Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Main series games Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Developer(s) Square Enix Publisher(s) Square Enix Designer(s) Yuji Horii
Akira Toriyama Artist(s) Akira Toriyama Composer(s) Kōichi Sugiyama Series Dragon Quest Platform(s) PlayStation 4
Nintendo 3DS (Japan)
Nintendo Switch
Microsoft Windows
Xbox One
Google Stadia Release date(s) PlayStation 4
^JP July 28, 2017
^NA September 4, 2018
^EU September 4, 2018
Nintendo 3DS
^JP July 28, 2017
Microsoft Windows
^NA September 4, 2018
^EU September 4, 2018
XI S: Definitive Edition
Nintendo Switch
^JP September 27, 2019
^NA September 27, 2019
^EU September 27, 2019
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
^JP December 4, 2020
^NA December 4, 2020
^EU December 4, 2020
Google Stadia
^NA March 16, 2021
^EU March 16, 2021
Genre(s) Role-playing Rating(s) CERO: A
ESRB: T
OFLC: M
PEGI: 12
USK: 12

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (ドラゴンクエストXI 過ぎ去りし時を求めて, Doragon Kuesuto Irebun Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete, lit. "Dragon Quest XI: In Search of a Passing Time") is the eleventh main Dragon Quest game. The game was initially released on the Nintendo 3DS and the PlayStation 4 game consoles, and later for Microsoft Windows via Steam and the Nintendo Switch. The game was first revealed during a livestream on July 28, 2015. The game was released on July 29th, 2017 on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo 3DS in Japan, on the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows via Steam in the West on September 4, 2018.

Later an enhanced version titled Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (ドラゴンクエストXI 過ぎ去りし時を求めて S, Doragon Kuesuto Irebun Sugisarishi Toki o Motomete Esu, lit. "Dragon Quest XI: In Search of a Passing Time S"), was released in September 27, 2019 first for Nintendo Switch. The ports for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox were released in Dec 2020. Following the release of the Definitive Edition, the original version was stopped from shipping.On March 16th, 2021, a port for Google's cloud-based gaming service Stadia was released, as well.

Planned as the 30th anniversary title for the series, Dragon Quest XI is an homage and celebration of the ten games that came before it that tells its own distinct story.

Setting

The world of the game is Erdrea, a peaceful planet watched over by the floating island that carries Yggdrasil, the source of all life. Though present in previous games, the significance of Yggdrasil is more pronounced than before, with the almighty arbor having widespread recognition and reverence even in the most remote villages. Cities and kingdoms based upon real-world European nations return for the first time since Dragon Quest III, and the game's plot is divided into acts reminiscent of the chapters and generations of the fourth and fifth games; dramatic changes mark the ending of each segment of the game, greatly changing the environment and tone of the title.

Plot

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The game is set in the world of Erdrea and begins as the kingdom of Dundrasil is invaded and destroyed by an army of monsters. The protagonist, an infant during the attack, survives and is found floating down a river by an older man named Chalky in the village of Cobblestone. The protagonist is adopted by Chalky's daughter Amber and raised in the village. After the protagonist's coming-of-age ceremony, Amber reveals the truth to him about his birth and adoption and sends him to meet King Carnelian of Heliodor. However, the king accuses him of being an evil entity and throws him into the dungeons. Imprisoned, the protagonist meets a thief called Erik, who reveals that he was sent to meet him, as the mark on his hand is proof that he is the Luminary, a legendary hero chosen by the world tree Yggdrasil to save Erdrea from evil. The pair escape and evade capture, later joined by two mages: Veronica, trapped in a child's body due to a curse, and her twin sister, Serena. On their quest to help the Luminary reach the sacred tree Yggdrasil, they gain three other companions: Sylvando, a traveling entertainer, Rab, former king of Dundrasil and the protagonist's grandfather and Jade, the exiled princess of Heliodor who helped the infant protagonist escape during the attack of Dundrasil.

The party eventually arrives at the heart of Yggdrasil, which contains the Sword of Light, the Luminary's destined weapon. However, just as the Luminary is about to take it, he and the party are intercepted by Carnelian and his retainers Jasper and Hendrik. It is revealed that Carnelian was possessed by an evil sorcerer known as Mordegon and that Jasper is Mordegon's agent. The two subdue Hendrik and the Luminary's party, with Mordegon taking the Sword of Light and absorbing the heart of Yggdrasil, destroying the tree and plunging the world into an age of darkness. The Luminary returns to Cobblestone, separated from the others, turned into a fortified refuge for Heliodor citizens led by Carnelian and Hendrik. They apologize to the Luminary for all the troubles they caused him. Hendrik joins forces with the Luminary, and together they reclaim Heliodor from Mordegon's forces. After reuniting with the rest of the party, except for Veronica, who perished saving the others during the fall of Yggdrasil, the Luminary obtains the means to forge a new Sword of Light, which they use to defeat Jasper and Mordegon, which restores Yggdrasil and the world.

Afterward, the party discovers the means to bring Veronica back within the Tower of Lost Time. There they meet the Timekeeper, who gives the Luminary the power to go back in time and defeats Mordegon before he can steal the Sword of Light and Yggdrasil's heart, thus saving Veronica from sacrificing herself. However, due to Mordegon's absence, a dark spirit is able to summon forth a mysterious orb called Erdwin's Lantern and merge with it, thus awakening the game's true antagonist, The Dark One, Calasmos, who was previously destroyed in the timeline of Mordegon's rule. The party learns that a prior Luminary named Erdwin was betrayed and killed by his mage companion Morcant, who absorbed Calasmos's powers and transformed into Mordegon. Since he could not be destroyed forever without the power of the Luminary, Serenica, Erdwin's former sage companion and lover, then sealed the weakened Calasmos within Erdwin's Lantern and attempted to return to the past at the Tower of Lost Time, but was turned into the Timekeeper instead. The party then confronts and destroys Calasmos before the Luminary entrusts his mark to Serenica, who reverts to her original form and uses it to return to the past and reunite with Erdwin. Accompanied by Veronica and Serena, he also returns the Sword of Light to Yggdrasil, who reveals itself to be Yggdragon, an ancient dragon of light defeated by Calasmos ages ago, whose body transformed into the tree Yggdrasil and gave life to Erdrea. Yggdragon bestows upon the Luminary the title of "Erdrick," the mightiest of all heroes, and keeps the Sword for the day when a new hero will need it to defend Erdrea from evil. In the mid-credits, Serenica reunites with Erdwin in the past, while after the credits, a young mother, after reading the Luminary's story in a book, wakes up her child from the bed, setting up the beginning of Dragon Quest III.

Characters

Playable Characters

• The Luminary - A young man from the village of Cobblestone. He was born with a mysterious mark on his left hand, and is declared to be the "Darkspawn" by the King of Heliodor that will bring about the end of the world if he is not killed.
• Erik - A blue-haired thief that the Luminary encounters in the dungeons of Heliodor who decides to accompany him on his journey. Despite his rough-and-tumble appearance, he is a kindhearted and loyal friend.
• Veronica - A strong-willed, tomboyish girl who has lost her age and hates being treated like a child. She will stand up to anyone, regardless if they are an adult or monster. She is gifted with offensive magic.
• Serena - A kind, dependable, and compassionate young woman who has a talent with healing magic and the lyre. Her hapless personality sometimes causes trouble for her sister Veronica.
• Sylvando - A flamboyant and carefree entertainer with a dream to make people smile around the world. He is described as the mood maker of the party and has a strong sense of justice.
• Jade - An expert martial artist who travels the world with Rab in order to fulfill a mysterious goal. Her beauty and dignified demeanor suggests that she is more than just a talented fighter.
• Rab - A mysterious elderly man who looks like nothing more than a simple traveler, but in combat he wields ferocious martial arts skills and high-level magic. He seems to know someone in every port and town around the world.
• Hendrik - A Heliodoran knight and general who is initially opposed to the Luminary and is tasked by the King of Heliodor to capture him. After a change of heart, he vows to become the Luminary's sword, shield, and unswerving companion.

