After we found out before that the latest game in Square Enix's flagship series, Dragon Quest IX, finally gets some semblance of a real release date this time. Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest IX will be releasing in March 2009 in Japan, with a specific date currently not set.

The official site for Dragon Quest IX can be found here. It will be at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show 2008, where it will have a stage event devoted to the game.

According to Square Enix President Yoichi Wada, the upcoming Level-5 developed Dragon Quest IX will be released in early 2009 in Japan. After going a long stretch with no new information, Dragon Quest IX will make an appearance at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show 2008. An early 2009 release for DQIX would mean that the upcoming Dragon Quest VI DS remake should hit sometime later this year.

"One of the most talent Japanese developers, Level-5 (White Knight Story, Dragon Quest IX : Protectors of the Starry Sky), has announced in the latest Famitsu magazine that a press conference named Level-5 Vision 2008 will take place in Japan on September 26. Level-5 wrote "A game revolution is beginning […] Wait for shocking announcements from Level-5!" as a slogan on the advertisement page. September 26 will be a very hot day for great announcements (7th Dragon (?), Kizuna, Arc Rise Fantasia..."

Square Enix has created their website for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, and has uploaded their show lineup:

[NDS] Snoopy DS: Let's Go Meet Snoopy and His Friends [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Cid and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu DS+ [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Pingu's WakuWaku Carnival [Playable, Video]
[360] The Last Remnant
[NDS] Chrono Trigger [Video]
[PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy [Playable, Video]
[NDS] Cho...

"According to Cosmo Securities analyst Takashi Oka, Square Enix's Dragon Quest IX on DS, scheduled for release in Japan in November, will sell five million units in Japan alone and should generate revenue of $190 million.

"It's not surprising Dragon Quest IX for the portable console sold twice as many units as a version for stationary game machines,'' Oka wrote in a Japanese-language report (translated by Bloomberg)."

"It's likely that this will be another million seller for the platform. The Dragon Quest IV remake, released back in November, was one of Japan's top ten titles for the year and has, according to numbers released today by Square Enix, crossed the 1.15 million mark in domestic sales."

"1. (1 / 1) Dragon Quest IX NDS Square Enix
2. (2 / 2) Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Square Enix
3. (3 / 3) Biohazard 5 PS3 Capcom
4. (4 / 4) Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Konami
5. (6 / 6) Monster Hunter 3 Wii Capcom
6. (5 / 5) Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii Nintendo
7. (7 / 7) Dragon Quest VI NDS Square Enix
8. (8 /10) Dragon Quest IV NDS Square Enix
9. (12/ 9) Lost Odyssey Xbox 360 Microsoft
10. (11/14) Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix
11. (9 / 8) Shin Sangoku Musou 5 PS3 Koei
12. (14/20) Dragon..."

"Dragon Quest IX is now back to the top of Famitsu's Most Wanted chart for the dates of March 30 - April 5. The list is populated with six more Square Enix titles..."

"Gamefront.de has posted the latest Famitsu's Most Wanted charts for the dates between the 23rd to 29th of March. The list is dominated by Square Enix with Final Fantasy XIII as the most wanted title, and five other to-be-released titles chosen by Famitsu's readers.

Other Square-Enix titles that were picked by the readers are Dragon Quest IX at number 2, Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors at number 10, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings at number 16, Final Fantas..."