Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is gracing the newest cowl of Sport Informer, and it is someway the very first time a Dragon Quest recreation has carried out that. Due to the momentous event, we spoke to Dragon Quest sequence creator Yuji Horii, who nonetheless works intently on the franchise, in regards to the mainline sequence’ historical past. You may 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full deep dive into that very historical past right here, however I point out all this as a result of Horii is 71 years outdated.
By now, many builders have retired or a minimum of stepped again to supply or seek the advice of on video games within the sequence they’re intently 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’s nonetheless engaged on Dragon Quest to this present day. I point out that fellow Japanese recreation developer with a maybe related stage of stature within the trade Hideo Kojima, who directed this 12 months’s Demise Stranding 2: On The Seaside, lately acknowledged he’s going to develop video games till he dies; he apparently even has a USB keep on with recreation concepts for his crew to make use of following his demise in the future, 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 recreation growth and why he continues to make Dragon Quest video games. Right here’s what he stated:
“You realize, in recent times, there’s been more and more extra areas the place I depend on different members to work on elements of the Dragon Quest titles,” he tells me. “However I’d nonetheless wish to hold myself concerned to supervise all the pieces. 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 feel the subsequent aim 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, Change 2, Change, and PC.
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