Other Characters

• Gemma - Childhood friend of the Luminary, who was born on the same day as him. The two undertake a coming-of-age ceremony together, just before the young man departs on his journey.
• Chalky - A kindly old man from the village of Cobblestone who finds the Luminary as an infant while out fishing in the game's prologue. He decides to adopt the boy as his own grandson. In his youth, he was a world traveler.
• Jasper - A cruel strategist from the Kingdom of Heliodor. His cold methods have led to many victories.
• King Carnelian - The wise and respected ruler of Heliodor. He is known as a master swordsman and is skeptical of the claims that the protagonist is the reincarnation of the Luminary.
• Mia - Erik's younger sister and a fellow thief, forced into the Vikings' servitude in their youth. Due to an incident in Erik's past involving her, he is clouded with deep regrets.
• Erdwin - The "Luminary of Legend," and the protagonist's predecessor.
• Drustan - A warrior of great prowess and one of Erdwin's traveling companions.
• Serenica - A sage of Arboria who was one of Erdwin's traveling companions.
• Morcant - A wizard with a deep thirst for power who was one of Erdwin's traveling companions.

New features

Fun-size forge

The Fun-Size Forge is a complete overhaul of the alchemy system first seen in VIII. Instead of recycling older items, weapons, and armor to create new gear, the forge allows the player to refine existing armaments and items into more potent versions that have greater stats and effects.

The forge is used on a separate screen, where the item being reforged is presented in a grid layout set over its rough outline. The goal is to hit the selected grind square so that the meter bar assigned to it is raised to the target level, changing the molten outline of that section of the item into its proper shape. The player has a variety of strike techniques and temperature control to raise the meters to the ideal setting, and each action requires a set number of focus points. The amount of focus the Luminary can grant at any time is proportional to his level.

Player conveniences

• The player can catch up on current and past events at any time by checking the "Info." section of the main menu.
• The mini map on the overworld screen will highlight the direction where the next plot point is.
• Zoom can now be cast indoors.
• Party Chat returns, with a menu screen similar to VIII.
• A new camping system that serves as rest stops for the party, where the player can speak to their allies, use the fun-size forge, reallocate skill points, and purchase items from wandering merchants.

Battle refinements

Dragon Quest XI is still using its traditional turn-based battle system, with the player and monsters act by turns. The player can switch the battle style graphics of the Nintendo 3DS version from 3D to 2D, which the battle system can be toggled after encountering a monster when the players are walking through the field. For the PlayStation 4 version, there are two battle systems as well. With the Free Camera-style, the player can rotate the camera freely and position characters as desired, similar to the style of Dragon Quest X. While using the Classic Camera-style, the player cannot move characters around and camera angles are dynamic, similar to Dragon Quest VIII. Specific additions to the battle system are:

• The player can attack a monster on the overworld by sneaking up on them and striking, dealing a small amount of damage, and getting a preemptive strike when battle commences.
• The text displaying a monster's name will now change color, becoming dull yellow when they drop below half of their maximum HP and red when they drop below 25%.
• Experience Points are awarded to all characters so long as they are alive, even for storyline battles with prearranged party configuration.
• A character's HP and MP are fully restored upon leveling up.
• The Luminary will be revived with one HP after battle if he perishes.

International bonus features

The following features were implemented for the international release of the game on the PS4, and were retroactively added to the Japanese version for the Switch port.

• Fully voiced characters in English.
• Draconian Quest: an excessively difficult mode for experienced players.
• A sprint button that allows a character to dash.
• Redesigned menus that replace the traditional transparent black with sepia tone parchment that displays item and equipment artwork, similar to the menu found in the PS2 version of VIII.
• Refined camera control for easier viewing of details.

Dragon Quest XI S: Definitive Edition

This version of the game includes the following new features and improvements in addition to all content seen in the international PS4/PC release. This version is the marriage of the best features of the 3DS and PS4 versions, and will allow the player to alternate between 2D and 3D modes at any church or goddess statue.

It was originally exclusive to the Nintendo Switch but it was eventually ported to PlayStation 4, Xbox One (and Gamepass), PC (Steam), and Stadia. This new version replaced de facto the original version on PSN and Steam. The Stadia version because unplayable once the service went offline in 2023.

Quality of life adjustments

• Improved camera controls in 3D mode.
• The ability to dash in the overworld has been added for the Japanese version.
• Forging is now available at all times, available from the "+" button menu.
• Cutscenes may now be skipped immediately.
• Additional appearance-changing equipment.
  • The equipment set based on the protagonist of the eighth game that was added to the international release has been added for the Japanese version.
  • A special outfit for Erik designed by mangaka Hiro Mashima, of Fairy Tail fame. This outfit remained Switch-exclusive even after DQXI S was ported to other platforms.
• The ability to switch between the Symphonic Suite and original soundtracks.
  • Option to replace the overworld theme with the one from Dragon Quest VIII.
• The ability to switch between 3D and 2D modes as in the 3DS version.

Scenario additions

• An extensive sidequest involving Hendrick and Jasper has been added to the end-game.
• A new character, Madame Cherie, has been added. She is a professor at L'Académie de Notre Maitre des Médailles.
• Additional sub-scenarios are added at the beginning of Act 2 focusing on various party members and what they were doing before rejoining the Luminary. In order, they elaborate on Sylvando, Jade, Erik, and Rab's activities.
• The Luminary is able to 'Become Companions' with any party member (rather than just Gemma) in Act 3, with a scene added atop the Cobblestone Tor for each.

Party interaction

• Additional Party Chat dialogue.
  • In-battle speech bubbles for character commentary.
• Fully voiced cutscenes in both English and Japanese for the Japanese and International versions respectively.
  • The ability to switch between English and Japanese voices in the International version
  • The ability to silence the protagonists' idle sounds such as yawns and battle cries
• Party members will follow behind the Luminary in 3D mode just as in 2D titles.
  • Characters can be spoken to directly on the overworld without having to bring up the Party Chat menu.
• Party members will move on their own while in battle, adjusting to the conditions of conflict for more player immersion. This is an aesthetic adjustment that does not affect gameplay.

Mini game refinements

• A photograph mode reminiscent of Cameron's Codex.
• Horse-racing minigame has been fine-tuned.
• The amount of monsters to ride has been increased by four, including a Golem, Great sabrecat, and Slime knight, and an Iron maiden.
  • Running over small to medium monsters now gives experience points, 30% of what would be gained in a normal battle. Gold is not awarded by these hit-and-runs.
  • A dedicated musical theme will play when riding a Great sabrecat.

2D and 3D art styles

Dragon Quest XI is the first game in the series to be simultaneously released for different hardware, being the 3DS and PS4 initially. Due to the differences in processing capability between the two systems, each has a distinct art style and the 3DS version allows the player to enjoy the game in 3D and 2D styles. The former is a super-deformed presentation reminiscent of Dragon Quest IX with chibi character proportions, and the latter is sprite-based and designed to evoke the SFC remake of Dragon Quest III.

The 2D mode was later reworked into the Definitive Edition re-release, with various graphical overhauls and with a more limited way of swapping between 2D and 3D. As the 3DS version was not released internationally, Western fans can only play the game in the 16-bit style in the Definitive Edition.

Pre-released information

Development

The news about Dragon Quest XI was revealed by its creator Yuji Horii, when saying that he won't release Dragon Quest XI for smartphones. In April 2014, Yuji Horii teased that he is working on the next Dragon Quest title. In July 2015, they announced through a Japanese magazine Shonen Jump that they will release a new Dragon Quest title during a livestream on July 28, 2018. After the announcement in Shonen Jump, there were been rumours that the newly titled game is in fact Dragon Quest XI. A Wall Street Journal Japan reporter received a letter of invitation from Square Enix containing that there will be "a new title from main Dragon Quest series." which the letter fully revealed "a new title from the main Dragon Quest series for the first time in three years." During the livestream on July 28, 2015, the revealed gameplay footage of Dragon Quest XI, revealing that it will be released for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 4. They also said that the PlayStation 4 version uses Unreal Engine 4 to create a high quality game.

