Nintendo took to its Twitter with the announcement that two very recent installments in Square Enix’s massively popular Dragon Quest franchise will be receiving price cuts this week. Dragon Quest Builders 2 and Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition will both see price drops on the Nintendo Switch versions
Dragon Quest XI
Square Enix confirmed via the FAQ on Dragon Quest XI‘s official site that Dragon Quest XI S, which now isn’t a Switch exclusive anymore, will be the exact same game on the other platforms it’s ported to. The only difference will be technical performance and graphics. Moreover, PS4 players already had access to the original
As 2019 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2019 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
The Dragon Quest series was one of the earliest juggernauts in the gaming industry and it still continues to maintain momentum all these years later, even in the west. That has become clearer than ever as Square Enix has revealed that Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, the latest game in the series,
Today marks the launch of Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition for Nintendo Switch, adding to an already awesome month of releases for Nintendo’s hybrid console. While fans of the long-running JRPG series are probably just happy to have the definitive version of Dragon Quest XI, as well as the
Wall Street Journal’s Takashi Mochizuki spoke with Square Enix, asking them if the new content from Dragon Quest XI S on Switch will be coming to the other versions of the game as DLC. Square Enix answered that it is currently “Undecided”. About possible DQ11 new content addition to PS4 version: me: saw new stories added to Switch
Dragon Quest author Yuji Horii held a conference during the Cedec+Kyushu 2018 event on December 1. The conference’s MC was quite the personality himself: Level 5’s president, Akihiro Hino. During the conference, Horii-san went over his career and each of the main games in the Dragon Quest series, sharing pieces of advice with the many game development students
Square Enix revealed via its official site today that new information regarding Dragon Quest XI S for Nintendo Switch will be announced at Jump Festa 2019. A Dragon Quest XI S stage event will be held, featuring Dragon Quest series author Yuji Horii, Game Producer Hokuto Okamoto and Game Director Takeshi Uchikawa. “[S]pecial Guests” will be
Yesterday, the NPD Group released sales figures for the month of September 2018 in the United States and Marvel’s Spider-Man came out on top. After the charts were released though, more information later came out from the NPD Group, most notably regarding that of last month’s biggest JRPG release. The NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella, later on, tweeted
During a stage event from Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, Japan, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii revealed the title and official logo of the Nintendo Switch version of the game, which will be titled Dragon Quest XI S. Horii-san and Producer Hokuto Okamoto mentioned that “S” means a lot of things, including “Switch” and “Shaberu” (which means “Speaking”)
Once again, another publisher has unveiled its lineup of games ahead of Gamescom later this month and this time around it’s Square Enix’s turn. Amongst the publisher’s western titles that will be present in Cologne, this year’s upcoming release of Just Cause 4 won’t be available for play but an exclusive demo will be shown. On the
Today Square Enix released a gameplay video of the upcoming JRPG Dragon Quest XI. The video provides a look at the English localization via the E3 demo played and commented by Producer Hokuto Okamoto and Director Takeshi Uchikawa. We get to see plenty of gameplay, including exploration and battle, and get to hear about each
Square Enix recently hosted its General Meeting of Shareholders, and while the official transcript has not been posted yet, we got a report from Twitter user ゆず, a professional investor who was at the event. In the quick recap, we learn information shared during the questions and answers session of the event. スクエニ総会。DQ11 Switch版にはPS4版にない追加要素が入る。FF7リメイクに関して進捗状況は外部からあれこれ言われているが、開発はしっかり進んでおり安心してほしい。DQ3のHD化(11のような)は現状開発していないが検討している、ただDQ12の開発が先になると思う。 — ゆず
During the Twitch live coverage from E3 2018, Square Enix presented a nice chunk of gameplay of the upcoming English version of Dragon Quest XI. The game was played live on PS4, and we get to see a lot of exploration and combat, alongside some dialogue scenes. The game looks great, and it gives us a chance
We recently learned that Square Enix will add English voice acting to Dragon Quest XI for PS4 and PC (and presumably to the Switch version coming sometime down the line), but the announcement was rather lean on what scenes would receive the treatment. To shed more light on the extent of the voice acting, we asked Producer Hokuto
