Dragon Quest XI
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| Developer(s) |
Square Enix Armor Project |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Director(s) | Takeshi Uchikawa |
| Producer(s) | Yosuke Saito Hokuto Okamoto (PS4) Kenjin Yokota (3DS) |
| Designer(s) | Yuji Horii |
| Artist(s) | Akira Toriyama |
| Writer(s) | Yuji Horii |
| Composer(s) | Koichi Sugiyama |
| Series | Dragon Quest |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4 (PS4) |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch |
| Release |
Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Dragon Quest XI: Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete is the upcoming eleventh main series entry in the Dragon Quest video game series, developed and published by Square Enix. It is currently in development for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 4 versions of the game are scheduled to release in Japan on July 29, 2017.
Dragon Quest XI continues the gameplay of previous games in the series, in which players explore worlds and fight against various monsters, including the ability to explore high areas. The Nintendo 3DS version features a different style than the PlayStation 4 version, showcasing 3D graphics on the top screen and 16-bit styled sprites on the bottom screen. Before entering battle, players can also toggle between the 3D and 2D graphical styles. According to Jump magazine, the split styles of 3D and 2D will not be present on both screens for the entire game, but only during the opening stages of the game; instead, players will have to select in which style to play, but will be able to switch between both styles at any time. The game's battle system will be the series' traditional turn-based battle system.
Dragon Quest XI is under development for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch. The PlayStation 4 version features high definition graphics using the Unreal Engine 4 game engine. Square Enix's press release for the game's announcement revealed ORCA Inc. and Toylogic Inc. would be collaborating on the development of the game. In January 2016, series creator Yuji Horii stated that the story was nearly finished and that the game's intro section was playable.
On April 11, 2017, Square Enix held a special presentation for the game, where the release date was announced as July 29, 2017 for the PS4 and 3DS versions of the game. The company added that a Switch version was still being planned, but they did not have any details or release dates to announce for that version of the game.
In late-April 2017, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Nintendo unveiled special editions of their "slim" PlayStation 4 and New Nintendo 2DS XL hardware for Japan to tie into the game.
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