Dragon Quest X may have 'usage fees,' does have one screenshot

by JC Fletcher on Sep 5th 2011 11:30AM

In case you didn't stay up for the Dragon Quest X reveal event last night, you can get your first look at the online RPG for Wii (and eventually Wii U) in the single screenshot released by Square Enix so far. It appears to be some kind of lobby, with a bunch of player characters just cold lampin'.

Players will be able to create their own characters, within five races: dwarf, elf, ogre, "weddy" (blue, aquatic-looking creatures) and "pukuripo" (cute little robed creatures). Humans were also seen in the trailer, but there are no humans in this screenshot. That and the subtitle, roughly translated to "Awakening of the Five Tribes," suggest that humans won't be the focus.

A small news post at the Dragon Quest site, as discovered by Andriasang, includes "usage fee: TBA" among the specifications. Square Enix may, then, be planning to charge a monthly fee for the online play. Or it could still be in the process of deciding whether it's worth it to charge for an online Wii game -- something that's already an uphill battle, even for the vaunted Dragon Quest series.

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