{"id":239,"date":"2011-09-06T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gamingforgod\/?p=239"},"modified":"2011-09-06T12:35:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:35:34","slug":"you-will-need-the-internet-to-be-blessed-by-the-goddess-in-dragon-quest-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gamingforgod\/2011\/09\/you-will-need-the-internet-to-be-blessed-by-the-goddess-in-dragon-quest-x.html","title":{"rendered":"You Will Need the Internet to be Blessed by the Goddess in Dragon Quest X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gamingforgod\/files\/2011\/09\/500x_dragon_quest_x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-241\" title=\"500x_dragon_quest_x\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/281\/2011\/09\/500x_dragon_quest_x-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dragon Quest X, the newest sequel in the long-running RPG series, is going to be an online game. \u00a0Unlike it&#8217;s blockbuster older brother IX, which could be played online or single player, X will be all all online. \u00a0In fact, only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/2011\/09\/06\/you-can-play-a-few-hours-of-dragon-quest-x-offline\/\" target=\"_blank\">a few hours are available for single player play<\/a>. \u00a0Couple that with it&#8217;s platform, the Wii and the Wii U, and the future of this title&#8217;s success in America is looking quite unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Now, DQX will sell millions of copies in Japan. \u00a0They will shut down school, work, the government, and everything else so that they can gladly fork over the monthly fee to play this game. \u00a0There is no doubt in mind that it will be an epic hit and the biggest game of next year. \u00a0In America though, where Wii support has sagged and the 3DS has struggled, things may look quite different. \u00a0Online on the Wii isn&#8217;t exactly great, and online-only console games haven&#8217;t fared too well in America. \u00a0Outside of hardcore gamers, who is even going to play this game? \u00a0Not to mention that the game will be on the Wii and Wii U, guaranteeing that it won&#8217;t be as pretty as other recent games, and you&#8217;ve really got something that may backfire horridly.<\/p>\n<p>My biggest concern though, is that Dragon Quest will lose ground in America. \u00a0The series has really come on strong here since DQ XIII captivated gamers on the Playstation 2, with successful entries on the DS including the online-ready IX. \u00a0Plus, Dragon Quest has had strong stories in the past, and that is something you just don&#8217;t see in online games. \u00a0I know there won&#8217;t be a monthly fee in America, but I still don&#8217;t see this doing well.<\/p>\n<p>But then again, Final Fantasy XIII was horrible and it sold handsomely, so what do I know?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Quest X, the newest sequel in the long-running RPG series, is going to be an online game. \u00a0Unlike it&#8217;s blockbuster older brother IX, which could be played online or single player, X will be all all online. \u00a0In fact, only a few hours are available for single player play. \u00a0Couple that with it&#8217;s platform,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,3],"tags":[125,122,120,121,124,123],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-video-games","tag-dragon-quest-goddess","tag-dragon-quest-wii","tag-dragon-quest-x","tag-is-dragon-quest-x-single-player","tag-video-game-news","tag-wii-u"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>You Will Need the Internet to be Blessed by the Goddess in Dragon Quest X - Gaming For God<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gamingforgod\/2011\/09\/you-will-need-the-internet-to-be-blessed-by-the-goddess-in-dragon-quest-x.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You Will Need the Internet to be Blessed by the Goddess in Dragon Quest X - Gaming For God\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dragon Quest X, the newest sequel in the long-running RPG series, is going to be an online game. \u00a0Unlike it&#8217;s blockbuster older brother IX, which could be played online or single player, X will be all all online. \u00a0In fact, only a few hours are available for single player play. \u00a0Couple that with it&#8217;s platform,&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gamingforgod\/2011\/09\/you-will-need-the-internet-to-be-blessed-by-the-goddess-in-dragon-quest-x.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gaming For God\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-06T16:35:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gamingforgod\/files\/2011\/09\/500x_dragon_quest_x-300x153.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S. 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