[Vyse]

Article:

Dragon Quest series producer Ryota Aomi has left Square Enix, he announced on Twitter.

"I, [Ryota] Aomi, have left Square Enix," Aomi said in a message. "I apologize to everyone for this sudden announcement."

He continued, "I've been at Square Enix for 13 years, and have worked on Dragon Quest for 16 years including the development period at my last job. [Working on] Dragon Quest was a dream of mine since elementary school. Every day was truly another tale."

Before he was officially hired by Square Enix in 2013, Aomi worked at Genius Sonority, where he was a planner on Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors.

"I've now begun a 'new adventure' at the next company," Aomi said. "I'd like to tell you all about where I'm at and what I'm doing, so please wait just a little longer."

Before closing out his message, Aomi expressed a heartfelt thanks to Dragon Quest series creator Yuji Horii, character designer Akira Toriyama, and late composer Koichi Sugiyama.

Source: https://www.gematsu.com/2023/02/dragon-quest-series-producer-ryota-aomi-leaves-square-enix

 

[Mickmrly]

So he's moving to another company then. I wonder if he has finished his work at Dragon Quest, or if they are going to have to hire someone else to finish the next game? The last proper Dragon Quest came out at the start of the Switch's lifecycle (but didn't release on the Switch for ages ), and I'm hoping the next one won't be too far off.

 

[Vyse]

He also oversaw development for the two Dragon Quest Heroes games, which is pretty significant being that those were the first Dragon Quest games to have been localized since Dragon Quest IX.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

I'm just waiting for the day when Tetsuya Nomura makes his DQ debut.

 

[Zeta Dragoon]

This with the absolute lack of anything on Dragon Quest III HD-2D, Dragon Quest XII or a West release of X offline is a little concerning.