Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies for Nintendo DS Reviews by Gamers

While Dragon Quest IX does not necessarily pioneer any new terrritories in the RPG field, all of the staples of the genre converge to make an addicting and thoroughly enjoyable experience. You create a character right off the bat, and start off as a sort of guardian angel who watches over a small village. In the interest of keeping this as spoiler free as possible, I'll reveal nothing more than that you fall from your "celestrian" status to the world of the mortals and have to embark on a quest to regain your position in the heavens. After a few quests where you help people out with some menial tasks, you move to a larger town where you can assemble your party. All of the characters you create (you can have up to four in your party at any given time) follow the same guidelines as the main character, and their abilities and levelling are based on their respective classes. One thing I did find annoying was that not even half of the classes are available at first, and by the time you gain access to other classes (or to change the class of characters in your current party) you will have already invested a considerable amount of time getting to your current levels.
Combat is turn-based, but you CAN see every monster on the map, so there won't be any unexpected battles(except when you're in the boat)and the N64-era graphics aren't groundbreaking, aside from the lush cartoon animations of sparse cutscenes. There is also no real protagonist to lead any sort of narrative, and your party's interactions with the denizens of the world are carried out by a spunky fairy that emerges from your pocket whenever necessary. However, I found myself becoming strangely attached to the four little polygonal characters I had created, and would sometimes obsess over tracking down an ingredient to alchemise with another ingredient to make a stave for my martial artist or some boots for my warrior. All of the weapons and armor show up on your characters too.

Man i was seeing so many times the commercial of this game and right off the bat i thought it was gonna be a great game and i was right. I never played any Dragon quest games and with this game it made me want to get the other dragon quest games. I love the graphics and the gameplay of this game. If you never played any dragon quest games like me, have no worries because this game is the perfect game to start with!