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- Pukuripo are the tribe of Puku Land
- Pudin: A boy who lives in Pukulet, a small village in Puku Land
- Pudin is a scaredy cat, but he adores you
- Pirippo: A boy from Pukulet who apparently likes to bite things
- Navlette: Navelette is mayor of a town called Orphere and head of the town's circus
- Inspector Pakure: An officer who protects the peace in Orphere, but with the town being quite peaceful, he's not too busy
- latest screens also show off Cat Bat, Slime Tower, Gigantis and a job-specific quest for the minstrel job

- purchase a lot of land in one of the residential areas
- ask the property manager to help you build a house
- residential areas include a church, bazaar and a post office
- the area will expand as more people play
- purchase a house kit to make a house
- obtain furniture parts from around town and other lands
- experts in the town can help you craft your house layout
- explore to find "Small Medals"
- take these medals to the "Medal Owner" a person who collects medals and lives on his very own island
- he'll exchange precious items for your small medals

- do job-specific things like make items and take on particular quests
- use items you create
- sell items you create
- quests include daily offerings and more complex mini story events
- get a job by registering at the Guild House
- purchase recipes to create new items
- rarer recipes will have to be found in treasure chests and other secret locations
- item-making involves a mini-game
- rise in level as you create more items
- job-specific skills can be earned/used to more easily make valuable items
- King Bagudo: rules over the kingdom of Glenn, known as a hero, full of anger
- Eidos the Wise Man: serves as a guiding force as he sense changes in the world and sets out to stop the

The following information pertains to the characters you'll find in Ogleed, land of the Ogres. In particular, this focuses on the small village of Langao.

- Village King Klifgein (村王クリフゲーン): won the great fighting tournament many times in the past
- Jennya (ジェニャ): A girl that wanders about
- Maiyu (マイユ): Klifgein's daughter, and she's quite interested in you
- Harold (アロルド): a young ogre and the town's top warrior, he's involved with Maiyu in some way

- the five continents are connected by an "extreme long distance railroad"
- train will instantly transport you to your destination
- the Rula Stone remembers locations you've previously visited, allowing you to quickly transport there
- each stone can only remember one location
- each stone can be reprogrammed to a different location
- carry multiple stones at once
- variety of "mini stories," or quests in downloadable form
- some are specific to certain job types
- some are specific to certain continents
- Martial Artists' Quest: open a training book that you received from a youth and see a quest left behind by a legendary martial artist
- Warrior Quest: This mysterious quest is given to you buy a mysterious elder. You're asked to travel to a certain location.
- Monk Quest: This quest asks that you find a particular person. To complete the quest, you'll need to figue out the meaning of a mysterious poem.

- applicants who were selected for the first round of beta testing will be notified on January 31
- if you aren't included in the first round, you could still make it into later rounds
- applications are still being accepted

- when you play online, one character is the story leader
- game takes place within the story leader's story
- each continent contains different story paths

Eltona: The land of the elves is facing destruction because due to the inability to carry out a particularly important ceremony.

Ogleed: The king of a nation called Gartland is suffering from a mysterious illness.

Pukuland: The land of the Pukuripo, normally a bright and cheerful place, is suffering from a severe case of missing children. Does the mysterious Pukuripo who wears a top hat the size of his body have anything to do with the kidnapping?

- post release download quests
- currently working on quests for each job, race and continent

- Etone village worships the Turtle God
- people refer to you as the gift from the Turtle God
- you have a special power locked away inside
- Aba is in service to the Turtle God
- she will deliver his messages to the villagers
- the Turtle God releases a yellow light that leads you to a special Shrine
- the town also has a mysterious stone, which offers up hints about your humanity

- begin the game as a human living in Etene Village
- protagonist is a heaven-sent child with a special mission
- the village guardian Kame-sama is the one that details this
- he also says that the village is a nursing ground
- Kame-sama will take you to a mural showing the downfall of mankind
- this location also features statues of the five tribes
- this temple location is a connection between the two worlds

- start the game as a human in Etene Village
- main character is the middle child
- main character has a big brother, big sister, younger brother, and younger sister
- the main character is a troublemaker with a carefree kind of spirit
- both parents passed away when you were a kid