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age continues the Dragon Quest tradition of including a few alluring elements, mostly in form of irony and jokes, but Square Enix intends to preserve the game’s content for the western release, as Producer Hokuto Okamoto told DualShockers in a recent interview. Okamoto-san mentioned through a translator that no
For the longest time, Square Enix has kept the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age under wraps. Now that the English version has a release date at least for PS4 and PC, the curtain is starting to rise on the Switch version as well. One of the mysterious elements of Dragon
The recent announcement of the western release of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age caused a lot of discussions (and some confusion) among the Japanese fanbase, due to the inclusion of English voice-overs, while the original game did not have any. As a result, Producer Hokuto Okamoto took to Twitter to clarify a few relevant points
The long-anticipated Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is finally coming to the West later this year as Square Enix revealed today, and while the game will arrive for PS4 and PC owners this fall, those waiting for the game’s arrival on Nintendo systems will be greeted with some good and bad news. Square
Today Square Enix announced its financial results for the nine months ended on December 31st, 2017. As you can see in the table below, all numbers are firmly in the black and show a considerable boost to operating and ordinary income. A specific breakdown of results for the Digital Entertainment business, which is the segment
One of the most discussed aspects of Dragon Quest XI is the decision by Square Enix to go without voice acting on both PS4 and 3DS, and I mean, any voice acting at all, to the point that its characters didn’t even need to be assigned voice actors…until now. The publisher revealed a new card
It’s the end of the year, and it’s time for rankings and awards. The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu prompted a hundred Japanese developers and industry personalities to rank their favorite games of 2017, and here you can find a translation of the full top 100. Yeah, that’s a lot of titles to translate. You
Today Square Enix hosted a livestream from Tokyo dedicated to Dragon Quest XI. Despite the lack of any hint on the topic, quite a few websites alleged that the publisher could finally reveal the Nintendo Switch version of the game, and as it often happens nowadays, mere speculation became rumor. Unfortunately, it was not to
Today Square Enix released its financial results for the first half of the current fiscal year, ended on September 30th, 2017. All relevant revenue and income figures are in the black, showing significant increase year-on-year. In the field of digital entertainment, which includes games for consoles, releases of big games generated a rather sharp increase
Sony Interactive Entertainment released its weekly sales chart for PS4 downloads in Japan, related to the period between August 14th and August 20th. For the first time in four weeks, Dragon Quest XI has finally been dethroned, sliding to fourth place. The new king is Toby Fox’s Undertale. Undertale wasn’t the only game that managed to
Sony Interactive released its sales chart for PS4 games on the Japanese PlayStation Store related to the period between August 7th and August 13th. Unsurprisingly, Dragon Quest XI is still dominating the digital scene for the third time in a row, like it’s doing with the physical retail scene in Japan. Here is the full
Today, Media Create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between August 7th and August 13th, it was once again Square Enix’s 3DS and PS4 game Dragon Quest XI at the tippy top of the software chart, making it a three-peat for the eleventh main series entry in the iconic
Today Media Create released its weekly analysis related to the period between July 31st and August 6th, giving a further look on the situation of the Japanese market overrun by Dragon Quest XI, in addition to the top-twenty ranking disclosed on Wednesday. The firm reports that software sales last week were 900,000 in total, 36.57%
Today, Media create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between July 31st and August 6th, it was once again Square Enix’s 3DS and PS4 game Dragon Quest XI at the top of the software chart, making it two straight weeks for the eleventh main series entry in one of
Today, Media create released its weekly sales chart of the Japanese video game market. For the week between July 31st and August 6th, it was once again Square Enix’s 3DS and PS4 game Dragon Quest XI at the top of the software chart, making it two straight weeks for the eleventh main series entry in one of