Dragon Quest XI will be an offline game designed for home console, according to series creator Yuji Horii.

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Speaking to FFRing (via NeoGAF ) Horii explained the next entry in the series wouldn't be an MMO like Dragon Quest X, and is currently in development for home console.Horii doesn't go into details about what platforms the game is targeting, though recent iterations in the Dragon Quest franchise have been published outside of Japan by Nintendo. Presumably if we wanted to see Dragon Quest XI on PS4 or Xbox One, Square may have to take these duties back in-house, though this could simply be an issue with translation.The original interview was conducted in Japanese, before being translated into French and then into English. Given how the different languages treat plurality, it's hard to guarantee anything about potential platforms. Horii could simply be saying we'll see DQ11 on a singular home console, perhaps NX or PS4, or he could have meant it'll be multiplatform. We're working to get something more solid and will update the story once we do.Elsewhere in the interview, Horii confirms Dragon Quest XI won't feature action-combat like the upcoming Dragon Quest Heroes, but will instead "return to the roots of Dragon Quest." He also mentions that while there are no plans for a full-scale remake of older titles in the series like with Final Fantasy VII, it's possible such a thing could happen one day.In case you missed it earlier today, Horii also revealed Dragon Quest VII and Dragon Quest VIII will likely be coming West to 3DS at some stage in the future.

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