Whereas Sq. Enix has been largely quiet about Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Destiny since its unique announcement all the best way again in 2021, the crew engaged on the sport has ocassionally popped up from time to time with a purpose 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,” mentioned 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 beneath. “I can solely say that the subsequent work shall be nice too, working actually exhausting. Please stay 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 Change 2. Whereas he didn’t give any concrete solutions, his response did point out that there may be plans to convey the RPG to Nintendo’s upcoming console. “Sure, I imagine it may very well be appropriate with Change 2 as properly,” he mentioned.
Horii’s solutions got here only a few months after he assured followers of the collection that work on the sport was nonetheless persevering with. Again in February, throughout a livestream, Horii assured followers that Sq. Enix was nonetheless “working exhausting on Dragon Quest 12.” Extra particulars, nevertheless, together with a launch window weren’t revealed. Slightly, Horii mentioned 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 could be a worthy tribute to collection 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 need to make one thing worthy of the posthumous work of the 2 individuals who handed away. I’ll do my finest!”
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 shall be coming to. Contemplating the collection’ custom, it wouldn’t be shocking to see the RPG on PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and PC when it lastly comes out.
