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Where Square Enix has gone the Japanese gaming industry has followed, so the company's current direction is telling. The Final Fantasy series is the company's technical flagship, always representing the cutting edge of graphics and presentation; Dragon Quest, on the other hand, is the steady money-maker, bringing comfortably familiar gameplay to the largest audience possible. For the first time ever, these sibling series are turning to different venues to achieve their respective goals: DQIX to DS and Final Fantasy XIII to PlayStation 3. If nothing else, it means that portable systems are slowly being recognized as a serious venue for original content... and that the DS's already impressive Japanese sales are about to become even more mind-blowing.