On July 28, 2017, Yuji Horii announced that the game will be released internationally in 2018 in five different languages. The Western release of the game was announced on March 28, 2018, which will include various new features added from the Japanese release, including voice acting, as well as a release on PC systems. The five languages the game was translated into are English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

Dragon Quest XI producer Hokuto Okamoto confirmed during an interview with Dualshockers on April 8, 2018 that Dragon Quest XI S will be based off the PlayStation 4 version. He also mentioned that while Dragon Quest XI S was already part of the outlook when the development team started developing Dragon Quest XI, the game at the time couldn't run on the Nintendo Switch since the SDK (software development kit) wasn't ready within Unreal Engine 4. But the development team is now able to start working on Dragon Quest XI S since the SDK that supports the Nintendo Switch has been implemented on Unreal Engine 4. However, that SDK only supports a version of Unreal Engine 4 that is higher than the version that the original game is developed on, which means the development team had to update the engine, which comes with its own sets of issues; the developers are in the process of resolving those issues. Square Enix had considered releasing Dragon Quest XI at the same time as the PlayStation 4 and PC versions. But since they don't have a solid input on how long the development for Dragon Quest XI S will take, they believe it's going to be a long ways out, and they didn't want fans on PlayStation 4 and PC to wait that long to be able to enjoy Dragon Quest XI.

Dragon Quest XI producer Hokuto Okamoto announced on Twitter that the Japanese version of Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition went gold on July 19, 2019 while the Western version of Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition went gold on July 26, 2019.

During the Dragon Quest Paradise News Station event at Tokyo Game Show 2018 on September 23, 2018, Square Enix announced that the Nintendo Switch version will be titled Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S, with 'S' meaning "Switch," "Special," "Shaberu" (Speaking), and "Seiyuu" (Voice Actor), according to Yuji Horii. Dragon Quest XI producer Hokuto Okamoto added that "Even though shaberu (speaking) will be taking priority...I think there are some players who would prefer Dragon Quest without voices, and we're keeping that in mind. Horii will be able to say more about that at some point..." Nintendo announced during the Nintendo Direct presentation on February 13, 2019 that the Nintendo Switch version will be titled Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition and will be released during Fall 2019.

During E3 2019, Nintendo and Square Enix announced that Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition will be released worldwide on September 27, 2019. During the Pre-Xbox Games Showcase of July 23, 2020, Dragon Quest XI S was shown to have a release set for Xbox One and Windows 10 on December 4, 2020. Stated by Yuji Horii, it is the first time the franchise has a game published on Xbox. After the showcase, a Steam and PlayStation 4 port of the game were published on Twitter and would be released on the same date as the Xbox One and Windows 10 port.

Credits

Scenario & design

Role	Staff
Game Designer	Yuji Horii
Character Designer	Akira Toriyama
Music Composer	Kōichi Sugiyama
Director	Takeshi Uchikawa
Scenario	Yuji Horii
Scenario Writers	Kenjirou Mori, Jun Ito, Yuji Watanabe, Shungo Hirano, Reona Kawase, Masahiko Kitagawa, Sayaka Takagi, Kouichiro Tsuro, Mei Komuro

English cast

Staff	Role
Rasmus Hardiker	The Luminary
Gunnar Cauthery	Erik
Lauren Coe	Veronica
Jessica Clark	Serena
Shai Matheson	Sylvando
Laura Aikman	Jade
Alex Norton	Rab
John Hopkins	Hendrik
James Goode	Mordegon
Lizzie Stables	Gemma
Timothy Watson	Chalky
Jessica Carroll	Amber
Jamie Ballard	King Irwin
Joy MacAvoy	Queen Eleanor
Matthew Gravelle	Jasper
Christopher Godwin	King Carnelian
Sacha Dhawan	Prince Faris
Parker Sawyers	Vince Vanquish
Naomi McDonald	Michelle
Nathan Wiley	Kainui
Lydia Leonard	Queen Marina
Alex Kelly	Dora-in-Grey
Maya Lindh	Queen Frysabel
Martin Wenner	Snorri
Beau Anten	High Lama
Tuyen Do	Grand Master Pang
Joseph Balderrama	Don Rodrigo
Naoko Mori	Miko
Joseph West	Atsuo
Lauren Mote	Mia
Additional voices	Laura Aikman, Lorenzo Allchurch, Beau Anten, Jonathan Ashley, Joseph Balderrama, Jamie Ballard, Eloise Bowler, Jessica Carroll, Oli Chance, Jessica Clark, Sacha Dhawan, Tuyen Do, Wayne Forester, Phoebe Fox, Christopher Godwin, James Goode, Matthew Gravelle, Rasmus Hardiker, John Hopkins, Freddie Jones, Eve Karpf, Alex Kelly, Lydia Leonard, Maya Lindh, Shai Matheson, Joy McAvoy, Naomi McDonald, Naoko Mori, Lauren Mote, Nikoo Saeki, Parker Sawyers, Ronan Summers, John Taylor, Timothy Watson, Martin Wenner, Joseph West, Nathan Wiley, Jon Youseman, Jamie Zubairi

English directing

Role	Staff
SIDE UK ltd.	Casting Director: Martin Vaughan
	Voice Director: Jonathan Ashley
	Senior Production Manager: Chris Donnelly
	Production Assistant: Adam Hyder
	Audio Engineer: Jon Youseman
	Audio Engineer and Post-Production: Damian O'Sullivan
	Post-Production Coordinator: Duncan Gillies

General development

Role	Staff
Chief Planners	Yuichi Tsuchiya, Koichi Ogawa, Masato Yagi, Masahide Kobayashi
Battle Planners	Takehiro Fujii, Yoichi Kuroda, Yoshitaka Osawa, Shungo Hirano, Daisuke Makino, Kazuyuki Miura, Takeo Mogi, Hiroshi Ogino, Hiroshi Tamate
Lead Event Planner	Masato Yagi
Event Planners	Shinji Yoneyama, Yasuyuki Hayasaka, Yuta Nakagawa
Lead Map Planners	Koichi Ogawa, Yutaka Hirata
Map Planners	Shuta Yoshida, Katsushi Yamagishi, Takamasa Saitou, Naoyuki Shiraishi
Lead System Planner	Shuetsu Kadowaki
System Planners	Ryota Iwagami, Masaaki Shimoma, Toru Maruyama
Lead NPC Planner	Yasushi Funakoshi
Lead UI Planners	Noriyuki Miyaji, Kazushi Morita
UI Planner	Tatsuya Yamashita
Technical Director	Mitsuru Kamiyama
Lead Programmer	Toshihide Kitamura
Framework Programmers	Hajime Kitamura, Yūichirō Hino, Hideaki Nakata, Hiroto Matsutani
Game System Programmers	Kazuaki Yokozawa, Tomoyuki Ando, Sho Nakamura, Hayato Ikeda, Motoharu Terasaki
Battle System Programmers	Daisuke Sato, Kohei Iwata, Koichi Nakata, Akira Koizumi
UI Programmers	Yoshifumi Ohtsu, Hidenori Suzuki, Tōru Funakura, Shinobu Ogasawara
Lead Level Designer	Masashi Niwano
Level Designers	Tomomoto Adachi, Teruhisa Takeda, Shuta Yoshida, Takaaki Jitsuhiro, Tsubasa Akimoto, Katsushi Yamagishi, Yosuke Kitazono, Makiko Tono, Soichi Osawa, Masaaki Matsuura, Takahiro Kawase, Kei Urushibata, Ayumi Okayasu, Shunhao Ko, Ryota Hirasawa, Naoya Komiyama, Yuta Obinata, Issei Kikuchi, Ayumi Nakaji, Yuhei Kuramoto, Jumpei Nishino, Shotaro Ono, Yuta Toyama, Katsumori Nagayama, Akihito Sakamoto, Shunsuke Matsunami, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Arashi Matsuoka, Shinji Kuwabara, Norihisa Hoshino, Jumpei Yamaguchi, Midori Iwabuchi, Takehiro Imai, Naoyuki Shiraishi
Technical Level Designers	Toshiyuki Baba, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kazuya Azuma, Seigen Kojima, Yuki Shimizu
Lead Minigame Planners	Ryota Iwagami, Kenji Tatsuta
Minigame Planners	Kazuya Shibata, Yuko Yamamoto, Yoshinori Takadate, Atsuya Funahashi
Lead Minigame Programmer	Shunsuke Itō
Minigame Programmers	Junya Matsushita, Kazuo Yagi
Lead Minigame Designer	Atsushi Kaneko
Minigame Designers	Tatenori Yabe, Yuji Mochizuki, Momoko Hirose, Miyuki Sano, Mayu Asahina, Ayumi Ida, Kei Ishijima, Kotaro Shinoki, Yukiko Nishigaki
Slime Quest Slots Director	Keiichiro Kajiyama
Slime Quest Slots Adviser	Seiya Nakata

