Dragon Quest X Gets Japanese Release Date

Also available for : Wii

<LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/uni/IGNE_style.css" TYPE="text/css">It looks like Dragon Quest X: Waking of the Five Tribes Online will be hitting Japan sooner than expected. As reported by <a target="_blank" href="http://andriasang.com/con0tq/dqx_date/">Andriasang</a>, Square Enix announced the Wii version of the game will be released on August 2. This new title marks the first MMORPG entry in the series. A Wii U version is set to follow, though no new information is available at present.<br/><br/><img src="http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/119/1192545/dragon-quest-x-20110904103837638-000.jpg" /><br/><br/><br/>Dragon Quest X will sell for 6,980 yen (that's around $86), with a separate version that includes a USB flash drive going for 8,980 yen ($110). A flash drive of some sort is required to play the game, which comes with a 20-day free trial. Otherwise subscription costs range from 1,000 yen ($12) for 30 days to 1,950 yen ($24) for 60 days and 2,900 yen ($36) for 90 days. Both credit cards and Wii points can be used for subscription fees.<br/><br/><DIV CLASS="IGNE_divider"></DIV><br/><br/><i>Audrey Drake is an Associate Editor of IGN.com and a proud member of the IGN Nintendo team. She is also a lifelong gamer, a frequent banisher of evil and a wielder of various legendary blades. You can follow her zany exploits on her <b><a target="_blank" href="http://people.ign.com/Aminka">IGN blog</a></b> and <b><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/GameOnAminka">Twitter</a></b>. Game on!</i><br/><br/><br><br/><br/>&#169;2012-04-25, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved