Report: Dragon Quest Executive Producer Yu Miyake Steps Down - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 April 2024 / 2,433 Views
Dragon Quest series executive producer Yu Miyake is stepping down from overseeing the franchise, according to a report from Bloomberg, who spoke with people familiar with the matter.
Miyake will remain at Square Enix, but will now head up the company's smartphone games, according to the sources.
This change is part of a large scale reorganization at Square Enix that took effect on April 1 as the company overhauls its games development pipeline now that it has a new President. The company plans to focus more on in-house AAA development and rely less on external developers.
While a replacement for Miyake to run the Dragon Quest series has yet to be picked, Yosuke Saito is said to be a strong candidate due to developing the NieR games.
The first Dragon Quest game released in 1986, which featured artwork from Akira Toriyma, who passed away last month. Toriyama is best known for creating Dragon Ball.
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Been waiting years to see more from Dragon Quest 12 and Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake.
finished dragon warrior a couple weeks ago, short game but really enjoyed it
I have a bad feeling about DQ XII... but to be honest, while I was playing DQ XI, I was already sure that this could be the pinnacle of the series. The long-time composer for the series also died.
Man it's been forever since DQ XI, I wonder if they're holding back XIIs launch for the 30th anniversary.
Hopefully the next DQ is better, the last one was a bit repetitive.
It had great world design, great exploration and item sythenthesis, but the battle system was too repititive and well boring.
The lack of more challenging tactical elements hurts the battles for me
XI-S is the best entry in the series
