Dragon Quest X is putting a lot of faith in the online infrastructure of the Wii and Wii U, choosing the unlikely platforms as the home of the series' first foray into online-focused gaming. Now we've learned that the game will use a subscription service, and offer only a sampling of the full game offline.

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The mysterious Dragon Quest X will be an online RPG coming to Wii U as well as Wii, developer and publisher Square Enix revealed at an event in Japan today, after years of silence. Nintendo 3DS features are also to be expected.

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With the Wii U formally announced, high-profile software support for the original Wii is finally waning. Once the new Zelda game releases, will it make sense for third parties to release new software on the platform? That was a question recently raised to Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada regarding Dragon Quest X.

While the Dragon Quest franchise has never reached the same level of success in America as it has in Japan, it's undeniably an important property. Dragon Quest X was originally announced for Wii, and still remains on track for the Wii, Wada says. But, it appears that Square Enix is also investigating "how to support Wii U." Read more »

Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino recently spoke to college graduates at a recruitment seminar in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward where he revealed some of the company's aspirations. These included an interest in an American expansion, as well as the desire to self-publish more games for consoles.

Japanese gaming news site, andriasing, shared some of Hino's commentary on both matters (via Dengeki Online). When asked about Level-5's future development plans during the seminar's Q&A period, Hino explained the company's affinity for Nintendo DS development but also alluded to plans for future (and potentially self-published) games. Read more »

With Square Enix putting the final touches on the ninth numbered entry in its famed Dragon Quest role-playing series, the company has formally announced that the next entry, Dragon Quest X, is in development for the Wii.

The franchise, which kicked off on the Nintendo Entertainment system, has seen new numbered releases hit a variety of Sony and Nintendo platforms, including the Super Nintendo, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS. An action-centric off-shoot, Dragon Quest Swords, came to Wii earlier this year in North America. Read more »