If you're familiar with Dragon Quest, one other name you've likely heard before is Yuji Horri - the creator of the famous and long-running Japanese RPG series that's been active for more than 35 years now.
He's reached a point in his career where he's now receiving lifetime awards for his contributions to the video game industry, and the latest one comes from the 22nd annual Game Developers Choice Awards. This lifetime achievement award recognises his career and achievements, and acknowledges how he's made an "indelible impact" on the craft of game development and the industry as a whole (GDC via Gematsu).
In his acceptance speech, Horri mentioned how the team is currently working on the latest mainline entry in the series and teased that there would be more announcements "soon". You can read the translation of his entire speech over on Gematsu:
“To me, Dragon Quest was like a manga, with the story unfolding through short conversations. It was like a manga that you could play on your computer. My team and I are currently working on the latest installment to the series, Dragon Quest XII, as well as a lot of other titles. I hope that everyone around the world enjoys them as much as you did Dragon Quest XI. We’ll have some more announcements for you soon!”
If you've not given the Dragon Quest series a go, there's plenty to choose from on the Nintendo Switch - including the most recent entry, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age. The new mainline entry was announced by Yuji Horii and his team last May.
- Further reading - Dragon Quest XII: The Flames Of Fate Officially Announced
[source gematsu.com]
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Dragon Quest Builders 3, please.
Dragon Quest monsters?
Dragon Quest X localization / EN servers for online play I hope lol
More Dragon Quest announcements?! We had so many last time! I like the look of everything they showed before, but we could use some release dates for DQIII HD and I’d like to see more of Dragon Quest Treasures, which looks like Erik and the Forgotten Land.
Dragon Quest builders 3 would be great. the second entry was such a big improvement over the first title.
But I still felt like there was loads of potential for even more improvements to the gameplay. Especially to the end game.
I love how the games identifies your creations mabes on criteria met. I think they could take that furter.
Maybe even recognizing a village once you meet certain criteria (Maybe number of buildings + special buildings) and then would let you name your villages. Maybe even be able to make cities eventually. Perhaps establishing trade routes between them.
That's something I really would enjoy
i am so excited for more dragon quest. dq viii on ps2 was a childhood favourite so i've had the immense pleasure of growing up with that game and discovering all the ds re-releases and now this second wind of worldwide popularity with dq xi. what a wonderful time to love those games!
Fair play and well done. Love the series. One of my favs in gaming.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!! Dragon Quest Builders 3! Part 2 is one of my top 10 games EVER.....I enjoy this series SO very much, and have been SUPER patient!! LOL #DQB3
Still waiting on the Dai no Daibouken games. I would love to see either a collection or a new rocket slime game. So sad that series died on 3ds. Still hoping the first six games get the 2D-HD treatment. I also hope for the new one they let you pick the protag. Other than that I’m patiently awaiting the release of X offline.
If I was stranded on a desert island (one with a magical source of electricity, of course) the one game I'd want with me is DQ11S. For me it's the GOAT.
And yeah: DQ Builders 3 would be wonderful. Though it's hard to see how DQB2 could be improved.
Horii, along with the other two titans Sugiyama and Toriyama all share in this award I feel.
And sadly, with the passing of Sugiyama, I'm concerned a bit of that magic will be absent from DQ12. However, not a single mainline DQ has yet to let me down, so I am extremely excited for the future.
Well deserved. We should be getting some dq3 remake news soon. And dq12 news would be nice.
Can't believe I waited so long to finally give this series a shot, I loved DQ 11. Looking forward to more.
I wish they would just remake DQ1-7 again for Switch but this time in HD 2D and then give us remastered version of DQ8-DQX.
I have not continued on with Dragon Quest after very much enjoying the first one on the NES. I'm sure he deserves the honor, but I'm more gratified that my kid little nerd pastime has expanded to have awards shows that help peers recognize each other and push each other, and lifetime achievement awards. Been amazing to watch it grow.
4-5-6 Switch is what I've been craving
@Krull I think the announcements will be more of release dates (windows, probably year, season or quarter) for stuff like DQ3 HD-2D remake, a cinematic teaser of DQ 12, info about DQ 10 regarding it getting localized (big IF, doubt it'll happen) and dates for anything else that was announced last year.
They may make mention of something new like a new DQ Builders or something like that, but it'll be smaller stuff (that I won't be buying) if there's anything outside of my mentions above.
@Ryu_Niiyama They are also remaking DQ 1& 2 in the HD-2D style, sometime after DQ3 HD-2D remake. This is known. I'm guessing if sales and reception are good for 3 (and the first two), we will probably get 4 - 6 in the future.
@GenXGamer there has been no announcement of 1-2 being done in HD2D so I will wait on Squeenix to confirm.
@Ryu_Niiyama
During the live stream at last year's 35th anniversary, it was said that there was an intention of doing 1 & 2 in HD-2D. Not until after 3 though and see how it's sales are. But I have no doubt it'll happen. You can wait and see for an official announcement of course, it's safer to do that. When they do announce it though (they will), remember my comment. I have been analyzing the industry for 35 years and have some insider information, although I'm not saying the where and who, here. I'm very rarely wrong with predictions and my sources are reliable.
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