Dragon Quest 11 Adventures Toward Nintendo NX Release

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Nintendo Dream has published a roundtable discussion with Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii, and Pokémon series producer Junichi Masuda, which confirms that Dragon Quest 11: In Search of Departed Time will release on Nintendo NX.

Destined for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS, Horii had revealed it was headed to Nintendo NX when the game was announced before Square Enix swiftly moved to withdraw the comment.

Within the discussion, Horii implies that the game, which is scheduled to release in Japan by 27th May 2017, will see a simultaneous release across PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo NX. He sees that as a necessity to avoid spoilers, and the development team has been challenged as the “use of hardware is different for each system.”

Gematsu has translated part of the roundtable discussion, which you can read below:

Masahiro Sakurai: Well then, I would like to ask about each of your new games. First, Dragon Quest XI. The 11th installment in the series will be released simultaneously on Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 4, and including NX it’s coming out on three platforms, right?

Yuji Horii: That’s right. The use of hardware is different for each system, so it’s quite a challenge.

Sakurai: Thank you for working so hard.

Horii: However, we’re making the 3DS version in both 3D and 2D. I asked my staff, “Is that something we can do?” And they said, “We’ll do it.” So we decided, “then let’s do it.”

Junichi Masuda: I get the feeling that means there will be four versions across three platforms then, yeah?

Horii: That’s right. There are a lot of difficulties because of that. Each one has a different look to it, and there’s also a PlayStation 4 version, so if we make a small fix then we have to fix it across every version.

Sakurai: I see. Including things like the release date, it gets dreadful when development is inevitably drawn out and the debugging piles up… But shifting away from the release date, they’re not going to be released apart from each other, right? Since Dragon Quest games are story-driven.

Horii: That’s right. Spoilers will emerge if we release one version earlier. (Laughs.) However, we’re a little concerned about the sense of distance in movement. It’s different for each of the supported hardware.

Sakurai: Oh, is that so?

Horii: The movement in the 2D of the 3DS version, and the movement in the 3D of the 3DS version and the PlayStation 4 version definitely feels different when it’s in action. However, there are concerns when making several versions at the same time, and to that extent it’s difficult, so we’re making the game to the best of our ability.

Sakurai: I made Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U at the same time, but it was nevertheless difficult. Since you’re making it for hardware from different companies, I would think that it’s even more difficult, so please by all means do your best.

Horii: Indeed. All of the staff is working very hard, so please look forward to it.

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