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Honestly? We have no idea! Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate was originally announced back in 2021 during the series' 35th-anniversary stream — at the same time as Dragon Quest III HD-2D no less. It's supposedly going to have a "darker" story, and may well be changing up the battle system as we know it. In 2023, the game got a minor logo update, and in 2024, series creator Yuji Horii said that he "still can't share details", though he was "in a meeting" about the game. Fortunately, 2026 is the series' 40th anniversary and Yuji Horii has teased that an announcement for the "next game" in the

There are a few answers to this, so let’s break it down. The most recent Dragon Quest game is Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined, which came to both Switch 1 and Switch 2 on 5th February 2026. It's a complete remake of the 2000 PS original, which also came to the 3DS as Fragments of the Forgotten Past in 2016 (in the West). In terms of mainline releases, the last game in the series to release was Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition, which came to Switch on 27th September 2019. For spin-offs, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince was the last one to grace the world. We got

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate added 'Hero' from Dragon Quest in July 2019 as part of Fighters Pass Vol. 1. While his default appearance is the Luminary from Dragon Quest XI (the Yggdrasil's Altar stage is also from DQXI), Hero's alternate costumes actually change his appearance to look like other protagonists from other Dragon Quest games. The other three appearances are Erdrick from Dragon Quest III, Solo from Dragon Quest IV, and Eight from Dragon Quest VIII. Each character also has an alternate colour that is a reference to other Dragon Quest heroes. Gigaslash, Hero's Final Smash, features all

The Dragon Quest series started life on the Famicom on 27th May 1986 in Japan. A North American release for the NES followed in 1989 under the name Dragon Warrior. The series would go on to be known as Dragon Warrior in the West until 2004’s Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King on PS2. As for Europe? Well, the first Dragon Quest game we got was Dragon Warrior Monsters on the Game Boy Color in 2000. We wouldn't see a numbered entry until Dragon Quest VIII.