In article <em1kc7019h4@news3.newsguy.com>, sanjian
<sanjian@widomaker.com> wrote:

> Invid Fan wrote:
> > In article <em0sv50c40@news4.newsguy.com>, sanjian
> > <sanjian@widomaker.com> wrote:
> >
> >> RelMark wrote:
> >>> "sanjian" <sanjian@widomaker.com> wrote:
> >>>> Rob Browning wrote:
> >>>>> Part of the problem is that for a Dragon Quest game to be
> >>>>> programmed so it will work well on the DS, it would have to be
> >>>>> significantly different from other Dragon Quest games.  You
> >>>>> shouldn't make dramatic changes to a numbered series, especially
> >>>>> when it's one that has been notably anti-evolution like DQ has.
> >>>>
> >>>> You mean like DQ 7 and preceeding, all of which were on systems
> >>>> inferior to the DS, except for 7, which was on par?
> >>>>
> >>>> The only difference between having it on the DS and on the PS3 is
> >>>> it won't be as pretty.
> >>>
> >>> I'm sure it's just a coincidence that after eight single-player,
> >>> turn-based Dragon Quests, they're switching to "an action-oriented
> >>> battle system playable cooperatively by up to four players" at the
> >>> same time as the series moves to a handheld system.
> >>
> >> Could they not do that on the PS3?
> >
> > Depends. If the four players can go off on their own a bit, and don't
> > have to all stay in the same screen, that's easier to do well if each
> > player in fact has their own individual screen.
> 
> I'm assuming the PS3 also has online capablilites.  The point is that it's 
> not something that's specific to the DS. 
> 
Not requiring online play to have the feature is, and being able to
play with friends all in the same room would be a plus...

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