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Dragon Quest's Yuji Horii realized his JRPG series was a "cultural phenomenon" when DQ3 had fans "lined up all night in the cold"

The creator realized their suffering was his fault

GamesRadar · Aug 27

Dragon Quest 7 was going to be an open-world game, series creator Yuji Horii says, but "the story fell apart" so the team had to "add some degree of order to it"

The JRPG's story was prioritized over the open world

GamesRadar · Aug 26

Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says AI "hardly ever makes things up" anymore, even if it once made up that he works for Nintendo

Seems he has faith in the controversial tech despite his experiences

GamesRadar · Aug 25

Dragon Quest creator believes AI can make JRPG characters "feel even more human" and "listen to people's concerns with empathy," hopes to add it to "other series too"

Dragon Quest 10 is getting a chatbot made with Google

GamesRadar · May 7

Former Dragon Quest director says JRPG icon Yuji Horii taught him the series is "not about the storyline, the experience is what matters"

A lesson that was "drilled" into Jin Fujisawa

GamesRadar · May 2

Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says English is "a simple language," so "the flavor tends to get lost in many ways" when translating games from Japanese

The series had its ups and downs with localization

GamesRadar · Mar 10

Dragon Quest visionary Yuji Horii is getting his own RPG-style manga detailing his journey to creating the iconic JRPG series

In classic RPG fashion, Horii will be "encountering companions who become his greatest strengths"

GamesRadar · Feb 2

Final Fantasy producer and Dragon Quest creator are both on board with Square Enix's multiplatform push: "You can achieve the best quality no matter the platform you choose"

"The motivation to allow as many people as possible to play is higher than the development hurdles"

GamesRadar · Jan 30

Final Fantasy veteran Yoshinori Kitase thinks marriage makes Dragon Quest 5 the best JRPG in the series, even if he wishes he proposed to someone else: "Wow… your life really changes as you age?"

"I don't want to take the easy route by choosing my childhood friend"

GamesRadar · Jan 30

Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii isn't saying there's a Chrono Trigger remake, but he's not saying there isn't one: "I can't say ... I'll get told off!"

"You shouldn't ask that!"

GamesRadar · Dec 2, 2025