Dragon Quest Heroes II's Opening Movie Is a Real Charmer

Heroic effort

by Robert Ramsey Mon 16th May 2016

If there's one thing that the Dragon Quest series has always had, it's bucketloads of charm - and there's plenty of that on show in Dragon Quest Heroes II's opening cutscene. Square Enix has put the movie online for us all to enjoy before the hack and slash title launches later this month in Japan, and we've embedded it below.

The CG scene shows off all of the game's known playable characters, and for what it's worth, we reckon that the whole thing's pretty well done. As regular readers will no doubt be aware of, though, we still don't have a Western release date for this action role-playing sequel. With any luck, we'll get one once the game's out in Japan.

Are you hoping that Dragon Quest Heroes II will make it overseas this year? Gather your ragtag group of warriors in the comments section below.

Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales — he's played 'em all. A little too much, some might say.

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rjejr
Mon 16th May 2016

Very nice. Never noticed how "Link" like that guy was until I saw him standing at that mountain.

So is this big enough to be a holiday title in the west, after FFXV Sept 30th, or is Feb/March more likely?

Does DQ Builders have a western release date yet? That already released in Jan in Japan. Maybe that will be a holiday game, could be marketed towards kids w/ the Minecraft look.

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ShogunRok
Mon 16th May 2016

@rjejr Definitely not big enough to be considered a "blockbuster" in the West, even if it launched in time for the holidays. That said, I could still see it coming overseas before the year's out. As for Builders, not entirely sure what's happening there. You'd think it would have been announced by now, unless Square's just waiting a time in order to announce all of them in one big Dragon Quest event. Who knows!

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Wazeddie22
Mon 16th May 2016

I really enjoyed the first one despite not being into dynasty warriors games.Does anyone know how well the first one did in sales?I only bought it really to encourage them to bring the new Dragon Quest rpg over when it's done but this second game looks amazing too and hopefully we will be getting this one over here soon

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rjejr
Mon 16th May 2016

@ShogunRok "Who knows!"

You, you're supposed to know. That's why people come here.

I think I need to read a book on the Squenix merger, Enix seems to take a huge back seat to Square. Did Square buy them out and fire everybody at Enix HQ or just have them all neutered?

OK, looks like 13 years ago Enix bought Square and took control. Guess a lot can happen in 13, b/c if I was a dev on SO5 watching my game barely get any attention while FFXV practically became it's own industry (and if it releases alongside a PS4K Neo launch it well be) I'd be greatly annoyed and saddened. At least the DQ devs have undying Japanese fan support.