Dragon Quest launched in Japan in 1986, and a bit over a yr later, Ultimate Fantasy launched in 1987. Although the 2 at the moment are sister RPG franchises at Sq. Enix, earlier than the 2003 merger between Sq. and Enix, these sequence have been opponents. And for those who ask followers, they may use a phrase like rivals.
I traveled to Tokyo, Japan, final month to go to Sq. Enix’s Shibuya places of work, play Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, and interview the workforce behind the remake for Recreation Informer’s newest cowl story. However as a part of this journey, I interviewed Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii for 90 minutes about every kind of matters, together with the aforementioned competitors between his franchise and Ultimate Fantasy. He didn’t name it “competitors,” as I did, however admits, “I used to be undoubtedly being attentive to it.”
“Method again then, when Ultimate Fantasy initially got here out, I used to be undoubtedly being attentive to it as a result of it was one thing we wanted to look out for,” Horii tells me. “However there’s one key distinction that I actually noticed again then: the protagonists within the Ultimate Fantasy titles, they communicate so much. Whereas for Dragon Quest, the important thing goal for [the games], or the expertise it affords for the participant, is that the participant turns into the protagonist themselves.
“In Ultimate Fantasy, you form of observe the protagonist, however you’re not essentially turning into the protagonist within the video games. So I believed that was a extremely fascinating and stark distinction between Dragon Quest and Ultimate Fantasy, however I didn’t essentially see them as a rival again then.”
Horii says in Dragon Quest, protagonists don’t “simply begin speaking on their very own.”
“Ultimate Fantasy, once more, [the protagonists] simply speak so much,” he continues. “I do like Ultimate Fantasy, although. After I first noticed Ultimate Fantasy X, I recall feeling this was the final word perfection of Ultimate Fantasy.”
Nice style, Horii.
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined launches on February 5 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Swap 2, Swap, and PC.
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