Art direction

Role	Staff
Project Manager	Kiyosei Nishikawa
Art Director	Eiichirō Nakatsu
3D Art Directors	Kazuyuki Ikumori, Yoshiko Hiyama, Shinya Hayakawa
Technical Artists	Kazuhiro Takagi, Osamu Fukumitsu, Koji Kawasaki, Satoshi Gonokami
Cutscene Directors	Shusuke Momoi, Manabu Nakamura, Hitoshi Nishio, Shimon Dohi, Kei Iwasaki
Technical Cutscene Artists	Takashi Nyui, Hirokazu Nagai, Akiko Konagaya
Lead Cutscene Animators	Tadashi Fujita, Yoshifumi Tomura, Yoshimatsu Isao, Hidenori Hoshino, Tomotake Ishikawa, Rui Fukuma, Hitoshi Nishihara, Takayuki Shigekawa, Kentarou Narimatsu, Wataru Ohnishi, Yuji Koga, Junichi Kameda, Syota Hiramatsu, Shuhei Arai
Cutscene Animators	Arato Kato, Yuki Date, Hidekazu Yamada, Kenji Uchida, Mamoru Watanabe, Keiitirou Akashi, Hirokazu Tono, Hiromi Toda, Aimi Suda, Lisa Furuya, Nobue Sakuyama, Narimi Okue, Ko Mogi, Shigeru Tanabe, Masayoshi Senba, Soh Chionrion, Mayu Shimazaki, Yuta Nakatsuka, Ryo Tsukagoshi, Qiushi Bai, Mitsugu Ohara, Yuki Nonaka, Akira Oguro, Kenta Nemoto, Zhang Miao, Tomotake Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Murabayashi, Kaori Nishimoto, Wakiko Sato, Naoki Adachi, Shunsuke Goto, Akiyoshi Takeuchi, Jinpei Saito, Daiki Nakano, Ryuji Miyazawa, Yosuke Takada, Mao Konishi, Tsubasa Kuwabara, Fumie Anno, Atsushi Hayashida, Keigo Akita, Yukio Noguchi, Kazuo Aoishi, Taisuke Shinkawa, Yuta Yamashita, Kazuya Takeda, Kazuma Onodera, Mikimasa Katou, Daisuke Kobayashi, Akito Iwatsu, Noriko Itagaki, Maria Yamazaki, Yuki Yanagibashi, Ryuji Kataniwa, Yusuke Yachi, Fumihiko Kagawa, Shigeru Araki, Yoga Priyanto, Kosuke Araki, Mitsuru Yoshida, Yoshinori Yoshimoto, Aya Kamei, Yuki Kokura, Satoko Naiki, Eiji Takada, Satomi Nakayama, Takayuki Shimokawa, Yuki Kato, Marika Matsuo, Yuuki Kanai, Masanori Tsutsumi, Tomoya Yasuda, Yasushi Nagata, Naoki Kitagawa
Cutscene Animation Support	Teruaki Shiraishi, Masayuki Tanaka
Associate Battle Designers	Takayuki Sasaki, Ittatsu Shimizu, Tatsuya Asakura, Naoki Yoshibe, Takuya Saito, Yoshihiko Ishiguro, Yuki Nakajima, Yuta Matsumoto, Shunsuke Yoshida, Hiroki Azuma, Takeshi Ishiuchi, Kaori Koyanagi
Lead Art Designers	Kazuhiro Fukugaya, Hayato Yamamoto, Kōki Mogi, Kenji Miyawaki
Art Designers	Yoshihiro Hirota, Nao Amano, Masami Hashizume, Yui Ouchi, Shigeo Niwa, Tetsuro Kodama, Kenji Hoshio, Seiji Uda, Kyosuke Maruyama, Akira Okamoto, Tatsuaki Urushibara, Naoki Fukuda, Ryūichi Tobe, Yoshirou Mori, Hidetomo Komaki, Kazuhiro Oya
Lead 3D Character Artist	Shinya Hayakawa
3D Character Artists	Takaaki Yamagami, Yoshio Kamikubo, Hideaki Ono, Nobuto Iwao, Kazuya Nanjo, Yuko Akazaki, Kai Okura, Hiroshi Ueda, Mari Tachibana, Takuya Shibuya, Yuki Sato, Minoru Kobayashi, Otokazu Eda, Yuto Ito, Takehiro Ishikawa, Jun Sonobe, Shion Otsuka, Shinya Kanzaki, Endo Yu, Yasuko Morozawa, Kazunori Nakanishi, Mayu Suzuki, Takahito Mizuno, Kito Ogihara, Yuma Ito, Rika Tanaka, Toru Mizomoto, Masahiro Inoue, Ryo Goto, Yuichi Harada, Daiki Iwashita, Yu Shimizu, Sosuke Matsui, Yusuke Suga, Toshiaki Miwa, Hiroyuki Ashida, Kōichirō Ono, Naomori Daira, Shigeaki Okada, Arisa Kobayashi, Masakazu Ogata, Ei Mitsuhashi, Kenta Matsumoto, Yuya Kobayashi, Atsushi Ōshima, Hirofumi Yamazaki, Yang Wu, Arika Shirai, To Hoen, Cheng Hao, Shan Weijia, Song Yan, Li Ying, Du Juan, Zhang Yichun, Shi Zongjing, Masayuki Goto, Kaori Furusawa, Ken Fujikawa, Shizuo Kato, Atsushi Kaneko, Hidenori Tanaka, Daishi Yanai, Yusako Ando, Kazuya Kitamura, Tetsuya Chiba
Lead Environment Artists	Yoshiko Hiyama, Atsushi Numata, Katsumi Miura, Takeshi Tomiwaki
Environment Artists	Kiyoshi Tsuchiya, Shuichi Suwa, Teruki Suganuma, Shunichi Iwaita, Hiroki Uchida, Chiharu Shindo, Hisashi Sawada, Mihoko Takahashi, Akimune Tanaka, Tomohiro Kishi, Takayuki Honne, Azusa Ishizeki, Yohei Yamada, Yoji Oyama, Tomohiro Abe, Takashi Hirano, Koji Asai, Yoshinobu Okano, Akira Nagamatsu, Yukiko Mizo, Masashi Komatsubara, Tomohiko Nakamura, Nobuaki Hirai, Eriko Nishio, Kotaro Sato, Lin Xu, Wang Dakai, Liao Bin, Gao Xin, Chen Jianzhi, Shi Yichao, Ye Chunyi, Mai Xuefeng, Qi Jianxin, Su Bo
Technical Environment Artists	Masanori Nishishita, Isana Kurokawa
Associate Environment Designers	Tomoki Yoshimitsu, Jin Horita, Kenzo Kanzaki, Wang Bo, Wu Xia, Zheng Hao, Huang Xiang, Feng Ling Fei, Yang Xiao Jun, Ying Hang Dong
Lead Object Designer	Akira Yasui
Object Designers	Taiyo Tazawa, Ryosuke Koga, Keisuke Shibutani, Kimio Odagawa, Shuhei Nomura, Kazuki Sawada, Masaaki Senda, Naoki Ando, Daima Agawa, Takuya Kojima, Kosei Hatanaka, Mamoru Hitotsuyanagi, Shinobu Ueki, Lai Chuanming, Akane Yamada, Masatomo Kihara, Takafumi Arai, Kenji Ueda
Lead UI Designer	Noriyuki Miyaji
UI Designers	Tomoyasu Katoh, Taketoyo Ogawa, Akira Shinoda, Nozomi Tamura, Jun Ishiwatari, Satomi Doi, Sae Kamidani, Setsuko Isomoto, Kouichirou Kobayashi, Tomomi Takemura, Yuhi Igushi, Akira Katagi, Yoshinao Kimura, Ayumi Kato, Koji Kato, Kanako Kazoe
Lead Character Animator	Shigeru Takenaka
Character Animators	Katsuya Shiraishi, Yuya Iwama, Ryuhei Fuchigami, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Shigemi Karaki, Kiyoshi Taniuchi, Hisashi Kanie, Hidetoshi Mizuno, Masateru Nishiyama, Mitsumasa Tanabe, Yuta Fukushi, Makoto Suzuki, Tsunemasa Endo, Syugo Harada, Yoshiaki Ide, Fumihiro Maruno, Kazuya Sato, Katsuki Hisanaga, Kazushige Iizuka, Son Taii, Yusuke Masuda, Masakazu Tagawa, Chiaki Kimura, Akane Tsuya, Hisashi Tohyama, Yushi Inagaki, Yukiko Wakasa, Norimasa Morishita, Fumio Mukaeda
Character Animation Supervisor	Katsuyuki Wada
Lead VFX Artist	Arugo Shinohara
VFX Artists	Yuji Kawada, Musashi Nishiki, Hiroto Narita, Ryota Fujisawa, Hiroaki Nakamura, Natsuka Furukawa, Tatsuki Okano, Takahiro Ōwaki, Manami Urakami, Yukina Yamada, Mariko Kawase, Yuki Akimoto, Asuka Nakayama, Ka Shin, Takayoshi Ishihara, Kōsuke Nakayama, Kazuma Sangu, Takuya Kotobuki, Yuki Arikawa, Yuki Kawachi, Tomotaka Ishikawa, Kenta Kobayashi, Yuriko Inaba, Hiroyuki Kudo, Miki Toyota, Kohei Yoshizawa
VFX Supervisor	Hikaru Suzuki
Sound Director	Nobuyoshi Sano
Sound Planners	Shingo Kataoka, Kanji Hirao
Lead Music Programmer	Ayumu Murai
Music Programmers	Takashi Honda, Yoshiaki Kimura, Noriko Ishida
Sound Advisor	Hidenori Miyanaga
Motion Capture Studio Engineers	Masashi Imanaka, Hajime Kotani, Masayuki Wakai, Yoshitaka Honma
Motion Capture Engineers	Kazumi Tashiro, Masashi Tsuchiya
Motion Capture Actors	Masahiro Kuranuki, Yasushi Komura, Haruka Shibai, Shinya Shimokawa, Hideki Sugiguchi, Naomi Taniyama, Daisuke Terai, Masahiro Nagai, Sanae Hitomi, Taketore Morita, Sanshiro Wada
Motion Capture Actor Coordinators	Kazushi Horikawa, Hiromi Shinjo
Technical Support	Ryo Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nishizawa, Yusuke Yasuda, Uson Jong, Yusuke Ishikawa
System Support	Toshiyuki Koike, Masahiro Itoh, Keiko Fukushima, Makoto Oda, Yasuaki Ishii, Yoko Washino, Ryusuke Satou, Kazuhiro Usui
Production Support	Akira Funada, Masatoshi Kobayashi, Masaya Kaneko
Development Support	Kenji Sakuraba, Yasukichi Sasaki, Tsunenao Kii, Ryo Sonoda, Yoriko Nakanishi, Kenji Ōki, Tsukasa Onuma, Sawako Akimoto, Yumi Matsuo, Hiromi Masuda, Eri Shibazaki
Project Managers	Yuka Yoshizumi, Masashi Miyata, Koki Nonaka, Noboru Narigasawa, Rie Kitagawa, Ryo Kobayashi, Kenji Sakurai, Hiroyuki Onishi, Takahiro Mizutani, Kazuma Taketani, Masahiro Kudo, Kunpei Yanagawa, Akinori Ozawa, Takanori Asano, Ryo Sakakibara, Manabu Nikai, Tokio Fujisue, Masahiko Fukushi
Product Manager	Shinya Tsukizaki
Development Producers	Toru Takahashi, Soji Takamori, Kiyotake Fujii

