We're now three years on from the announcement of Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate, and we still haven't seen anything of the game beyond its logo. There were whispers that the anticipated RPG would finally surface for this year's Dragon Quest Day — the 27th May — but it ain't happening. Instead, all we've got is a very brief update from series creator Yuji Horii.
"There has been some worry about Dragon Quest 12", he writes (as translated by Gematsu), "but I was actually in a meeting [about it] until just a bit ago".
Horii continues: "While I can’t share any details yet, I want it to be something worthy of the posthumous work of the two [Akira Toriyama and Koichi Sugiyama] who passed away. I’ll do my best!"
Akira Toriyama — the master author and artist behind Dragon Ball and others — tragically passed away earlier this year. For decades, he had provided character and monster designs for the Dragon Quest games — but we don't yet know the details about his involvement in Dragon Quest 12.
Meanwhile, Sugiyama was the franchise's chief music composer, but he passed away in 2021. As alluded, making sure that Dragon Quest 12 lives up to expectations will mean a lot to Horii and his team.
Still, we're left wondering when Dragon Quest 12 will finally appear. It's worth mentioning that veteran producer Yu Miyake was quite recently repositioned at Square Enix, but no one outside of the company will know whether that change has had any discernible impact on the development of Dragon Quest 12.
When do you think we'll finally see Dragon Quest 12? Set your sword aflame in the comments section below.
[source x.com, via gematsu.com]
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Just take your time. If it's anywhere close to XI it will be a masterpiece for me anyway. Maybe before 2030 would be nice, haha
This practice of announcing games too early really needs to stop. Especially when it's just a logo announcement. Metroid Prime 4 being another example of this. And that one has been 7 years since it was announced with a logo!
@McBurn My thoughts exactly!
Well, given Square Enix business strategy lately, I'd expect news on DQ to come after KH4 releases.
It's been a while since it's announcement on the 35th anniversary. But take your time, UE5, darker tone I am still hyped! I assume they wanna release it on the Switch 2 as well.
I can wait aslong as they make it as good as possible, I never expected them to release 12 so fast after 11, I mean over the last 20 years we've only had two home console dragon quest games. Talking of which, I hope they plan on remastering DQ8 for the PS5.
all good things eventually come to an end. it was time for a change anyways so we'll see what the future brings. dqxi was good closure for the entire franchise in my opinion, so if the new entries become unrecognizable, i'm good.
Take your time playas.im still enjoying the incredible dragon quest 11 definitive edition.word up son
@Steel76 I'm not sure Dragon Quest 12 needed announcing, either way. I suspected it was a forgone conclusion for most. That it would never be made, would have been more announcement worthy.
I’d rather wait for them to make a good game than badger them to get it out sooner. Let them cook
How about they release DQ10 offline in the west to keep us busy whilst we wait.
@RenanKJ
I think we'll see DQXII way before KHIV, I'm almost certain XII will be their next big tentpole release
Standard operating procedure for S-E, at least for big franchises like FF/KH/DQ. Get the hype train rolling and then no updates because the game was maybe 5% complete when they revealed it. It's pretty dumb, but they are never ever going to stop doing it.
Why does everything need its own day?
How about 'Shut Your Trap & Don't Say Anything Until You Have Something To Show Day'? We could make that everyday!
I'm worried for it. XI was so incredible, like the most complete realization of the classic jrpg. Not sure how it can be improved.
@Ichiban how about Taco Tuesday is an actual holiday every Tuesday?
If it's any good like eleven was I'm there day one I've played through dq11 3 times and it's amazing 👏 ✨️
@Steel76 we'll see on the turn based, I hope so too, but Square have track record of going off course with their core game aspects with FF...
@MARl0 the problem is that leaks are all too common nowadays. Would it be better if an "insider" reported on its development?
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