Square Enix has published a press release outlining all of their titles to roll out in North America during the first quarter of 2009. Some of them have already been confirmed before, while other titles get actual confirmation today of a western localization. Just to name a couple, we got the likes of Opera Vectra and Valkyrie in the list. But who's MIA from the Q1 2009 lineup though? If you're one to hope for some titles, sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

Enterbrain of Japan has finished tallying their results for the total hardware and software sales for the period of March 31 to September 28. This time period marks the first half of 2008's fiscal year in Japan.

So who's on top? If you're asking hardware, that'd be the PSP. Over one and a half million units sold, man! Meanwhile, on the software side of things, it's a different story.

The Sony PSP once again proves that it is now the king of the Japanese hardware hill by keeping its top spot in the Japanese hardware sales chart for the week of July 21to 27. The Nintendo DS follows, with a bevy of software crowding the top 50 software sales chart...and yes,  Dragon Quest V is still top dog among other games. The list in the full article.

Can't wait to get your hands on Square Enix's Dragon Quest V for the Nintendo DS? Well, you'll be pleased to know that more details for the game have been released as well as a number of screenshots. For more on this, head on over to the full article.

Square Enix has rolled out a North American website which acts as a hub for Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest V, and Dragon Quest VI. More details have been revealed regarding the first game in the series including its launch date. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

It won't be surprising if Square Enix doesn't have plans of releasing the Dragon Quest remakes for the Nintendo DS outside Japan, since the rest of the world is likely to frown at old-school RPGs. However, fans of the legendary franchise may actually be lucky enough to grab a U.S. version of Dragon Quest V. See the full article for details.

Retro gamers rejoice for Square Enix's Dragon Quest 5 for the Nintendo DS has finally been dated for a Japanese launch. To find out when this game will be hitting the retail stores, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link.

Need more RPGs to play on the Nintendo DS? You won't have to worry about that because hot of the heels of Dragon Quest Monsters games, Dragon Quest V is coming. This promises to be another huge hit given how insanely popular the Dragon Quest franchise is. Read the full version and see the nice scan that previews what we're set to get when Dragon Quest V hits town.

Square Enix has given Dragon Quest V's remake for the Nintendo DS a spring 2008 release window. As part of the three remakes Squeenix announced, we're counting on DQVI soon after that. For now, find more details at the full article!

 

In this day and age, when all sides are bantering about which machine can dish out the best eye-bleeding graphics, we have to go back to the roots of gaming. Square Enix had that in mind, which ultimately led to the decision of developing three Dragon Quest remakes for the DS.

Ah, yes. What more can we ever wish from Squeenix except remakes of classics Dragon Quest IV, V and VI? Not long after Famitsu confirmed the magic three, SE have already put up a teaser site for the upcoming games. Not much info are there yet, especially not for those who can't understand Japanese, but we'll make sure to keep you posted on any updates.

Head over the Read link to find the site.