- Entertainers strive to amuse their peers through jokes and whimsical activities
- they know hand-to-hand combat, but can also cast healing, attack and utility spells
- Entertainers can use three kinds of weapons: Daggers, Fans and Staves
- they fight with elegance and grace
- can also learn spells like Evac, Crackle, Heal and Zing
- can use different attack skills for each weapon type
- learn Hustle Dance to heal your whole party
- characters can be moved freely on the battlefield
- area of effect spells and attacks can be avoided simply by walking out of their range
- when you start an attack, your character will automatically walk to the enemy and attack from a direction determined by your initial position
- this can be used to attract the attention of the monster away from other members of your party
- characters also have to deal with a 'weight' factor
- weight depends on body size and equipment worn
- high weight characters can push enemies around
- use the mailing system to send messages and items to friends on your friend list
- dedicated chat system uses a unique ID number shown to friends
- support characters belonging to friends will be labeled specially to make for easier picking when hiring support
- teams can include more than 200 characters
- talk to the ambassador in each capital to build up your teams
- the team leader gets to choose a team name, a slogan, and can create an emblem by assembling various parts
- the team emblem will be displayed on the shields of its members
- brother/sister characters will be customizable in their appearence

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- major cities in the game have "residential areas"
- purchase a lot of land in this area
- build your own home
- use a house kit to build your home
- house kits have different exteriors and sizes
- modify your kit with materials and by making parts
- place interior furniture wherever you want
- set up equipment for a workspace in your home as well
- choose if you want just friends in your house or anyone in the public
- Thief Job: uses daggers, whips and claws
- the Thief can also learn spells

- game begins in the small village of Etene
- story focuses on a pair of siblings who lost their parents when they were young
- they pair are troublemakers
- the village their in is quiet and separated from the rest of the world
- play as one of those two trouble making siblings
- character creation allows you to create both yourself and your sibling
- free to choose your gender
- human form at the start of the game
- battles happen in the village
- some village residents designed by character designer Akira Toriyama
- Aba is a maiden at the shrine that has a harsh tongue
- Shini looks after Aba
- Shini is normally calm and relaxed, but he can be relied upon when needed
- packaging for the final retail version of the game will have a drawing from Toriyama
- by the end of the year, Square Enix will hold the first drawing for beta testers
- winners will be notified in mid January
- beta test will begin in February
- additional beta testers will be added periodically

- new Artisan System for creating item
- register your character at a guild
- gather materials and recipes for making specific items
- example: learn a recipe for making a Bronze Knife
- register as a variety of different professions
- each has its own work place
- working involves a mini-game
- when making weapons you'll need to forge the weapon shape properly
- keep an eye on gauges while pounding the materials
- artisan job gives you access to special skills
- weapon smith special skill can aid in creating a better weapon
- you also have a level that gives different skills as it rises
- also shown: a wood worker making a wooden wand (used by mages and monks), a clothing specialist creating hats, clothes and accessories, and a "lamp alchemist."
- alchemists give new properties to current items
- find materials while out and about on your adventur
- purchase materials from a materials shop in town
- keep items you create, or sell them to play
- you can set your own price at the bazar
- mage class, along with skills for weapons like the dual handed staff, dagger and whip also shown

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- press a single button to bring up a window with a number of preset chat lines
- edit your own line as well
- attach a physical gesture to the line
- gestures are varied based on race and gender
- separate line lists for exploration and when out in battle
- set more battle-specific lines
- free text input via USB keyboard
- set who gets to see your text
- options as "all those in the area" and "just your party members"
- comments are stored in a log for future reference
- Monk job has low HP and attack strength, but is skilled with recovery magic
- Monks have three basic types: spears, clubs and sticks
- when you connect an attack with a stick, you suck up your foe's MP
- go to the branch office of Dharma's Shrine to change your character's job
- skills that you've learned (by distributing skill points to your weapons) carry over to the new job, although some are job specific
- character keeps his level in the previous job
- easily return back to the previous job to continue building the character up
- new monsters:

Temaneki Ring, a creature which releases fire balls from a ring on its finger
Summer Wolf, a creature that's good with sleep spells
Hotate Wallabe

- Returning monsters: Caterpillar (from DQIII), Gizmo (from DQIII) and Dasshuran (from DQVII)

- marital artist class can equip three kinds of weapons
- these weapons are claws, polearms, and fans
- both male and female characters can wield fans
- each weapon has its own set of special attacks
- martial artists also have fighting spirit skills like accumulate
- this can build up your tension
- new monster: Hell Catcher, whose body is fully covered with armor and holds two dragon horns as weapons
- new monster: Puppet Rope can tie characters up
- returning monsters: Hammerhood, Treeface, and Arch Demon

Dragon Quest X official BETA applications are now open, but you need to have a Japanese address to take advantage.