Cutscene design

Role	Staff
Cutscene Director	Manabu Nakamura
Cutscene Animators	Hirokazu Nagai, Akiko Konagaya, Nobue Sakuyama, Kei Iwasaki, Rui Fukuma, Yoshimatsu Isao, Hiromi Toda, Shigeru Tanabe

User interface

Role	Staff
Lead UI Designer	Tomoyasu Katoh
UI Designers	Akira Shinoda, Nozomi Tamura, Taketoyo Ogawa, Sae Kamidani
Lead Programmer	Kazuaki Yokozawa
Programmers	Yoshifumi Ohtsu, Hayato Ikeda, Hidenori Suzuki, Hiroto Matsutani, Tōru Funakura, Shinobu Ogasawara, Motoharu Terasaki, Daisuke Sato, Syo Nakamura, Kohei Iwata
Lead Planner	Masaaki Shimoma
Planners	Tatsuya Yamashita, Toru Maruyama, Kazushi Morita
Project Managers	Masatoshi Kobayashi, Koki Nonaka, Hiroyuki Onishi
Special Thanks	Toshihide Kitamura, Masashi Niwano, Akira Yasui, Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, Kazuya Azuma, Teruhisa Takeda, Ayumi Okayasu, Yosuke Kitazono, Yuta Nakagawa, Katsumori Nagayama, Arashi Matsuoka, Noboru Narigasawa, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yukina Yamada, Ryosuke Koga, Kohei Yamashita, Keita Yamamoto, Kentaro Hayase

Localization

Role	Staff
Localisation Team Producer	Atsuko Hirose
Localisation Project Manager	Izumi Watanabe
Localisation Assistant Project Managers	Marie Imai, Koki Tozawa
English Lead Translator	John Taylor
English Translators	Timothy du Heaume, Christopher Orr
Localisation Supervisor	Kay Miura
Lead Localisation Engineer	Kenkyu Hata
Localisation Engineers	Kazuki Kobayashi, Mahiro Komura
Manager	Shingo Hosokawa
General Manager	Kazuhisa Ichigaya
SHLOC Ltd.	Coordination/Project Management: Oli Chance, Geraint Howells
	Editor: Oli Chance
	Translators: Mark Boyle, Geraint Howells
	Additional Translation/Editing: Morgan Rushton
French Localisation Team	Lead Translators/Editors: Adeline Guichard-Lepetit, Cédric Tannay
	Translators: Anne Lamy, Thibaut Salembier
Italian Localisation Team	Lead Translator/Editor: Gaetano Fabozzi
	Translators: Massimiliano Sacchi, Francesca Pezzoli, Riccardo Lausdei
German Localisation Team	Lead Translator/Editor: Andreas Teubler
	Translators: Georg Hund, Gerald Paetsch, Nick Schaefer, Simon Weisgerber
Spanish Localisation Team	Lead Translator/Editor Aurora Ramírez Martínez-Esparza
	Translator/Editor: Diana Díaz Montón
	Translators: Beatriz Esteban Agustí, María Jesús Fernández Herrero, Francisco Paredes Maldonado, Inmaculada C. Pérez Parra

