevalkyriemercenary9463 unfortunately dq11's postgame had nothing on DQ9s postgame, especially if you have the DQVC missions

@@mullanliam3396 unfortunately the ds WiFi was discontinued before I even got the game

I would never stop playing it

Jacob Chapman That scenario is my dream

That would be amazing!

It'd be mindblowing for me honestly.

"Imagine video game I have never played remade as a lame shot for shot remake in the engine of another game I have never played"

true

Agreed. Nothing beats grinding metal king slimes and maxing levels and then slaying legacy bosses.

Besides there's still the option of finding the whistle and regaining the memories you lost when becoming a mortal

@@catboy57392 That's not really an option, if you want to get anywhere you have to do that

Thee is technically no end

Lol you and the boys finna did it!

That'd be.. Awesome! I'm hoping that Dragon Quest 12 will share a bunch of similarities to this game. Dragon Quest 11 is an amazing game as well, but I feel like this game has more of an Immersive Adventure feel to it, And the customization tops all the other Dragon Quests by far.

@@ShinachiHChan DQ10 is DQ9 MMO. Wish that DQX gets remade

I liked how you can customize your own companions

Ahmed Falahy there is the rumours that they will make a DQ:X offline version for the west. Really hope it’s true

Need a switch port

those liquid metal slimes made me want to take a toaster bath

Ian Hsieh played the game for I don’t know how long and never picked that up 😂

@@robertkenny3618 Oh I picked up that right away, back when I was playing and write a walkthrough about it. LOL

I figured that out as a kid and my brother couldn’t believe it 😂

@@througheverything I just can't believe I didn't notice. xD

SO many puns in this game. Master of Nu'un is my favorite

Tbf I really loved the meat of dq9 much better than all the other dq games tbh cuz I had choice and it was MY adventure

Wow until I found someone who thinks same like me, I love the battles in this game actually there were a lot to talk about this but I know that we already understand the feeling of this. There’s no other DQ like this one. I call it the little giant...

The doll one in bloomingdale was hella sad

Dragon quest 11 on ps4 is pretty good u should play it if u liked this one

I loved that! Battle animations in this game are fantastic. I've read this is because the game was intended to be an action JRPG early on, so with free movement, but then they rolled back to turn based gameplay- while keeping the characters freely moving around the battlefield. It's great.

@@BluBOo_ yeah the textures are a bit scuffed but in a way that's very in vogue these days anyway

The story is meh compares to others DQ games, especially 5, 8, and 11 (i never played 10). The main strength of DQ9 is the multiplayer ability with your friends and showing off your equipment to your friends. The post game contents also is great, again if you playing with your friends. I replayed this game with emulator, this game is boring af.

@@RRP6632I disagree. Some of the stories of the towns are heart-wrenching, like in Port Llaffan and Coffinwell. I do wish the characters in your party had more personality, but the stories in the towns make up for it, I feel.

Same as me bro!

Same

Aaron Burkholder same

same! this was my first dragon quest! I'm now playing 11

Maybe I'm old school, but I started with the first back when it was called Dragon Warrior. It was just plain hard. The same could be said about its sequel. The third one was MUCH better. It wasn't until the fourth DQ game that I got even remotely into the series. The first three I lost interest cause they were so hard and their stories were blah. The third was decent, but I didn't really dig it like the fourth. Anyways, I came across this game via emulation and after maybe 20 minutes I ordered a copy from Amazon. Looking forward to throwing down on this one. I liked this one right away by virtue of the fact the outfits change and the combat is a little more than just the usual screens from games 1-6. The story might be a little wonky, but I'm stoked.

I was thinking that too

Fr Fr!

I got it by accident because my ds connected to a guys wifi somehow I dont even know how it worked

I soft hacked my save to get it. It's easy to find the info on how to do it online. Of course, it does depend on downloading some software from the eShop that I don't know if it's still available.

Actually you can get it! By setting your DS wifi parameters at no auto-DNS or something, you can then enter one manually. If you then enter this: 172.104.88.237 this should allow you get them at the inn in Ablithia. ... Which is the French bale of the first big town. Can't remember the name even tho it's said in this video. Hope you'll be able to get them!

