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|designer = [[Yūji Horii]]<br />[[Akihiro Hino]]

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'''''Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies''''' (''Hoshizora no Mamoribito'', ''ドラゴンクエストIX 星空の守り人'') is the ninth installment of the main [[Dragon Quest]] series, and the first to be initially released on a handheld console. The game was released on July 11, 2009 in Japan. It will be released in July 2010 in both North America and Europe.

==Plot==

Dragon Quest IX begins in a kingdom where angels, including the [[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|Hero]], reside. The [[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|Hero]] begins as a guardian angel who has just undertaken protection of a human village. These angels have been trying for some time to move into the God's Land. However, before they can leave, they require a fruit called the Goddess fruit. The fruit is very rare and the "World Tree" it grows on must be empowered with "Star Auras, which are obtained by helping people in the mortal world."

By helping and protecting his town and earning their thanks, the Hero obtains enough Star Auras for the World Tree to produce the Goddess Fruit. Just as the celestial train that will take the angels to the kingdom of God arrives, the kingdom of angels is attacked from below by a mysterious and powerful force. The force scatters the assembled angels and knocks the Goddess Fruit, the celestial train, and the Hero down to the mortal world.

The Hero awakens without wings or a halo and finds he has been rescued from the base of the waterfall in the town he formerly protected. As he comes to he learns a little about his fall and the great earthquake that happened at the same time. Having lost most of his angel's powers, but not his memory or the ability to see deceased and magical spirits, he travels about trying to find a way back to the kingdom of angels. During an adventure to reconnect his village to the nearby castle after landslides caused by the great earthquake, the Hero finds the broken down celestial train and its faerie driver, [[Sandy]]. Sandy promises to help the Hero return to the kingdom of angels if he can prove he is one.

By helping humans, the Hero gathers Star Auras though he can no longer see them. His ability to aid and protect the humans convinces [[Sandy]] who, restoring power to the celestial train with the Star Auras, helps the Hero return to the kingdom of angels. Upon his return, the Hero discovers that the Goddess Fruit has also fallen to the human world and that many angels have been dispatched to find them, though no one has yet returned. His prayers to become an angel again are unanswered but a vision is presented to the Hero as he stands before the World Tree. Taking the vision as a sign, the Hero is charged with returning to the human world to help collect the Goddess Fruit.

As the [[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|Hero]] travels the human world in search of the Goddess Fruit he finds that the fruit have the ability to grant those who eat it any wish. Unfortunately, the wishes are not always fulfilled in the way they were expected and those who eat the fruit succumb to strange and demented ways. It is the hero's mission to travel from land to land, finding and battling those possessed by the Goddess Fruit's power. As he defeats their twisted form, the Hero sets the possessed free and regains the Goddess Fruit one by one.

==Gameplay==

Dragon Quest IX continues the Dragon Quest tradition of turn-based combat, but is much harder than its previous titles. The game allows players to have a cooperative wireless multiplayer experience with up to four players.

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 '''''Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies''''' (''Hoshizora no Mamoribito'', ''ドラゴンクエストIX 星空の守り人'') is the ninth installment of the main [[Dragon Quest]] series, and the first to be initially released on a handheld console. The game was released on July 11, 2009 in Japan.  It will be released in July 2010 in both North America and Europe.
+==Plot==
+Dragon Quest IX begins in a kingdom where angels, including the [[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|Hero]], reside. The [[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|Hero]] begins as a guardian angel who has just undertaken protection of a human village. These angels have been trying for some time to move into the God's Land. However, before they can leave, they require a fruit called the Goddess fruit. The fruit is very rare and the "World Tree" it grows on must be empowered with "Star Auras, which are obtained by helping people in the mortal world."
+By helping and protecting his town and earning their thanks, the Hero obtains enough Star Auras for the World Tree to produce the Goddess Fruit. Just as the celestial train that will take the angels to the kingdom of God arrives, the kingdom of angels is attacked from below by a mysterious and powerful force. The force scatters the assembled angels and knocks the Goddess Fruit, the celestial train, and the Hero down to the mortal world.
+The Hero awakens without wings or a halo and finds he has been rescued from the base of the waterfall in the town he formerly protected. As he comes to he learns a little about his fall and the great earthquake that happened at the same time. Having lost most of his angel's powers, but not his memory or the ability to see deceased and magical spirits, he travels about trying to find a way back to the kingdom of angels. During an adventure to reconnect his village to the nearby castle after landslides caused by the great earthquake, the Hero finds the broken down celestial train and its faerie driver, [[Sandy]]. Sandy promises to help the Hero return to the kingdom of angels if he can prove he is one.
+By helping humans, the Hero gathers Star Auras though he can no longer see them. His ability to aid and protect the humans convinces [[Sandy]] who, restoring power to the celestial train with the Star Auras, helps the Hero return to the kingdom of angels. Upon his return, the Hero discovers that the Goddess Fruit has also fallen to the human world and that many angels have been dispatched to find them, though no one has yet returned. His prayers to become an angel again are unanswered but a vision is presented to the Hero as he stands before the World Tree. Taking the vision as a sign, the Hero is charged with returning to the human world to help collect the Goddess Fruit.
+As the [[Hero (Dragon Quest IX)|Hero]] travels the human world in search of the Goddess Fruit he finds that the fruit have the ability to grant those who eat it any wish. Unfortunately, the wishes are not always fulfilled in the way they were expected and those who eat the fruit succumb to strange and demented ways. It is the hero's mission to travel from land to land, finding and battling those possessed by the Goddess Fruit's power. As he defeats their twisted form, the Hero sets the possessed free and regains the Goddess Fruit one by one.
 ==Gameplay==
 Dragon Quest IX continues the Dragon Quest tradition of turn-based combat, but is much harder than its previous titles. The game allows players to have a cooperative wireless multiplayer experience with up to four players.