Quality assurance

Role	Staff
Assistant Director of Quality Assurance	David Carrillo (Ribs)
Associate QA Manager	Keith P. Martz
Assistant QA Manager	Mathew A. Clift
Senior QA Coordinator	Michael Ashton
QA Coordinator	John Clark
Assistant QA Coordinators	Tracey Algire, Marcus Hirshhorn
QA Administrator	Louis Sedeno III
QA Team	Genevieve Wright-Scherr, A. J. Castro, Elissa Danese, Latysha Hadidjaja, Victoria Law, Gabby Llanillo, Alexis Lopez, Stephanie McInroy, Andy Polanco, Leander Tipsey, Logan Willis
QA Translator	Takahiro Soh
Localisation Director	Yutaka Sano
QA Director	Yutaka Sano
Director, Head of Business & Legal Affairs	Adam Sullivan
Associate Director, Business & Legal Affairs	Brian Finkelstein
Senior Counsel	Noi Sasaki
Counsels	Patrick Soon, Andrew Bardi
Paralegal	Kimberly Lifschitz
Legal Assistant	Stephanie Pimentel
Contracts Administrator	Jameson B. Marrs

Marketing

Role	Staff
Director, Product Marketing	Ryan Lacina
Manager, Product Marketing	Neal Pabon
Associate Manager, Product Marketing	Samuel Hsieh
Senior PR Manager	Emily Shoji
PR Manager	Stephanie Chang
Assistant PR Manager	Adam Pelc
Director of Public Relations	David Yang
Senior Director, Sales	Ronald Kurtz
Senior Manager, Sales	Eric Rosenberger
Manager, Sales Operations	Nikki Mak
Coordinator, Sales Operations	Andrea Domingo, Valerie Dipraseuth
Manager, Sales Analyst	Josh England
Sales Analyst	Kasim Somers
Junior Sales Analyst	Lana Josephbek
Coordinators, Sales & Claims	Max P. Mena, Christian Arter, Aislyn Wise, Lawrence Garduno
Associate Director, Channel Marketing	Pouya Mirzadeh
Manager, Channel Marketing	Adam Neuman
Online Marketing Manager, Interactive Marketing	Kaori Takasue
Senior Online Marketing Manager, Interactive Marketing	Eric So
Community Manager	Samantha Reinert
Senior Web Producer, Interactive Marketing	Richard Cerow
Web Designer	Aaron Pathammavong
Senior Manager, Central Digital Marketing Manager & Global Media	Chris Van Hook
Manager, Central Digital Marketing	Amber Galvin
Executive Director Online	Yutaka Okura
e-Commerce Manager, Interactive Marketing	Shinri Matsuoka
Associate e-Commerce Manager, Interactive Marketing	John Siy
Marketing Performance Analyst	Samuel Bonin
Director of Creative Services	Michael Bannon
Senior Manager of Creative Services	Brett Wooldridge
Senior Designer of Creative Services	James Cunningham
Graphic Designer	Raul Encarnacion
Traffic/Asset Manager	Natasha Watford
General Manager, Digital Sales	Douglas Bone
Head of Digital Sales, Digital Sales	Andrew Larcombe
Commercial Manager, Digital Sales	Diego Hernandez
Associate Manager, Digital Sales	Brian Jausurawong
Digital Producer, Digital Sales	Toby Coleman
Digital Sales Manager, Digital Sales	Jason Brooks
Digital Operations Manager	Keith Hershey
Digital Operations Coordinator	Tiffany Ponsiano
Business Analyst, Digital Sales	Warren Perdon
Manager, Merchandise	Jennifer Park
Assistant Manager of Merchandise	Kelsey Britt
Merchandise Coordinator	Richard Brady
Senior Manager, Project Communications & Events	Ami Funaki
Assistant Managers, Project Communications & Events	Aimi Tokutake, Aileen Matsuoka
Events Director	Wilbur Lin
Senior Director of Sales Planning, Merchandise, Project Communications & Events	Kanji Tashiro
Finance & Accounting	Koichiro Hayashi, Theresa Castro, Anna Tikhonova, Christine Derise, Daniel Silva, Sam Kim, Andy Peng, Belinda Liu, Emmanuel Saldivar
Chief Executive Officer	Phil Rogers
Chief Operating Officer	Michael Sherlock
Executive Director	Larry Sparks
Executive Management Office	Yoko Hashimoto, Kumiko Hasegawa

Square Enix ltd.

Role	Staff
Operations Director	Seb Ohsan Berthelsen
Head of Localisation	Yuko Tomizawa
Senior Localisation Producer	Alex Moresby
Localisation Producer	Elisa Giribaldi
Assistant Localisation Producer	Giulia Isnenghi
QA Manager	André Woitczyk
Localisation QA Manager	Björn Holste
Senior QA Lead (UK)	Shailesh Iyer
Senior QA Lead (France)	Kevin Balon
Senior QA Lead (Italy)	Erica Berghi
Senior QA Lead (Germany)	Hoi-yee Leung
Senior QA Lead (Spain)	Manuel Nicolás García García
Mastering Manager	Jason Walker
Translator/Editor (French)	Marie Martin
Translator/Editor (Italian)	Federica Lusardi
Translator/Editor (German)	Katharina Klamt
Translator/Editor (Spanish)	Raquel Uzal-Gómez
Senior Translation Manager, Japanese Support Division	Kazuya Andii Yamanaka
Japanese Business Translators	Emi Louise Croucher, Rebecca Fifield Green, Sumiko Okada, Gavin J. Poffley, Shigeru Tabata
Senior Creative Services Manager	Stéphanie Journau
Senior Creative Artworker	Emma Featherstone
Designer	Gary Harrod
Senior Production Manager	Carrie Judge
Brand Manager	Adrian Arnese
Assistant Brand Manager	Mike Adebajo
Senior Brand Director	Kathryn Cala
PR Assistant	Jack Kennedy
Senior PR Manager	Amy Hughes
Community Managers	Sunil Godhania, Daniel Seto
PR/Communications Director	Alex Huhtala
Business Manager	Hideki Miwa
Executive Director - SEJ West	Larry Sparks
COO	Michael Sherlock
CEO	Phil Rogers

Additional Credits

Role

Staff

Companies

A I Co. Ltd., Actvirt Co. LLC., Agni-Flare Co. Ltd., Anima Inc., Animo Creative Works Limited, Apricotton Co. Ltd., *Artz, Beginning Software Inc., Busy Bees Animation Inc., Charabans Inc., Cocosoco Inc., Colobito Inc., Coroha. LLC, Cozyworks Inc., Creek & River Co. Ltd., D H Inc., D1 Inc., D-bas Inc., Detune Ltd., Digital Environment Creations Inc., Digital Hearts Co. Ltd., Earlycros Inc., 8-Ware Creatives Inc., Fellows Inc., Gamejunkie, Gimmick Co. Ltd., GoldElephant Inc., h.a.n.d. Inc., Historia Inc., Ignis Imageworks Corp., Imagicadigitalscape Co. Ltd., Inis Corporation, Katsugekiza Inc., Kedama Works Inc., Khive Co. Ltd., Kobako LLC, L'incal Inc., Neuron-Age Co. Ltd., Optical Force Inc., Pictronics Inc., Plusmile Corp., Primal Agent Co. Ltd., Procyon Studio Co. Ltd., PsyClone Inc., Quack-Luck Inc., R.I.S.U. Inc., Rayline Studio Inc., Rest Inc., Silicon Studio Corporation, Smile Technology United Inc., Sol Entertainment Inc., Spirot Inc., SR Factory Inc., Studio51 Inc., Switch Entertainment Inc., Teco Co. Ltd., Teikoku Software, TNS. Co. Ltd., Tricrest Inc., Verry Inc., Whomor Inc., Winds Co. Ltd., XPEC Art Center Inc., ZEST Crew Inc., Unreal Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2018 Epic Games Inc.Enlighten, Geomerics Limited, Simplygon, Copyright -2018 Donya Labs AB, Criware, CRI Middleware Co. Ltd.

