Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is gracing the newest cowl of Recreation Informer, and it is someway the very first time a Dragon Quest sport has carried out that. Due to the momentous event, we spoke to Dragon Quest collection creator Yuji Horii, who nonetheless works carefully on the franchise, in regards to the mainline collection’ historical past. You possibly can learn my full deep dive into that very historical past right here, however I point out all this as a result of Horii is 71 years previous.
By now, many builders have retired or not less than stepped again to supply or seek the advice of on video games within the collection they’re carefully hooked up to. However Horii continues to be deeply concerned within the creation of every new mainline Dragon Quest, together with the in-development Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Destiny. I shut out my 90-minute interview with Horii by making an attempt to politely ask why he is nonetheless engaged on Dragon Quest to this present day. I point out that fellow Japanese sport developer with a maybe comparable stage of stature within the business Hideo Kojima, who directed this 12 months’s Dying Stranding 2: On The Seaside, just lately acknowledged he’ll develop video games till he dies; he apparently even has a USB persist with sport concepts for his staff to make use of following his loss of life sooner or later, as reported by VideoGamesChronicle.
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii signing a replica of Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of a Forgotten Previous on Nintendo 3DS
I ask Horii if he feels the identical about sport growth and why he continues to make Dragon Quest video games. This is what he stated:
“You recognize, lately, there’s been more and more extra areas the place I depend on different members to work on components of the Dragon Quest titles,” he tells me. “However I’d nonetheless prefer to hold myself concerned to supervise all the things. I do think about Dragon Quest to be my baby. I simply actually adore it, and in that sense, I do suppose I’ll work on it till I die.
“I believe the subsequent purpose for me is to witness the fiftieth Anniversary [2036].”
I hope he does witness that anniversary.
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined launches on February 5 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Swap 2, Swap, and PC.
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