Update: Horii just confirmed Dragon Quest 7 and Dragon Quest 8 on Nintendo 3DS will be released in French. This seems to be partial confirmation of a European localization, and makes it seem more likely it's coming to the US as well.
Yuji Horii has just announced DQ7 and 8 will be released "in French"…?! Apparently a last minute announcement here at Japan Expo.
— Jérémie Kermarrec (@jkermarrec) July 4, 2015
Original story follows below.
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has cleared up the air about the much awaited Dragon Quest 11, but he also spared a word about the Nintendo 3DS remakes as well.
In a new interview, Horii confirmed that Dragon Quest 11 will be a game for home console. Please note that he did not rule out multiple consoles, merely that it won’t be a PC or mobile game.
Perhaps as a reaction to the reception of Dragon Quest 10 outside of the Wii, Horii also revealed that Dragon Quest 11 is a return to form. Therefore, it will return to traditional mechanics, and it will no longer be an offline game.
Dragon Quest 10 started you off as a human character in a traditional RPG quest, but at a certain point in the game, the game shifts into an MMO, which required a subscription. As of March 27, 2014, the game sold one million copies, but this makes for anemic sales for a Dragon Quest game. Square Enix brought Dragon Quest 10 to Wii, Wii U, Windows, Android, and Nintendo 3DS, but only in Japan.
Regarding Dragon Quest 7 and Dragon Quest 8 on Nintendo 3DS, Horii stated that Square Enix does know that Western fans want these games, and they are thinking about it.
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