Dragon Quest 12 to pay tribute to Dragon Ball\u2019s Akira Toriyama Square EnixThe director of Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate has revealed that the game will be a tribute to Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, who was a longtime contributor to the series and worked on the game before his passing. May 27 is Dragon Quest Day, and like many longtime video game franchises, the series celebrates its anniversary with a slew of special announcements, including the platforms for the upcoming Dragon Quest III HD-2D. However, 2024 is a sad year for the Dragon Quest franchise, as Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1. Toriyama is best known as the creator of the Dragon Ball manga and anime, but he also worked as a character designer on Dragon Quest, bringing his unique style to its games. Fans have been wondering how Toriyama\u2019s passing has affected Dragon Quest 12, as it\u2019s unclear how far along the game is in development. Franchise creator Yuji Horii addressed the topic in a post on Twitter\/X, saying (via machine translation) that the game will be a tribute to Toriyama\u2019s posthumous work. As of the time of writing, all that has been revealed of Dragon Quest 12\u2019s visuals is its logo. We have yet to see any of its characters or game world. While Horii didn\u2019t offer a new look at the game during the Dragon Quest Day celebrations, he at least confirmed that Toriyama\u2019s work will appear. Dragon Quest 12 will be the last mainline entry to feature Toriyama\u2019s distinctive art style. While many people can copy Toriyama\u2019s work to an amazing degree (like Toyutaro, the artist of the Dragon Ball Super manga), it\u2019s unclear if future games will emulate his style or take a new approach. The Dragon Quest series will continue without Toriyama, but the twelfth entry marks a turning point. Horii promised that the game would be a tribute to Toriyama\u2019s work, and its release will be a bittersweet moment for the fans, as Dragon Quest\u2019s aesthetics will never quite be the same again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dragon Quest 12 to pay tribute to Dragon Ball\u2019s Akira Toriyama Square EnixThe director of Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate has revealed that the game will be a tribute to Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, who was a longtime contributor to the series and worked on the game before his passing. May 27 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}