Yu Miyake, a member of Sq. Enix who has overseen the event of a lot of Dragon Quest video games since becoming a member of the writer all the best way again in 1992, is reportedly set to step down from his place as a producer on the sequence, after some delays within the creation of the following entry in it.
That is in response to Bloomberg, which reviews that Miyake can be making a transfer over to taking cost of Sq. Enix’s cellular video games division as soon as he is moved on from his present place on Dragon Quest. Apparently, there are already some of us being tabbed as potential replacements, with one particularly sounding like they’re perhaps, er, NieRer than most.
Bloomberg cites sources as having stated this transfer is a part of a “large-scale reorganization” of the deveopment construction at Sq., designed to fulfil the will of president Takashi Kiryu – no relation to your favorite face-punching Yakuza protagonist – to make the writer much less reliant on exterior sources and focus extra on producing in-house video games that may diversify its output. Principally, he stated he likes PowerWash Simulator earlier this yr.
Whereas it nonetheless would not have a concrete launch date, Dragon Quest 12 – which comes with the snappy moniker ‘The Flames of Destiny’ – was introduced all the best way again in 2021. Through the livestream that featured that reveal, which was designed to have a good time the sequence’ thirty fifth anniversary, sequence creator Yuji Horii hinted at this subsequent entry being pitched extra in the direction of adults. Although in response to this newest report, it has been hit by some delays since then.
One of many candiates cited doubtlessly in line to step into the Dragon Quest producing publish is Yosuke Saito, who’s been a producer on the NieR sequence for a superb whereas now, having served in that position for the likes of NieR: Automata and NieR: Replicant. We’ll must see how this chair-swapping shakes out for Sq. and a few of its high RPG sequence.
Each time Dragon Quest 12 arrives, it’s going to be the primary mainline entry within the sequence to be launched following the demise of Akira Toriyama again in March, with the legendary manga artist having offered the long-lasting character designs for the very first Dragon Quest sport again in 1986, alongside a bunch of different work within the gaming sphere.