When Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate was formally announced back in May, it felt like the fandom’s reception to the broadcast was split firmly down the middle — though perhaps not for the reason you may expect. It wasn’t so much that the game’s reveal triggered a divisive reception (although it sort of […] Read more
Are you a JRPG fan? Thank Dragon Quest. Since 1986, the franchise has set the standard for role-playing games in general. It’s also the franchise that spawned the ‘Dragon Quest Law’ – to prevent kids and adults slacking off school and work in Japan, the devs deliberately release them on Saturdays! Needless to say then, […] Read more
Marathoning a single JRPG in one sitting is one thing, but 11 games? And without sleep? Well, a Japanese YouTube streamer that goes by Akino Channel (or あきのちゃんねる) has just managed to beat all the main entries of the Dragon Quest series by staying awake for more than 85 hours and 15 minutes today. Akino […] Read more
Dragon Quest game series has most of the Square Enix‘s schedule occupied in the Tokyo Game Show 2020. According to the Japanese video game company’s dedicated TGS 2020 website, out of the 20 titles in its line up, seven of those are Dragon Quest games. These include DQ titles on mobile, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, […] Read more