Visual Works Designs

Role	Staff
Movie Director & General Manager	Kazuyuki Ikumori
Project Manager	Yuko Nakamura
Lead Digital Artists	Hiroshi Kuwabara, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Takafumi Nishimura, Ken Okazaki, Kenta Matsubara, Akito Mogi, Yasuhiro Nishimura
Digital Artists	Hiroyuki Honda, Kaori Sato, Mitsuharu Fukai, Kuniaki Saito, Mitsuharu Yoshida, Hikaru Murakami, Kenji Horii, Soichi Shirakabe, Momoko Daigo, Yuki Akama, Yasutomo Kawarai, Rei Kato, Yōichi Iwata, Hiroshi Nishinaka, Akio Hamashima, Go Sakuyama, Yasuyo Hirao, Naoya Okutani, Goichirō Inoue, Daisuke Nagayasu, Kosuke Asano, Yoshinobu Sugain, Mio Tagiri, Saw Takeyama, Yoko Kobayashi, Daisuke Mima, Mika Yokobe, Sho Nohara, Reiko Kaji, Yutaro Shirai, Yoichi Kimura, Miki Hazama, Yohei Shimada, Tomoyuki Sato, Tatsuya Kudo, Hiroshi Nagai, Naoya Imai, Henrique Dan Fuzitani, Zombo Ngeleza Delphine Whitney, Manabu Inokuchi, Fumihiko Kagawa, Akihiko Tanaka, Masahiro Yasuda
Flame Hearts Co. Ltd.	Tomoki Fujiwara, Aruku Koshiishi
Motion Capture Actors	Hidenori Takei, Asuka Yoshikawa
Editors	Yusuke Miyaoka, Yasuhiro Ikawa
Motion Capture Studio Engineers	Nobuaki Kume, Atsushi Inuzuka, Ryo Kawaguchi
Motion Capture Studio Coordinator	Norio Sato
Production Coordinators	Hiroshi Kamohara, Sayako Hirata, Wakako Murata, Noriaki Nishi, Yuka Tero, Maki Nishibori, Kanako Ishizuka, Yusuke Ebihara, Hikaru Ishihara
Division Engineers	Hirofumi Kawai, Keisuke Miyazaki, Yutaka Ono, Hideki Mizoguchi, Takuya Morimoto, Yasuki Okamoto, Ryoichi Kato, Yuya Numata, Akichika Sahara, Nguyen An Duong
Division Support	Takeshi Nagahama, Makiko Nasu, Katsunori Sato
Third-Party Contractors	JSC Games Co. Ltd., CGCG Studio Inc., Flame Hearts Co. Ltd., Neo Agency Co. Ltd.

Square Enix Information Systems Division

Role	Staff
Executive Officer	Motoharu Mitamura
ADM Coordinators	Kazuya Okayasu, Hiroshi Tanaka
GDI Senior Manager	Naoto Shimada
GDI Engineers	Tomohiro Hayasaka, Kazuyuki Horii, Ryoji Murakami, Masahiro Tajima, Yu Nagao, Manabu Yasuhara, Masao Nozaki, Takaaki Yamamoto, Takuro Kaneko, Sota Onji, Yuki Furuya
GDI Coordinator	Kae Murata
IT Infrastructure Senior Manager	Tatsuya Mori
NET Manager	Kei Tasaka
NET Engineers	Keisuke Takahashi, Hajime Tomon, Keita Tatsuki, Yang Wang, Takuma Suzuki
SVD Senior Manager	Naoko Tadaura
SVD Engineers	Nobufumi Yamada, Takashi Sato, Takashi Watanabe, Hideki Matsushita, Kousei Shimoda, Taka Iwasaki
SVD Coordinators	Satoshi Yoshida, Misato Kurita, Ayano Yamaguchi

Square Enix Sales Division

Role	Staff
Executive Officer	Tomoyoshi Osaki
Senior Manager	Daisuke Kobayashi
Manager	Tsutomu Yamada
Staff	Dio Ito, Toshiyuki Inoue, Yoshinori Kaneko, Takashi Kamimura, Kenta Kobayashi, Aki Kohno, Shun Koike, Kazuo Kusakawa, Masahiro Matsumoto, Toshihide Nomura, Mizuki Sakuma, Maiko Shimizu, Jain Son, Shota Tamakoshi, Masaki Yano, Rumi Yoshikawa, Yuka Yoshida, Hiromi Fujita, Noriko Ikeda, Asami Kiura, Mai Inamura
Marketing Manager	Fumikazu Iwaki
PR Manager	Fumikazu Iwaki
Publicity Team	Minako Gotō, Noriko Ozaki, Chieko Tsurunaga, Mitsunori Iida, Hiroshi Iwai, Masanori Unjyo
Web Coordinator	Chiaki Yamauchi

Square Enix Merchandising Business Division

Role	Staff
Senior Manager	Hirokuni Matsuyama
Staff	Nobuyoshi Kunii

Square Enix Publication Business Division

Role	Staff
Book Editing General Manager	Kazuhiro Oya
Staff	Masaki Habu, Ayako Watanabe

Square Enix Sound Division

Role	Staff
Supervisor	Tomohiro Yajima
Sound Director	Yusuke Saito
Sound Designers	Masami Abe, Yukihiro Seta, Hinako Watanabe, Miya Satonaka, Eri Yha, Hiroaki Takahashi, Risa Shimizu, Masayuki Sato, Hideki Uchimura, Ken Hiroe
Audio Programmers	Yuichi Nishimatsu, Nao Kasahara, Yoshinori Tsuchida, Sho Iwamoto, Akihiro Minami, Hikaru Taniyama, Akiyoshi Koyama
Foley Artists, Be Blue Co. Ltd.	Kazutaka Someya, Masumi Takino
Project Manager	Kazuki Hamamoto
Project Assistants	Yuko Sakae, Shihoko Karube, Ayako Tsuchiya

Square Enix Business Division VI

Role	Staff
Dragon Quest Team	Taichi Inuzuka, Ryutaro Ichimura, Noriyoshi Fujimoto, Ryota Aomi, Kento Yokota, Takuma Shiraishi, Tatsuhiro Futagi, Nariko Takabatake, Sho Fujita, Hiroshi Satō, Ryoko Kikuchi

Square Enix Community & Service Division

Role	Staff
General Manager	Toshio Murouchi
Manager	Tatsuhiko Nozaki

Square Enix Operation Group

Role	Staff
Supervisor	Ryuji Kudō
Back-End Support	Naoto Tada, Kenta Takeuchi, Toshikazu Shigyou
Network Operation Centre Staff	Isao Kajiwara