I managed to hack the game a bit and unlock all the dlc stuff myself. You just need a dongle to download your save file to a computer and then you can download a save editor to add everything in

@Pyro Flare when i was researching a way to get the dlc i have read that sometimes action replay codes can be buggy :(

Luxren I didn’t realize how ridiculous it was until I was trying to explain it to someone one day and I just couldn’t

This game description may put the game in a bad light but its really deep and fun gameplay, Ive played the entire story 15+ times because it so fun and interesting

@@fs2300 for that go to the room in the bowhole where you git the gold bars from the red chest and the room before and run around a lot, keep doing that to farm Liquid metal slimes until all characters are 45-50 ish, and make sure all your equipment is best you can, at 45 you can win but its a lil close, with all charas lvl 50+ it should be easy if you keep healing and buffing

@@AsTheSkyFalls_ not deep, your party members are bland, soulless puppets. The intro seems they haven personality but nah

@@lancelpaulguarin4780 The character you play doesn't have to be fancy for the game to have a deep meaning and sentimental point of view, allocating to the fact it was more made for plot and differing experiences with the boss fights, rather then the slow meandering plot lines of inter-character interactions and conversations. While DQIX does have some meaningful dialogue, most of the story is contained in the emotions behind the development of the fights and situations presented. Take the cut scene at the beginning when the main character falls off the observatory. It shows a lot more in depth of what he might have experienced rather than if It was all dialogue. In fact if you actually thought about it the cutscene is a strong statement by the developers in the way they set it up. The main character, barely of age just a day if not only a few hours, old enough to be in the protectorate by himself is suddenly able to be seen by humans, lost his wings and halo, and is separated from everyone he knows. While lack of extensive dialogue may make this game seem 'Bland' to you. If you took time, rather then making small minded, and misguided attempts at slandering this game, you may realize the finer points of consideration and intrigue brought into the story by its developers. For any other discrepancies with DQIX please feel free to reply and ask

hahah

lol still in 2022

This game was pretty dark all around... which I guess you can't avoid when focusing on dead people who can't move on.

QUARANTOMB

Ugh... 2022 styll

JellyTech my favorite game of all time. I really hope they make a switch remake

@@Luciandl1 this literally all I'm asking for in life

Jack Jones Funnily enough, I think the creators of the game want to do it eventually and didn’t rule it out on an anniversary livestream fairly recently so we can all hope!

You should play DQ11

@@YetiCoolBrother do u know any other similar game to dq 9 ?

Loved the music so much!

@@chiekokurokumo Ikrrr

Stella>>>>>>>any other fairy ever

As irish as the demoman

she'd definitely make a great nail artist lol

That attack is what kept me from beating him for a while.

@@adustblowerinthedesert8828 Saaame. Each time I saw him charging up that attack I'd break out in a cold sweat.

@@damn_son9683 I had a paladin so I just boosted my whole teams resistence till it only did about half to my party and you all get coup de grace so slapped the mf turn after

It's Magic Burst into Evil Prayer, most of the final bosses in Dragon Quest games do that.

Amazing comedy

DQ developers pack puns like this in all of their games. Sometimes they're just hiding in plain sight too.

e v e r y s i n g l e n a m e was a PUN- EVERYTHING, ALL OF IT, I PLAYED IT IN SPANISH BUT JUST ALL OF IT WERE PUNS except the hunters part, those were keyborad slams i assume

Angel Falls. As in, the place where you (basically an angel) fall

Probably to late to comment. My aunt gifted me Dragon Quest IX like 10 years ago when I was 10 years old. Now I’m 20 and I’m crying about how beautiful this game was and what a big impact it had on my childhood

It's never too late for anything ;) I've played DQ9 twice again since I wrote my comment three years ago. It really is a gem. Glad you got to enjoy it too!

@@yun-yun2541 watched a video today about how to access the dlc missions (the green lady in the INN) and I’m going to play the whole game on the coming weekend 😍

Good luck and have fun with that! :D

Aye, playing through it currently and while the story could be better, hot damn are these some fine morals

Koemi 01 I was the exact same! I got it for Christmas 6 days before I turned 7, and I remember wanting it because the adverts showed how you could change your characters clothes. To this day it’s my favourite game and has shaped so much of my personality and childhood

Given you can affect how your character looks it still is a dress up game, just with a big story about fighting monsters attached

I thought it was monster joker so i was very sad.. But then i played it and it was great !

Did the advertisement in the 'Girl Talk' magazine sell it as a dress up game to you? I know that I had asked my parents for the game before the magazine add came out, but idk if I got the game before or after, but you get I had a laugh going back over the add and being like "hey, that's alltrades, not the observatory!" That was probably the only pagespread of that series of magazines I've actually kept, and i still have it. Good memories.

Solo run is fun. Once you get Paladin, NOTHING can kill you. It's actually one of the easier titles from the franchise...

@@PhoenixMasta but to unlock the paladin class you require at least one other team member to fight with you which kinda defeats the whole purpose of a solo run lol

@@jackkemp176 Very true lol. I guess Shield mastery from Warrior and slapping it on a Gladiator would work.

