Officially revealed in this week's Weekly Famitsu, the Sega-published and imageepoch-developed 7th Dragon looks to bring some old-school RPG flair back to the Nintendo DS. The game is directed by Kazuya Niinou (Etrian Odyssey, Trauma Center) and produced by Rieko Kodama (Phantasy Star, Skies of Arcadia). Scoring the game's music with be Yuzo Koshiro (Shinobi, Streets of Rage).

Your four character battle party is questing to hunt down all the dragons that plague the human world, before the human race is wiped out of existence. Your characters can take on seven different jobs, from Fighter to Mage to Thief and more.

The game is expected to release in the Spring of 2009. You can find the official site, which has been updated, here. Check out the rest of the screenshots over at the source.