{"id":338897,"date":"2025-12-28T08:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/338897\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T08:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:15:08","slug":"square-enix-teases-more-for-dragon-quest-nier-and-final-fantasy-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/338897\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix Teases More For Dragon Quest, NieR and Final Fantasy In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dragon<\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n

Next year marks even more anniversaries, and one other big one coming up is for Dragon Quest<\/a>. This classic role-playing series will hit its 40th birthday, and in the same end-of-year wrap with 4Gamer.net (via Gematsu<\/a>), Square Enix producer Yosuke Saito mentions how the company is looking forward to everyone joining in on the grand celebration of the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext year marks the 40th anniversary of Dragon Quest! I\u2019d be extremely happy if everyone could join in on a grand celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n

NieR:Automata<\/a> will also celebrate its ninth anniversary! And the team is apparently preparing a \u201clittle something\u201d, but temper your expectations.<\/p>\n

And for NieR: Automata\u2018s ninth anniversary, we\u2019re also preparing \u2018just a little something\u2026\u2019 so please don\u2019t get too excited with anticipation! With that, I wish you all a happy New Year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Director Kazutoyo Maehiro (Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles<\/a>) also provided a brief teaser about Final Fantasy<\/a>, mentioning how the next \u201csomething\u201d the team is preparing will be \u201ccontent with a different approach\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2025, we released Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles on September 30 and LOGOS: The World of Final Fantasy XVI on December 16. While the game and book took different approaches, we put our all into both so that anyone who picks them up might feel, even just a little, \u2018Games are fun, huh?\u2019 The next \u2018something\u2019 we\u2019re preparing will also be content with a different approach. We\u2019re working hard to bring you a new gaming experience, so please wait a little longer until the day we can debut it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In some other Square Enix news, the company is currently running a survey about the Final Fantasy series, where fans can share how they feel about the series.<\/p>\n

And if you are looking for some more fun on the Switch 2, the demo for Final Fantasy VII Intergrade Remake<\/a> is now live on the eShop. NieR has also recently got a backwards compatibility update.<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade’s Switch 2 release arrives next month, and Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined will follow in February 2026.<\/p>\n

What are you hoping to see from Square Enix and its series in 2026? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source 4gamer.net<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Square Enix Next year marks even more anniversaries, and one other big one coming up is for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1277,12020,59,137,376,1276,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-338897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-dragon-quest","9":"tag-final-fantasy","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-nintendo-switch","12":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","13":"tag-square-enix","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}