{"id":31499,"date":"2024-05-27T19:01:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=31499"},"modified":"2024-05-27T19:13:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T10:13:50","slug":"dragon-quest-series-creator-reassures-fans-that-dragon-quest-12-is-still-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-quest-series-creator-reassures-fans-that-dragon-quest-12-is-still-in-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Quest series creator reassures fans that Dragon Quest 12 is still in development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the Dragon Quest series\u2019 38<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, creator Yuji Horii took to X talk about the upcoming <strong>Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate<\/strong>. Not only did he quell fans\u2019 worries about the game\u2019s development status, but he also revealed that the latest entry in the beloved RPG series will be a suitable send-off for its two longtime collaborators who passed away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u7686\u3055\u3093\u3001\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u304a\u3081\u3067\u3068\u3046\u3092\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3001\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5fc3\u914d\u3092\u304b\u3051\u3066\u3044\u308b\u30c9\u30e9\u30af\u30a812\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u5b9f\u306f\u3055\u3063\u304d\u307e\u3067\u3001\u305d\u306e\u6253\u3061\u5408\u308f\u305b\u3092\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u307e\u3060\u8a73\u3057\u304f\u306f\u8a00\u3048\u307e\u305b\u3093\u304c\u3001\u4ea1\u304f\u306a\u3063\u305f\u304a\u4e8c\u4eba\u306e\u907a\u4f5c\u306b\u76f8\u5fdc\u3057\u3044\u3082\u306e\u3092\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u9811\u5f35\u308b\u305e\u304a\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QuVk0PCvNs\">https:\/\/t.co\/QuVk0PCvNs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5800\u4e95\u96c4\u4e8c (@YujiHorii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YujiHorii\/status\/1794984625107832939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Translation &#8211; Yuji Horii\u2019s post:<\/strong><em> Everyone, thank you very much for all your congratulatory messages. Dragon Quest 12\u2019s status has been causing you a lot of worry, but actually, I just had a meeting about it. I cannot reveal the details yet, but we want to create a game that is worthy of the final contributions of the two people who passed away. I\u2019m doing my best!\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<br><strong><em>Dragon Quest PR account\u2019s post: <\/em><\/strong><em>Dragon Quest 1 was released 38 years ago today. Today (May 27) is also known as Dragon Quest Day. Dragon Quest 1 is the title that made the RPG genre popular in Japan. In the game, a hero from the Erdrick bloodline sets out on an adventure to defeat the Dragonlord who stole the &#8220;Ball of Light&#8221; and save the world.<\/em>\u00a0<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Replying to the official Dragon Quest PR account\u2019s message marking the series\u2019 May 27 birthday, Horii confirmed that Dragon Quest 12 is still being made. The \u201ctwo people who passed away\u201d are of course Dragon Quest character designer Akira Toriyama and soundtrack composer Koichi Sugiyama, who have both worked on every single entry in series to date. Known for the manga Dragon Ball, Toriyama also brought his distinctive style to characters and enemy monsters in Dragon Quest and other video games <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-dies-at-68\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">until his death in March 2024<\/a> at the age of 68. This included Slime- the tear-drop shaped monster that is the series\u2019 mascot.\u00a0Sugiyama, who was instrumental in creating the games\u2019 iconic soundtracks, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211007-3661\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">died aged 90 in 2021<\/a>. He was the first composer to record music for a video game with a live orchestra, lending the RPG series a grand and epic atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work of both men will be featured in the upcoming Dragon Quest 12. Recent events have caused Dragon Quest fans to worry about the upcoming title\u2019s fate. Dragon Quest 12 was first announced in May 2021, however <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enixs-stocks-plummet-following-announcement-of-70-profit-drop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Square Enix\u2019s recent financial losses<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enix-cancelled-games-mostly-slated-for-release-in-march-2027-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new business plan<\/a> have led to concerns that the game would be cancelled. In his message above, Yuji Horii states that work on the title is still going ahead and seems determined to make a game that will honor the legacy of the two men responsible for Dragon Quest\u2019s iconic art style and music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuji Horii confirms that Dragon Quest 12 is still in development and will live up to Akira Toriyama and Koichi Sugiyama&#8217;s final contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":31513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-31499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dragon Quest series creator reassures fans that Dragon Quest 12 is still in development - 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