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Yuji Horii, the creator of Dragon Quest, shared a message on the official Dragon Quest X website to ring in 2015. Horii touched on what’s planned for the franchise in the near and far future as Dragon Quest’s 30th anniversary approaches.

The message in full states:

Happy New Year, everyone. There is just one year to go until the 30th anniversary of Dragon Quest.

In February, we will release Dragon Quest Heroes, and in March, Theatrhythm Dragon Quest. Additionally, while still to be announced, there are many projects in planning as we head towards the 30th anniversary. And then there’s the release of Dragon Quest X Version 3.0 in the spring. Together alongside our fans and development staff, I hope we keep making the series even bigger and better!

Life is a role-playing game. Here’s to many more years to come of Dragon Quest!

Given that Dragon Quest’s 30th anniversary is next year, that could be when we hear about the series’ next core entry – Dragon Quest XI.

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Square Enix is releasing another wave of DLC tracks for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call this week, including Xenogears’ Flight, Sword of Mana’s In Search of the Sacred Sword, and more. Those in Europe will be able to purchase the following songs starting on January 8:

Final Fantasy VII – Opening ~ Bombing Mission (BMS)
Final Fantasy XIV – Primal Judgement (Ifrit Battle) (BMS)
Xenogears – Flight (BMS)
SaGa Frontier – Last Battle -T260G- (BMS)
Sword of Mana – In Search of the Sacred Sword (FMS)
Seiken Densetsu 3 – Sacrifice Part Three (BMS)

DLC tends to hit North America and Europe around the same time, so the tracks above should arrive on the same day in the U.S. as well.

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Dengeki will be hosting a new stream for Bravely Second on January 9. It will take place at 8 PM Japan time, which is 7 AM ET / 4 AM PT / 12 PM in the UK / 1 PM in Europe.

The following guests will be in attendance:

Mai Aizawa (VA for Edea in Bravely Default) as an MC
Tomoya Asano
Shinji Takahashi (assistant producer)
Goemon (from Dengeki)

We’ve included the stream embed above. Just come back on the designated day and time to watch!

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Final Fantasy Explorers was updated in Japan yesterday. Square Enix brought out a new job, boss, and more.

In the job department, Blue Mage has been added to Final Fantasy Explorers. It has a “learning” skill to acquire moves from enemies and the “beacon of counter attack” to increase strength. Blue Mages can initially use short swords or staves.

There’s also a great variety of blue magic spells. These include things like goblin punch, where power depends on physical strength (and the move is more powerful if a short sword is equipped). Other spells include fire breath, magnetic storm, leaf cutter, and Aeroga. There are quite a number of additional spells, too.

Square Enix is readying several pre-order bonuses for Bravely Second in Japan.

By reserving the game on the company’s e-store, players will receive the exclusive Trinity Sword. This features a new ability called Divine Night that lets you absorb the damage you’d normally take, during a Default.

Amazon Japan is giving out the Ogre’s Swing katana. The weapon has the Shell Split ability that was used by Pirates in Bravely Default. It’s capable of lowering the target’s physical defense up to 75%.

Another pre-order bonus, the Dragonbreath bow, comes from GEO Hyper Media Shop. The bow makes use of the new ability Physical Up, which is used to increase a target’s physical attack.

Last but not least is the Holy Spear Garuda from Game Tsutaya. This has the Haste Magic – a level 2 Time Magic in Bravely Default – that increases speed by up to 150 percent.

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