Director Of Dragon Quest Builders Series Leaves Square Enix

Noooo.... !!
Dragon Quest Builders 3 will Not exist in the future.

Probably will go to Sony.

@Anti-Matter It could change director, it's not like Hironobu Sakaguchi's still directing the Final Fantasy games for example.

@Anti-Matter only if 2 sells poorly.

love both Trauma Center and Etrian, had no clue the DQ Builders director had a hand in them.

Well pitty they don't have Steam release. They would have a lot more sales

@Anti-Matter Not with that attitude it won't!

@Anti-Matter

Him leaving not going to effect future games, poor sales will, been many games were this has happened and most weren't effected.

@kopaka

The way Microsoft are throwing money around for developers etc, would say they would be more likely

@Liam_Doolan
"In saying this, there's no guarantee there'll be additional updates and DLC for the second game."
Why should it depend on a single person whether there will or there won't be additional content?
As mentioned in a comment above, sales numbers will give a much bigger impact on this.
Don't you think so?

@Low Same here, I'm surprised and impressed. Three very different kinds of games and all of them were great. Trauma Center was one of my first great DS jams.

I can't wait to see what he does next. I hope it's on Switch.

@Ambermoon On the other hand, I don't think DQB1 had any DLC, did it?

@JasmineDragon
I don't know, to be honest, but I'm not interested in these games, so this is not so important to me.

It's more the statement itself, I think it's not so well worded.
It's up to SE whether or not DLC for this game will happen, not the decision/the presence of Mr. Niinou himself. SE has announced four DLCs for this game to be released, so they have a plan for its life span, independend of Niinou directing it.
Maybe they will release more than these four if the success and demand is big enough, maybe instead they take over new ideas to a possible third DQ Builders game.
In the end it's plain and simple an economic decision.

Well that’s too bad. But it seems like he makes great games no matter what company he’s working for. Maybe he left Square Enix because Nintendo picked him up

Just watch Niinou joins Nintendo just like other developers from major game studios.

Never played the other games mentioned but I love Dragon Quest Builders 2 and Final Fantasy 14 ARR. Hopefully he is able to find a development team in which he can continue to shine

I’m always happy to see people do what is best for them for work life balance but I am a little bummed. I really enjoyed both games and was hoping this would continue to be a spin-off ( I know the series isn’t moth balled but there is always a change in tone/direction when you get staff changes like this. ) series. I wish him well and hope that squeenix keeps builders alive.

@JasmineDragon I’m under the impression that the Switch version of the game already had dlc included, with it being sold separately on other systems.

That’s ok, Builders 3 needs some fresh ideas. 2 was a nice refinement, but really felt like more of the same despite all of the QOL improvements. I played straight through the first one, but got tired of the second one after the 2nd major island. Completed a bit more stuff, but haven’t had enough interest to go back and finish it yet.

I love Etrian Odyssey and Dragon Quest Builders; had no idea this guy was responsible for both. I will definitely be interested to see what he does next.

@Joekun honestly I feel like Builders 3 might exactly be that. And not just because it'll most likely be based on Dragon Quest 3, but perhaps even -because- of it if my hunches about potrntial late-game/post-game dialogue in Builders 2 prove right.

In particular due to a lot of similar dialogue that was present in the end and even post-game Terra Incognita of Builders 1 which all really helped predict some key points of Builders 2 before it even released.

And if Builders 2' content was already "Easter egg teased" by Builders 1 like that, i'm fairly certain Builders 2 has thus already similarly teased some key points of Builders 3 thus.

If you want me I can share my hunches(as well as the ways Builders 1 predicted Builders 2, for references)

@ReaperExTenebris I dunno if it'll ever hit PC as that would depend how well the Phyre engine it uses plays with a PC environment. This said their collaboration with Omega Force(who also worked on the DQ Heroes spin offs -also- available on PC) might help them get a lead-up on that should they ever decide to.

I mean with something like Trials of Mana getting made, it could be argued this is very much not anymore than the same Square Enix of 2014 that was being exclusively everything on Final Fantasy XV and considered other franchises barely worth their time especially for western localization.

Whereas the Trials of Mana team already stated one of their goal is to create an even better localization than that of the team the unofficial ROM translation of Secret of Mana 2 whose work they even commended in that statement.

So while I thought DQ Builders unlikely to appear on PC.... perhaps it just might someday even if not right away.

Why did my comment get deleted? I did nothing inflammatory.

@kopaka I'm with you. Money talks. So far, it would appear the game is selling well. A few weeks ago the official Twitter account for DQB2 said the game was over 1.1 million copies but I'm not sure if that is digital and physical. If the game can get up around 2 million in sales I bet a 3rd will be considered.

No DLC for DQB 2 means that DQB 3 is happening.

DQB 2 has such a cool plot arc. I hope the director's next project is a huge success.

@Ludovsky interesting. I’m good though, I will go back and complete it eventually. Just side tracked at the moment. Very cool.

Yes dragon quest builders 2 was onto something. I believe with some work on some game mechanics and a lot more life in the NPCs. Also events would be awesome. Oh and full multiplayer for the whole game would be nice but not a deal breaker