Dragon Quest IX Launch Seen Though Bemused, Hungover Eyes

Humberto Saabedra

Noted writer Tim Rogers of ActionButton.net has contributed a feature to Kotaku detailing the recent launch of Dragon Quest IX for the DS in Japan, which began at 12AM CST.

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Within the feature, he deftly uses text and video to describe the shift in Japanese video game culture from a group that would collectively wait in line with bated breath for every installment of the franchise, to the progressing decline of the line culture into one of convenience with the rise of pre-orders seen through the eyes of someone who’s seen and lived it all while nursing a bad voice and hangover.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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