Square Enix Development Support Division

Role	Staff
Middleware Technical Production Associate	Taisuke Sazaki
Administrator	Mieko Isozaki
Quality Assurance Coordinators	Ikaru Koike, Kiminori Ohya, Taku Kato, Akira Morishita, Mei Ito, Takashi Kaneko, Junya Ise, Hiroki Kato, Takumi Shibakawa, Shintaro Takatsu, Akira Takahashi, Tomohiro Takahara, Ayumu Deguchi, Futoshi Fukano, Hiromu Yasumiba, Gensuke Fujisawa, Takuya Uematsu, Atsushi Inomata, Suguru Sato, Masayuki Sasaki, Shiho Inoue, Hideharu Kubo, Syu Tanabe, Mako Yamazaki, Asami Koguchi, Kensuke Enomoto
Technical Engineers	Noboru Taniguchi, Hisato Iwatsuki, Toyokazu Takehara, Taisuke Yahisa, Jun Sato, Keigo Kouno, Kazuya Abuku
Game Testers	Kouichi Kawachi, Jun Okazaki, Akio Moriya, Shieri Yoshida, Taiki Tsutsui, Ryota Ishiyama, Tomohito Suzuki, Mitsutoshi Matsumoto, Satoru Kubota, Shinya Kawamura, Ryōta Minami, Tomohiko Takahashi, Nobuyuki Nishimura, Toshinari Iwafune, Haruhiko Kumaki, Takao Toshima, Masami Watanabe, Yutaka Murakami, Ringo Wachi, Hiromi Sato, Takashi Hasegawa, Takashi Kaneko, Tetsuaki Nitta, Kimitoshi Terasaki, Kenichi Asazuma, Daisuke Miyazaki, Kazuaki Shimura, Youhei Shimabayashi, Moe Fujiu, Yuka Fujii, Yuji Kawaguchi, Shinya Kawashima, Noriko Nakajima, Kazuaki Mori, Shoma Iwaki, Yuki Motohashi, Keisuke Shimizu, Yuki Tokumoto, Masako Horie, Kumiko Baba, Natsumi Suzuki, Iwao Mochizuki, Makoto Miyazawa, Yosuke Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Ohkubo, Shuhei Noda, Hiroshi Yokote, Kazuyoshi Namiki, Mayu Yamaguchi, Yosuke Kuroki, Narumi Sato, Nami Sahashi, Misato Nishimura, Sakichi Nakatani, Yuta Kuretake, Natsumi Kasauchi, Kei Ueno, Tsubasa Hioki, Hiroaki Sasaki, Tamami Sunaba, Yumi Kamada, Yoshiaki Yamada, Nozomi Shimada, Ryota Sasaoka, Shizuka Saito, Yuya Kita, Fuya Shijo, Koichi Sakamoto, Miho Akimoto, Akihiro Doi, Kosuke Ohsawa, Shoma Okazaki, Yusaku Kinoshita, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Masato Miyashita, Naoya Ishida, Yuki Sato, Kyohei Iwakura, Kazuo Hasegawa, Yui Usukine, Yoshiki Fukuda, Takashi Suda, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Hiroki Maemichi, Syusaku Hagiwara, Chie Yamashita, Yuji Ohta, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Masato Kitsu, Arisa Matsumoto, Kōhei Abe, Yoshinori Hashimoto, Tomoya Hoshizaki, Reona Kagomiya, Hikaru Komagome, Naoya Komoriya, Konomi Tani, Ryo Yamada, ...And The Entire QA Staff
Chief Coordinator	Kazunori Ōwada
Ratings Advisors	Megumi Terada, Reiko Kondo
Manager	Hideyuki Kato
Senior Manager	Yukihiro Shibuya
General Manager	Koji Yamashita

Square Enix Copyright Licensing Division

Role	Staff
General Manager	Izumi Tsukushi
Staff	Hitomi Urajiri, Yukiko Kusano

Square Enix Legal & Intellectual Property Division

Role	Staff
Staff	Ayako Hino, Tomokazu Otani, Mitsutaka Aoyagi, Kenjiro Hirano

Square Enix General Affairs Division

Role	Staff
General Manager	Masato Kureha
Facility Manager	Ryoichi Murakawa
Staff	Katsuji Kotani, Osamu Inoue, Motohiro Murakami, Kozue Kaneko, Tomoyuki Hiraoka, Eiko Saika, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Arisa Ohga
Procurement Manager	Emiko Aoike

Square Enix Finance & Accounting Division

Role	Staff
Executive Officer	Kazuharu Watanabe
Accounting Managers	Takayuki Narita, Atsushi Matsuda
Staff	Atsuya Kobayashi, Naoki Fukuzawa, Kenji Uchinō, Haruna Inoue, Nana Kakimi, Teppei Katsukawa
Finance Staff	Shinichi Tamura
Business Management Department Manager	Akihiko Kasuga
Business Management Department Staff	Yu Tsuchida, Kahori Ito
Sales Administration Managers	Hisako Arai, Shinobu Hidaki
Sales Administration Staff	Toyoaki Miyazaki, Kaori Nakanishi, Makiko Kawai, Mina Inoue

Square Enix Additional Credits

Role	Staff
Special Thanks	Shueisha Inc., Sugiyama Kobo, Spike Chunsoft Co. Ltd., Heartbeat , Artepiazza Co. Ltd., Level-5 Inc.
Dragon Quest X Team	Takahiro Murakami, Takumi Hosoyama
Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia	Kenjo Akiyama, Yasuhiro Osaki, Michi Takayasu, Yihong Lin, Shinji Daigo, Itsuki Mukouda, Shuhei Nishimura, Tomoko Inoue, Atsushi Morita
Epic Games Japan	Nori Shinoyama, Joe Conley, Taka Kawasaki
Epic Games Inc.	Nick Penwarden, Gil Gribb, Robert Manuszewski, Ben Woodhouse, Ben Zeigler, Uriel Doyon
Companies	Gal Enterprise Inc., Soh Inc., Bold Co. Ltd., Masamune Inc., Hakuhodo Inc., Asatsu-DK Inc., Dentsu Inc., Wasa-Be Advertising Inc.
Overture performance	Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kōichi Sugiyama
Music Production	Sugiyama Kobo
Project Managers	Ryoko Onishi, Akihiko Nagayama
Assistant Producers	Hikari Kubota, Kosuke Okatani
Publishing Directors	Katsuya Aiso, Yoshiyuki Yaehata
Publicity Assistant	Makoto Yakushijin
Marketing Lead Planners	Tomomi Ichikawa, Neal Pabon, Adrian Arnese
PR Lead Planners	Tomomi Ichikawa, Neal Pabon, Adrian Arnese
Square Enix Co. Ltd., President and Representative Director	Yosuke Matsuda
General Producer (Dragon Quest Series)	Yukinobu Chida
Executive Producer (Dragon Quest Series)	Yū Miyake
Producers	Hokuto Okamoto, Yosuke Saito

Pole To Win UK Ltd. (Glasgow Studio)

Role	Staff
Head of Localisation	Arnaud Messager
QA Manager	Liam Ross
Senior QA Leads	Scott Herdman, Alejandro Santana Vega
Lead Testers	Sam Anderson, Selen Ceri, Amy Gray, Oliver Ross
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Role	Staff
CEO	Yōichi Take
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Gallery

Images

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  Hero.

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  Hero art.

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  Hero concept art.

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  The Luminary with Erdrick's Sword.

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  Erik.

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  Erik art.

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  Erik concept art.

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  Gemma.

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  Gemma art.

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  Veronica.

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  Veronica art.

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  Serena art.

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  Sylvando.

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  Sylvando art.

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  Jade art.

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  Rab art.

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  Hendrik art.

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  Hendrik.

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  Jasper art.

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  King of Heliodor art.

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  Chalky finding the Luminary as an infant.

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  The Hero protecting Gemma in the first battle. (3DS Version)

Videos

Early gameplay of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age.

 

In other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ドラゴンクエストXI 過ぎ去りし時を求めて	Dragon Quest XI: In Search of the Bygone Time, an allusion to both the third major story arc, and the Age of Heroes.
English	Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age	An allusion to both the third major story arc, and the Age of Heroes.
Spanish	Dragon Quest XI: Ecos de un Pasado Perdido	Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of a lost past, an allusion to both the third major story arc, and the Age of Heroes.
French	Dragon Quest XI : Les Combattants de la destinée	Dragon Quest XI: The fighters of destiny, an allusion to both the Luminary, and the third major story arc.
German	Dragon Quest XI: Streiter des Schickals	Dragon Quest XI: Fighters of the fate, an allusion to both the Luminary, and the third major story arc.
Italian	Dragon Quest XI: Echi di un'era perduta	Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of a lost era, an allusion to both the third major story arc, and the Age of Heroes.
T. Chinese	勇者鬥惡龍XI 尋覓逝去的時光	The main title is literally translated as "The Brave Fights Against the Evil Dragon", and the subtitle is a literal translation from the Japanese subtitle.

Dragon Quest XI Guides

• List of armor in Dragon Quest XI
• List of helmets in Dragon Quest XI
• List of shields in Dragon Quest XI
• List of Weapons in Dragon Quest XI
• List of Accessories in Dragon Quest XI
• List of Spells in Dragon Quest XI
• List of Items in Dragon Quest XI

External links

• Omakuni, a peculiarity of the Japanese PC game market, explained à la Wikipedia - describes the differences of 11S between the Japan version and the worldwide one.