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Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume both received release dates for the United States: February 17th for Dragon Quest and March 17th for Valkyrie Profile, both in 2009.

Dragon Quest V is a DS remake of a SNES game that was previously remade for the Playstation 2. It chronicles the story of a nameless hero journeying to rid the world of an evil demon's influence while searching for the truth behind his heritage and finding love in the process. Covenant of the Plume is the third game in the cult hit Valkyrie Profile series made by longtime Enix collaborator Tri-Ace. The story is of a young warrior whose father died in battle and was subsequently taken by Lenneth (the protagonist of of the first Valkyrie Profile) to be one of Odin's Einherjar. The son strikes a deal with the queen of the damned, determined to exact revenge upon Lenneth.

Both of these games will give DS-owning American fans of Square-Enix something to spend their hard-earned money on before spring begins.

Source: Kotaku

This post has been edited by laszlow on 11th November 2008 20:18

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The Valkyrie Profile game sounds interesting. I love the first game, with the second being slightly worse. I'm wondering if they will lean more towards returning to the original combat system, the second, or go for something different this time around.

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I just got word that with regards to Dragon Quest V, there's a sweepstakes going on now; the prize pack appears to include some Slime toys and a copy of the game signed by the lead designer.

Details at the official website: http://na.square-enix.com/dq5/

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If by "lead designer" you mean "Yuuji Horii," then sign me up. Maybe my favorite game writer of all time.

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