I had been looking forward to Dragon Quest IX for some time on the DS. I thought that the game would be released on time or slightly after it's Japanese counterpart, but for some reason, I have not seen or heard much about a US Release.

It was in my head, and I'm not sure why, that Japanese games were starting to become translated faster and released in North America fairly quick, but with this DQ IX problem, I'm starting to have my doubts.

See, I had been looking forward to this release for some time. Looking at the game on gamespot and other gaming websites really had me going about how awesome this game was going to be. Then I see it gets released in Japan, sells 3 million copies. It's a hit, a great game, people are buying. I want to buy, too. And I'm sure many other people in the US want to buy it as well.

But nothing. I searched the web for possible US Releases, but all I hear is "sometime" and "Maybe 2010". With the sales this game has had, wouldn't they want to get it over here as soon as possible. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but RPG's on the DS usually do pretty well here in the States. So why the wait? Get this game over here, now!

So I guess I will be waiting some time before I see DQ IX on my local Gamespots shelf. Not sure why, but there will be a wait. Till when? I don't know. I'll keep my eyes on the web, looking for any information I can find.