Ah, Dragon Quest X. Originally an MMO for the Nintendo Wii (eye-opening, in hindsight), the game never made it west despite years and years of rumours and 'insider' whispers. However, in 2021, Square Enix announced Dragon Quest X Offline — a reimagined, entirely offline version of the game, as the name suggests. It released in Japan last year, and western fans have always been left wondering whether it will eventually be localised.
Well, without getting too excited, there's a chance that it could happen. As spotted (and well explained) by Gematsu, new trailers for Dragon Quest X Offline have been uploaded by Square Enix Asia, confirming that the title will launch in early 2024 for PS5, PS4, and PC in regions like China and Korea.
Now, here's the thing. These fresh trailers don't list the Nintendo Switch as a platform, which maybe suggests that Nintendo is handling the game's publishing outside of Japan — something that the company has done in the past. This could mean that a larger Dragon Quest X Offline release is planned — and Square Enix is just waiting to officially announce it.
It's all very speculative — as Gematsu says — but again, there's a chance that there's actually something to this. Square Enix has previously stated that it wants Dragon Quest to be a global brand moving forward — Dragon Quest XII, for example, will be getting a worldwide release — and so the apparent dismissal of Dragon Quest X Offline has always seemed strange.
Would you like to see Dragon Quest X finally come west, albeit in its offline form? Gather your party for another grand adventure in the comments section below.
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The more Dragon Quest we get in the west, the better. If it releases in the US, I will definitely buy it.
Wait, it wasn't already planned for western release? For some reason I assumed it was since the announcement of DQX offline.
I miss my MMO days, but I can't stand playing online anymore, so this is the perfect game for me
Hopefully they continue to bring other older ones forward. Would love 8 and other ps2 classics
It could be a case of being announced for Switch 2 when the system is revealed. There's been other questionable Switch omissions recently like Persona 3 Reload.
Call me bitter but frustrating this got released in the east years ago and even years later with this version it's still uncertain if the west is getting it even though there is a market in the west for DQ games.
More Dragon Quest is always welcome, quite looking forward to the new Monsters game in December and recently bought 7 for the 3DS. Completed Heroes 2, Treasures and Adventure of Dai this year already so I'm kinda hooked on Dragon Quest right now. Quite possibly overtook FF as my favourite Japanese RPG series.
Hoping there's a PS5 physical version, not just a Switch one.
@Loamy You're a 100% correct. Completely off-topic.
I could see a reality where they announce some updates on DQ12 with DQ10 to keep us busy until then, but really I don't see more than a 10% chance of this coming to the west at all.
@Grumblevolcano Not really. Nintendo systems are not the primary systems Persona releases on. It's usually Playstation and ports to others later on.
Persona 3 reload may end up coming out on switch still. Just not yet.
Now as for DQX, i can see Nintendo publishing it to bolster the switch schedule as they focus development on their next system.
Please let it be so!
@Nem The events of 2022 and 2023 make it rather clear that Persona's fate has changed. It used to be a Playstation franchise with the odd spinoff coming to Nintendo systems but now it's very much a fully multiplatform franchise which also comes day 1 to Game Pass.
I kinda hope not for a very personal reason. I quite literally bought the Japanese version just a few days ago so this would be mildly irritating if true. I would also be excited to be able to actually read it in English of course but bitter that I would have to buy it for a second time 😅
@Loamy Eh, while PS has been much better regarding their journalism than most (stay away from Gamespot, Kotaku, VG247) they still often misrepresent gaming and spread misinformation. It isn't as often as the bigger sites do, but they do get a lot of factual information incorrect and have been known to ban those who correct them. Nobody is perfect, I get that, but simple facts should never be misrepresented when they're so easily researched, and anyone correcting them to better the community (who is 85% of the time incorrect by themselves) is reprimanded is shameful.
I do enjoy most of what PS puts out at least, and can tell they are gamers in some capacity unlike the writers for other sites.
They are probably waiting to see where the switch 2 lands first. No reason to skip Nintendo.
Now we need a Final Fantasy XI Offline 🤩
@Grumblevolcano Well.. yeah it comes to Xbox cause it's easy to port. But, it's very much still a Playstation IP.
Atlus is in no rush to release it on Nintendo and JRPG's don't sell on Xbox even if Microsoft pays for these silly deals. Actually, that deal might be why they have it at launch at all.
That would be lovely! But really, I think we're all waiting for an HD port of Dragon Quest 8.
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