Dragon Quest 35th anniversary stream coming at the end of this May
The Dragon Quest franchise is turning 35 years old this year, and it looks like an anniversary stream is on the way with all sorts of news for the series.
Dragon Quest is one of the most beloved and celebrated JRPGs of all time. With the original game having launched in Japan in 1986, there has been a treasure trove of amazing core games, spinoffs, and other media to come out of it, as well as merchandise of all kinds. Dragon Quest is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, and reportedly, there’s a stream coming that will have plenty of news to showcase regarding the immediate future of the franchise. What’s more, it’s coming at the end of this month.
The Dragon Quest 35th anniversary stream was announced on May 13, 2021, as reported by Famitsu. According to the announcement, on May 26, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, the stream will go live on the Dragon Quest YouTube channel to introduce and showcase “the upcoming line-up in the Dragon Quest series.” It seems as though we can expect the tease or reveal of all-new projects in the Dragon Quest franchise.
Though the source is Japanese and the initial rollout of Dragon Quest products almost always launch in Japan before going worldwide, this stream promises that it will cater to international viewers and fans as well.
“For the first time in DRAGON QUEST history, the show will feature live interpretation from Japanese, so that our international fans can stay up-to-date with developments in the DRAGON QUEST series, too,” the announcement reads.
This should be incredibly exciting news for any Dragon Quest fan familiar with the usual business of Square Enix when it comes to the series. After all, Dragon Quest 11 eventually hit western markets and garnered six million units sold worldwide as of September 2020. It also came to Xbox Game Pass, giving more fans and newcomers the opportunity to enjoy what a proper DQ game has to offer. Fellow developer/publishers like Sega have made efforts over this previous year to expand their efforts in simultaneous global releases. Square Enix may fully realize that with such a fan base around the world for Dragon Quest, it’s well worth it to do the same.
Here’s hoping that means US Dragon Quest fans have something to look forward to when the 35th anniversary stream goes live on May 26, 2021. Stay tuned for news and reveals from the event when it goes live. We’ll be covering it all here at Shacknews.
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replyTJ Denzer posted a new article, Dragon Quest 35th anniversary stream coming at the end of this May
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Dude! Dragon Quest 35th anniversary stream is May 26th! They are going to be introducing the next games in the series!
I'm excited, I am hoping to see DQ 12 and that it will be coming out next year, but more likely to be a few years. Maybe they will put out another side game in the meantime. I haven't played too many of them but enjoyed dragon quest heroes for what it was.
What is the shack looking forward to? I know we have some DQ fans here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfmOWgfYVjY-
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I have the NES cart, but it is not how you want to play the game now - there's a ton of annoyances like having to go into the menu to do literally everything - opening doors and descending stairs included.
There is a SNES remake of DQ1&2 that has a really good english patch. DQ1 is perfect, and DQ2 has a single major bug - basically avoid staying at one specific inn - that you need to know about, but otherwise is fine.
The GBC remakes, which were released here, are based on that SNES version.
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Second one got way to hand holdy for my tastes. I liked the first, but the second repeated itself basically every single mission just the boss fights changed slightly.
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seems to early to announce the next one. Hope we get more Rocket Slime games though...
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Yeah, I hear 8 is the best of the batch, with 11 being a close runner-up. I liked what I played of 11 but burned out on it after about 25 hours (didn't help hearing that it's about 100 hours to finish--game time is precious these days).
I'd love to give 8 a shot. Also heard great things about 5.
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Fun story.
When I was a kid, my neighbor and I hooked a game genie to DW1 and something got screwed up and we started the game carrying the princess.
I took a picture of it with my character at level 1 carrying the process, sent it to Nintendo Power and it was entered months later.
Fast forward to adulthood, I realize the game genie caused the game to glitch and give me the princess sprite since it’s written into the programming.
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