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Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate isn't canceled despite the lack of updates confirms series creator Yuji Horii, who says the team is "working hard" on the JRPG

Almost four years after its reveal, Dragon Quest 12 is still alive and kicking

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Dragon Quest 3 lead Yuji Horii once said that the original JRPG "had to be four times as interesting as DQ1," otherwise "people wouldn't say it was fun"

"They'd say it was boring if it was just the same."

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Dragon Quest's creator says he's "never thought about retirement," while Final Fantasy's father reveals his next script is complete

A conversation between two JRPG legends

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Why Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake's 'zombie tech' is the future of retro-gaming

Square Enix's remake hits the sweet spot I never new existed.

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38 years later, Dragon Quest creator says losing half of your money after falling in battle was intended as a kindness to get JRPG players on board with leveling up

Better to lose your money than your experience, right?

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Dragon Quest 3 creator's group skewers Elon Musk for sharing "mistranslated" video that made it seem "as if the speaker was expressing a negative opinion against a certain ideology"

Comments in a viral clip on the JRPG's remake were allegedly "cut out of context"

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As his adventure game returns after 40 years, JRPG icon and Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii ponders making another: "It would be fun to investigate a murder case while interacting with AI"

Endless possibilities

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Andrew C. Greenberg, co-creator of the influential Wizardry series of RPGs, has died

Wizardry was huge in the 1980s, and helped define both Western and Japanese RPGs as we know them.

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JRPG legend says graphical leaps make Dragon Quest's "symbolic" silent leads "increasingly difficult to depict": "If you make a protagonist who just stands there, they will look like an idiot"

Working with realistic visuals "will be a challenge in the future"

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15 Years Ago, Nintendo Released the Most Innovative RPG of the 2000s — It's Impossible to Play Today

‘Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies’ wanted a Western audience, and it got one.

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Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D isn't just an Octopath Traveler-style glow-up - the remake reportedly expands the iconic 1988 JRPG's story with famed creator Yuji Horii's oversight

Not the Dragon Quest 3 you grew up with

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JRPG legend Yuji Horii hopes Dragon Quest 12 will be a fitting posthumous work for two beloved developers who passed away

But there's still not much news to share on the game itself

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Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest creators pay tribute to Dragon Ball icon Akira Toriyama, having worked with him on several beloved JRPGs

Dragon Quest is synonymous with Toriyama's work

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Chrono Trigger’s creators shower Sea of Stars with praise: “it looks great”

Sakaguchi, Horii, and Torishiyama love what they've seen

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The creators of Chrono Trigger love one of my favorite Xbox games of 2023

Recently on a Japanese Radio Show, the creators of the iconic JRPG Chrono Trigger showed recognition for Sea of Stars, an indie JRPG inspired by classic 1990s JRPGs.

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Final Fantasy 14 is living proof that ‘JRPG’ is an outdated term

Speaking with Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida, it’s clear that so-called ‘JRPGs’ are part of a much broader gaming ecosystem.

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JRPGs as we know them wouldn't exist without this obscure adventure game, and now it's back as an AI chatbot

The Japan-only classic that influenced everything from Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy to Metal Gear and Zelda is making a very odd comeback

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Dragon Quest creator hints 'Treasures' could lead to more 'DQ11' spinoffs

Series creator Yuji Horii says 'Dragon Quest Treasures' might not be the last time we see 'Dragon Quest XI' characters.

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39 years ago, Yuji Horii created one of the most influential video games ever

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about an influential game you have probably never heard of, a key moment in Final Fantasy IX, and more.

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39 years ago, 'The Portopia Serial Murder Case' changed video games forever

'The Portopia Serial Murder Case' is a game that we don’t hear about much in the West.

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