Xbox has been welcoming the Dragon Quest series with open arms recently, with both Dragon Quest XI and Dragon Quest Builders 2 not only coming to Xbox, but also Game Pass on day one. With the 35th anniversary stream arriving on May 27, series creator Yuji Horii has hinted towards a pretty big announcement.
In a recently translated Tweet, Horii began ramping up excitement levels for the upcoming stream, stating not only will the team "have plenty to announce", but they will have more on "that game". As expected, fans are hoping news of Dragon Quest XII arrives, although it's worth noting that it could also be related to Dragon Quest: The Adventure Of Dai: Infinity Strash, a console adaptation of the ongoing anime series.
Despite only releasing on Xbox back in December, Dragon Quest XI actually launched back in 2017 for Japan, with a worldwide release on PlayStation in 2018. With the growing relationship between Microsoft and Square Enix, we're hoping future instalments release simultaneously on Xbox, despite the console failing to capture an audience in Japan.
With an English interpretation of the stream later this week, we're also hopeful that it signals a simultaneous worldwide release. Dragon Quest XI proved that an audience for the game exists across the seas, and with other Japanese franchises such as Yakuza also showing there's a place for them outside of Japan, we'd be happy to see the gap between instalments arriving in western territories being shortened.
Are you excited for the Dragon Quest stream this week? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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TFW you open an Xbox site and get Dragon Quest news...
@NEStalgia yea true.
Although I think it’s just us Did you forget to send out the invites?
I would be surprised if XII came to Xbox before making it to PS, but it happened with Octopath so I guess you never know.
@mousieone I just had Tetsuya Nomura send them out. You should expect 70% of them in about 10 years. Another 20% of them a year later. 8% more another year later. The last 2% he promised to send out 3 years after that, but he'll probably just bin them.
@IronMan30 They'll announce it on Nintendo New Console Concept first, but will release it on Apple Arcade 2 years prior, then sell the Nintendo Jump and PlayTM version on Playstation and Xbox at full price.
@IronMan30 I doubt it will be any platform first m. Heck, I’m be very surprised if their wasn’t a Nintendo version. BTW 2D DQ still sells well in Japan.
@NEStalgia why did you pick him ? You might as well have just considered not sending them at all. All well, maybe you can get Yoko Taro to scare him into sending it out?
@mousieone He'll just ask Kamiya to flame people on Twitter instead.
This upcoming anniversary would be a great opportunity to release a Dragon Quest Collection with all the 2D games in one bundle. 🤩
@NEStalgia lol, that's how it's going to happen.
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