@@PhoenixMasta for my solo run I just played as a minstrel the whole game didn't really have many troubles at all but yh shields are op in solo play

False, you didn't use a fan. Hustle Dance is 75 hp to each party member at no MP cost, and it only comes with mastering the fan. Best part is it can be transferred over to other classes as long as you have a fan equipped. Made it through the whole game without a Cleric easily because I buffed the shit out of my Minstrel self as a healer.

SAME! IT WAS MAD DIFFICULT

God it was so difficult. I did like him and had my brother help me XD

I had 2 gladiators that hit max tension, used double up and then hit him with falcon slash which killed him instantly. The first one got tanked by one of the guards that blocked him, but the second gladiator (that was my main character) absolutely creamed him in one move.

I know I quit at some point about 30 hours in because it got too hard, but I genuinely could not remember what it was, so I just started a new save.

Crescendoed it took me months to beat him and when i did the rest was easy and i stood pacing for like an hour after i beat it bro

Oh no not that owl... Took me forever to get round to finishing the game because of that thing! Still remember the burst of emotions when I finally beat him 😂

Because the DQVC is gone, you can never hope to 100% the game without using other means of doing so. But that would be cheating

A small price for salvation

@@scables Im actually trying to aswell, is it really impossible ? Never played that far back then

@@thealec4421 There were two quests that needed items from the DQVC. One of those quests was from the Bloomingdale Inn. A guy there wanted a birthday cake and some party poppers. One of those items is only available in DQVC (party poppers). Birthday Cakes can only be recieved on your actual birthday (changing your DS, DSi or 3DS's date will not affect the game, as it goes by the birthday in your system at the time of creating a new profile). The other quest I can't remember off the top of my head, but I believe it is also in Bloomingdale Inn. If I'm wrong, please correct me on that.

@@scables Thank you, just goin for 99% then :D

I still can't get over Batsureg's priest: "It is way late, yo. How can I serve you, my homie?"

Think this was my first dragon quest game I thoroughly enjoyed it

Nepeta Close It sold really well in Japan but not in the West.

@@spyr0guy its inarguably one of the most popular rpgs on the system, hell in the uk it had tv ads with celebraties at launch, it's not some obscure game.

@@nepetaclose1338 Pretty much every DQ game prior to 11 was obscure in America. You say it's one of the most popular rpgs on the ds, but the ds isn't really known for rpgs to begin with, outside of the Mario/Luigi and Pokemon games.

@@nepetaclose1338 yes it is popular, but at the same time I have literally asked all my friends if they've even heard of the series and only one guy from primary school ever has. It's just not big in the western market

In Japan, but not the West. It's still in Persona/SMT levels of niche compared to Pokémon and Final Fantasy which are more popular here.

Honestly mate you’re gonna love DQ11. It’s easily one of my favourite games of all time. So much content, great storytelling and the best part of the whole thing are the characters.

Oof don’t even get me started on Dragon Quest 11its SO good! Dragon Quest 9 is still one of the best games I’ve played but wow 11 is incredible

broo when greygnarl died that’s my first memory of literally sobbing

He didn't die, you can see him as a grotto boss in the post game.

YEAH AND THEN YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE ALL LIKE "Ahhh that sucks.... welp"

Same!

Nathan Pownall , I agree. It’s also my favorite game and I still play it even if my 3ds is almost dead. By this point, I hope they make a remake on switch or something

FF12 2 revenant wings, the DQMJ 1 & 2, FFTA2, Platinum, HeartGold SoulSilver are solid contenders. What makes DQ9 so good is its length, so much Boss to farm that you basically did only the half of the game after finishing the main story. But the gameplay isnt really interesting after a while.

same, almost nobody who i know knows it. would be nice if it got a remake or remaster.

@@Zarroxius ive been waiting patiently for years bro. i'll keep waiting. they keep tricking me by thinking they'll announce it but we'll get it one day

cheers me dears

Enzo Krikorian just buy a replacement battery and charge cable online.

Emulate

Stephen Warmerdam don’t play like that, it’s not funny. Day one pick up for me.👍

You've tugged at my heartstrings and I'd like to ask why

It won't be and don't lie there's no such rumor

@@FrustratedMillennial Well you can't know where they may have heard these rumors.? Other than that there's a video of nintendo people (devs? what do you call them?) actually saying there might be a dq9 remake since every single dq that came before it got one, and there's a lot of lists of "games that need a remake on switch" that do include dq9 so yeah :I

@@FrustratedMillennial the devs did a live video stream for the 10th anniversary of DQ9. A remake was discussed. And when they asked the audience what system they would prefer the overwhelming answer was "Switch"

Frosty Fullbuster it’s called Nintendo before school and it’s by Andrew Huang

@@BogBoyOfficial Big Mcthankies

thanks man :)

Salut hehe jsuis de la partie, vive DQIX

I’m so glad :))

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@@E4439Qv5 hehe Armamentalist go Oomph