Whereas Sq. Enix has been largely quiet about Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Destiny since its authentic announcement all the best way again in 2021, the workforce engaged on the sport has ocassionally popped up from time to time with the intention to guarantee followers of the franchise that improvement on the sport continues to be occurring. Talking to GameReactor throughout Comedian Con Napoli, Sequence creator and Dragon Quest 12 director Yuji Horii as soon as extra repeated that work on the sport was nonetheless persevering with, apologising for extra concrete information.
“Sure, certainly, I can’t say something, I apologise,” stated Horii when requested about improvement progress on Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Destiny. “I’m making it, placing a lot of work into it”, he insists within the video under. “I can solely say that the subsequent work will probably be nice too, working actually arduous. Please sit up for it, is the one factor I can say.”
Horii additionally spoke in regards to the potential of releasing Dragon Quest 12 on the Nintendo Swap 2. Whereas he didn’t give any concrete solutions, his response did point out that there is likely to be plans to convey the RPG to Nintendo’s upcoming console. “Sure, I consider it may very well be appropriate with Swap 2 as effectively,” he stated.
Horii’s solutions got here just some months after he assured followers of the sequence that work on the sport was nonetheless persevering with. Again in February, throughout a livestream, Horii assured followers that Sq. Enix was nonetheless “working arduous on Dragon Quest 12.” Extra particulars, nevertheless, together with a launch window weren’t revealed. Reasonably, Horii stated that the plan was to disclose extra details about the sport “little by little.”
The Dragon Quest 12 director has been accutely conscious of how a lot anticipation is build up for the sport. Again in Might 2024, he had taken to social media to apologise for the general lack of communication from the builders in regards to the sport. In his submit, Horii wrote about wanting to make sure that the title can be a worthy tribute to sequence composer Koichi Sugiyama, in addition to artwork director and character designer Akira Toriyama. Sugiyama, for context, had handed away again in 2021, whereas Toriyama had handed away earlier in 2024.
“Thanks a lot to everybody for all of the congratulations,” Horii wrote. “I’m sorry for the concern about Dragon Quest 12, however I used to be simply having a gathering about it. I can’t say a lot but, however I wish to make one thing worthy of the posthumous work of the 2 individuals who handed away. I’ll do my greatest!”
Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Destiny was introduced throughout the Dragon Quest thirty fifth Anniversary Particular livestream again in Might 2021. The title, in improvement utilizing Unreal Engine 5, was revealed with a teaser trailer. It’s slated for a simultaneous worldwide launch. Sq. Enix, nevertheless, hasn’t but confirmed what platforms the sport will probably be coming to. Contemplating the sequence’ custom, it wouldn’t be shocking to see the RPG on PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and PC when it lastly comes out.
