JRPG legend Yuji Horii hopes Dragon Quest 12 will be a fitting posthumous work for two beloved developers who passed away
May. 28, 2024But there’s still not much news to share on the game itself
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Dragon Quest’s creator hopes the upcoming Dragon Quest 12 will hopefully be a fitting posthumous work for two developers who passed away during development.
Yuji Horii has delivered an update on the upcoming Dragon Quest 12, revealing he’d just been in a meeting about the forthcoming RPG. Horii reveals he can’t say too much right now, but he hopes that Dragon Quest 12 will be a fitting tribute to two developers who passed away while the game was still in production.
It’s widely assumed that one of the developers Horii is referring to here is legendary manga artist Akira Toriyama, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 68. It’s never been confirmed that Toriyama was actually working on Dragon Quest 12 before he passed away, but it’s been widely assumed since the Dragon Ball artist has worked on every numbered entry in the RPG series so far.
Last month, in April,a report claimed Square Enix was shaking up the Dragon Quest seriesby removing one key, long-time producer, and potentially replacing them with a veteran Nier producer. This was allegedly due in part to Dragon Quest 12, which has been delayed several times internally, and while the RPG apparently remains far off,Dragon Quest 3’s gorgeous HD remake was shown offon the series' anniversary, and it looks like it’s not too far off at all.
Square Enix canceled $140 million worth of games earlier this year as it looks to be “more selective.”
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