At TGS 2025, SE official showed the 17-minute real-time "Dragon Quest 7: Reimagined" on the live broadcast program. Yuji Horii, the father of the series, and the producer of this work, Ichikawa Tomori introduced and explained the game's features and new elements that everyone is concerned about.
Ichikawa said that Dragon Quest 7 was launched on the PlayStation platform in 2000, and later it was remastered on Nintendo 3DS and smartphones.The production team felt that 25 years after the original work was released, it was time for everyone to re-experience the unique atmosphere of "Dragon Quest 7", so they decided to invest in the production of the remake.
Yuji Horii mentioned that when he was producing "Dragon Quest 7", it was his first CD-ROM game. He thought that he didn't have to pay attention to capacity as much as before, but he accidentally did it too much.It is the first time that the map can be 360 degrees of panting. He wanted to say that this way he could hide the stone slab, but he didn't expect that the players would complain that it was too long to find the hidden place and that the stone slab was too difficult to find.Yuji Horii immediately added that the remake this time was easier to play and made a lot of improvements.Although there are still many unreasonable aspects in the story, he feels that this is in line with the modern atmosphere.
The story of "Dragon Quest 7" takes place on an isolated island floating on a vast ocean, "Estad Island".The protagonist and his friend Prince Kifa discovered fragments of the magical stone slab, and the story unfolded.They inlaid the collected stone fragments on the pedestal of a mysterious temple on the island, and then guided by a mysterious light to a strange place.After solving various problems in the places they visited, they will find the next new slate, and the protagonists' world will continue to expand.Finally, they will reveal the weird invasion of evil forces and the hidden truths of the world.
Ichikawa said that in order to present Akira Toriyama's character design, the team first created physical dolls.They pay great attention to the texture of the fabric and the texture of the skin.These physical dolls are hand-carved by professionals.After that, the team will 3D scan these figures and convert them into character modules in the game.Therefore, they call this style "doll style".
Not only the art style, the production team also carried out a comprehensive restructuring of other parts, first of all, the restructuring of the script.The original work is presented in the form of a short collection, and the team retains the charm of the original work, while also adjusting some scripts to selectiveness and re-arrange the sequence of the story to make it easier to understand.In addition to adjustments, a brand new chapter has been added, but it is not convenient to disclose too many details at the moment. Please look forward to the follow-up news.
The production team made exclusive and adjust the overall script. After discussing with Yuji Horii, in order to improve the rhythm of the game and allow players to devote themselves to the main story, they decided to delete three scripts with less correlation with the main story.In addition, the original four black stone slab scripts have become selective side stories. As long as the stone slab is liberated once, you can play at any time before the ending of the story.
In line with the adjustment of the script, the casino, Immigration Town, Monster Park and the World Ranking Association were cancelled, but the original mini-game "Lucky Roulette" in the casino will appear in another form.In addition, a new branch element "Arena", has been added to experience different fun from ordinary combat.
The remake also adds a new career system.In this work, a character can have two professions at the same time.In addition, each character also has a new initial profession, making the profession's characteristics more prominent.Although the monster profession was cancelled, the "Monster Heart" originally used for monster transfer has become an equipable jewelry.Also, you can enter the state of "potential explosion and power accumulation" during combat, and activate the characteristics of each profession to make the battle more beneficial.
In the slate search part of the core of "Dragon Quest 7" adventure, it is adjusted easier than the 3DS version.This time, a minimap will be displayed, and the bits of the stone fragments will be displayed on it.In addition, the new "Slate Guide" added to the 3DS version will also prompt players to miss the slate slots.
Not only that, the production team also redesigned the main menu and added shortcut keys to make some operations more convenient.In terms of combat, automatic combat functions have also been added to make the game process smoother.Overall, the convenience of travel has been greatly improved.
"Dragon Quest 7: Reimagined" will be released on February 5, 2026, and will be available on PC Steam, Windows Mall, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 and PS5.
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