Dragon Quest marks 40th anniversary with anniversary stream
Square Enix marked Dragon Quest's 40th anniversary with a Japan-first two-hour anniversary stream and a shorter global feed. The program featured symphonic arrangements from Dragon Quest XI and tributes to the Famicom-era titles, alongside celebration videos and music releases. Square Enix announced a collaboration with Feiler to launch an exclusive Dragon Quest gift collection for collectors. The milestone underscores the franchise's ongoing momentum and primes the series for potential new game announcements or remakes.
Dragon Quest XII: Beyond Dreams new logo/subtitle - team reshuffled and development has restarted - will take a bit longer to release
Ziel59I like this new direction, I was worried what a "dark" dq game would look like.
Michael vs. 202623Okay, looks like they've pivoted from the "darker" tone, thank Jeebus.
Octo_Gnome17Gonna say it Beyond Dreams title = The reason why Hero 12 has such dark circles under his eyes and why he looks so tired. Old boy cant get any sleep cause the Demon Lord be spooking his ass every night
Vehement Valeman17Glad they came to their senses and realized Dark and Ominous ‘Merica Quest was a bad idea
The Smart-Casual Gamer12The subtitle "Beyond Dreams" doesn't seem very Dragon Quest. A big part of DQ subtitles are that they're based around fun alliteration (Sentinels of the Starry Skies, Echoes of an Elusive Age, Fragments of a Forgotten Past, Hand of the Heavenly Bride). I'm glad they've dropped the plan for a darker…
cris7Surreal to see mainline Dragon Quest without Toriyama. They are not even trying to recreate his style
Jarrod2Oh man. Two of those are HIDEOUS. The redhead is… fine I guess. But those other two are terrible!
Exonautt2Not a huge fan of the protag design and the title art looks a bit bland compared the others. Everything else looks good though, can’t wait to see more!
Common2I like they look like they don't sleep well. Dark circles under his eyes. I like the lizard guy but wish he didn't have the fuzz around his horns.
the dragon quest 40th video would be the funniest video ever from any normal developer but it is only mid tier stupid by square enix standards. still. they stood there and were like guys i have to be honest. we didn’t make any dragon quest
Erin’s Revenge!!85once people work out what Horii means by "we'll definitely still have new toriyama art and new sugiyama music in the new game. even though they died before we restarted development. no details for now." it will go up in the rankings i think
Kawashima Ami61It still doesn't top "FFXV Announcement: We're done with it, everything is canceled, bye"
jgt221.bsky.social21square enix sincerely is the funniest company ever. the fact that they still can make good games makes their total inability to do anything right all the greater
Sleepy17We are proud to announce that 10 is still not getting localised
Marty12halfway we realized we made a final fantasy game so we had to restart.
Stormy10Flashbacks to Nintendo canceling and restarting Prime 4. Can’t wait for the most mid game to come out in 5 years.
laura “The Killer” cavegift5i think it’s awesome honestly
Barbatos Slim3The original dark and gritty DQ12 probably would have been absolute cheeks but it would have also been tremendously funny so I'm of two minds about the reset
Aus3DQ12 cancelled, we will now making what would have been DQ13.
I'm vonna be real with you, Dragon Quest 12 This is one of the worst looking protagonists I have seen in a long while
Zoe Tunnell33Truly looks like they just took a stock collection of Toriyama Spikey Hair and plopped it on top of a generic model without bothering to blend it with the rest of his noggin
Max the comics guy who does comics about comics3Give him a break, he’s very tired.
Jo Rhiannon 🌻🏳️⚧️🌻2I kinda fuck with it tbh, I like the eyeliner. Not as cool as 8 or 11. Also special mention to the little guy from 7, I think he might be my favourite for his just, little guy-ness
2026 game #25: Islets I have a category called Smile: The Game. Peak examples: Dragon Quest. I’m officially adding Kyle Thompson’s games bc Islets was the last I needed to play & it was a fucking DELIGHT. If I’m playing, I’m smiling. Art, humor, metroidvania. IM READIER THAN EVER FOR WELL DWELLER
Hana no Maude18I started w Crypt Custodian last yr then did his 1st game Sheepo. While Crypt Custodian stays my fav overall (bc story & camera shakeup), it’s by a thin margin. Islets is a major step up from Sheepo & has some wonderful characters. Level design has a few spots to improve… Well Dweller could do it 👀
datvivar.bsky.social3Congrats again! 😊 🙌 Glad to hear Crypt Custodian remains just a smidge ahead of this (because Islets was a bit of a mixed bag for me). I really enjoyed the ship battles as something different; a pace changeup. Hoping that Well Dweller blows them both out of the water and is a masterpiece. 😁
Jefftroidvania 🎮2Kyle Thompson games are a no skip category. So good