Square Enix Announces Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 July 2021 / 2,953 Views
Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate. Platforms and a release date were not revealed, however, a simultaneous worldwide release is planned.
Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate will feature dark and mature content. Players will have to make various decisions to decide their way of life. The command battles will be revamped.
View the teaser trailer below:
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i can't see them topping dragon quest 11, which many will argue may be the greatest game ever made.
Hm.
Will it release on Switch or PlayStation or both though. I would get it for PlayStation.
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Watch it be for PS despite Switch's domination of the Japanese market
They made Dragon Quest XI for the PS4 and 3DS specifically because of the 3DS' dominance of the Japanese market at the time. So I don't see why they wouldn't do the same this time around be making it for PS5 and Switch.
Actually they made DQ XI for PS4, 3DS and the Switch (announced way before the announcement of the console), despite being released 2 years after on the Switch
There will definitely be a Playstation sku for this game. It's UE5 which Sony is now invested in, plus the Sony/Square relationship seems very strong this gen and DQXI sold most on PS4 so I would say there is a pretty good chance. If it does come to Switch as well, maybe just Switch pro? After all the delays SE had just trying to get DQXI running on Switch in Unreal 4 this may not even run on the vanilla switch model. I am predicting a WW release on PS5/Switch Pro/PC.
DQXI sold most on 3DS. UE5 supports the Nintendo Switch, the UE4 issues were related to using different builds. If you use UE4 you'll realize that you really want to work on a game on the version it was built on at least, the version supported on Switch wasn't the same one supported on PS4 so they essentially had to make an entirely new build.
Using a different build will break games very often and this is why XI had to be remade. I'd imagine this time around things will be much different.
And of course, Switch is basically the king of Japan . It'd be a huge mistake to not have a Switch version at launch. Even with XI they were sure to put a version on 3DS. I believe it will launch on all platforms eventually.
I meant global sales. PS4 sold the most globally as 3DS didn't make it out of Japan.
Oh, well of course it's sold more then if we're talking global. But trying to make a Sony/Square link with that data is a bit of a reach. Enix (and by extension armor project) has a strong relationship with Nintendo and always has. Dragon Quest in specific rarely misses a Nintendo platform and when it does, they eventually debut. It's more a FF thing to support Sony first and foremost.
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