Dragon Quest Heroes II is Dated for May 2016
By: On January 13, 2016, 10:18 am EDT @Chregoria

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During the Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary livestream, it was announced that Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and the Prophecy’s End would be released in Japan on May 27th.

The date in question is actually the real anniversary of the series. The game will be released on PS4, PS3, and the Vita.

As we’ve seen little-to-no actual information on the game yet despite it’s relatively close release date, they also announced during the stream that we would see some new information on the game come February 1st in Shonen Jump.

As it stands, there’s no word on a western release yet, but that’s surely an announcement in the wings too.

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  • Mea K

    Already? I’m still waiting for a price drop on the first one…

  • Guest

    Having a lot of fun with the first one so far, good to hear it did well enough for a sequel. Just gotta hope they don’t decide not to bring it over.

  • Master Bating

    This is Omega Force we are talking about.
    They can pump out 8 more Musous before the year is over.

  • Dgnfly

    Haven’t even started the first one since i bought it.

  • Rumble Red

    I’m still plugging away at the last-minute sidequests in the first one. It’s a solid game, but I can only handle so much musou before I need a break.

    Hopefully we’ll get DQV’s best girl this time.

  • Mr0303

    The first one was a really fun musou. I’m looking forward to the sequel.

  • No_Good_Names_Ever

    “that’s surely an announcement in the wings too”
    You’re talking about SquareEnix in the year of 2016

  • Daryl Corey

    Now they just need a US release date too

  • SpecialK

    Hm. The first one was… ok. It was a Musou game, and competent and fun and all, but it still felt kinda… generic and dated somehow.

    Also, good lord did they really overdo Healix’s “goo” puns. After the 1000’th thick-UK-accented “they’re goo-reat!” pun they kinda got a bit like nails on a chalkboard.

    The music was honestly also a rough part. Orchestral Dragon Quest music is gorgeous (I own several orchestral arrange albums), but I would’ve liked *some* rock or “beat” variations, especially when sometimes they’d loop while you did things forever…… That frigging airship town-hub theme was so repetitive after a good half dozen missions, while generating items or cashing in quests for medals.

  • dathip

    #Better bring multiplayer to this installment especially on the #pcmasterrace

  • No_Good_Names_Ever

    I wonder if they’re gonna keep overdoing it with the 3DS remakes.

  • sanic

    Still need to beat the first.

  • Zombie_Barioth

    You know, I just now realized this is the second time they used “Dragon Quest Heroes” for a title. I wonder if these games have anything to do with the Rocket Slime spin-offs, or if its all just coincidence.

  • gamebabble

    They already confirmed first thing that DQ Heroes 2 has 4-Player Online Co-Op.

    Most of why I’m hyped ^_^

  • Jack

    I have no idea what these games even are but i hear they are never localized

  • gamebabble

    There are SO many characters I hope they add…and they’re all “generics” pretty much XD I want the DQ4 Heroine the most. Then the DQ3 Female Warrior and Bunnygirl. Maaaybe sometime they’ll consider just adding a generic class- changeable DQ3 character? ALL the DQ3 classes are worthy choices and it would be fun to mess around with a job system in DQ Musou!

  • SpecialK

    I’m semi-ok with that. At least those games are somewhat out-of-print and such, and judging from FB comments, fairly highly demanded. (Though it was getting kinda nauseating to see *every* comment on a “Dragon Quest Heroes is coming soon!” SQEnix post be a repetitive flood of “But when are you bringing #DragonQuestForTheWest”!?)

    This was something new & different, and I enjoy it (I got the $100 treasure chest pack) in fact, and love the little slime plush they included, much props for that. But it could (and will) hopefully have a lot of polish and variation in the second iteration.

  • Maiq TheLiar

    Already though? I never played the game, but the suddenness of this announcement leaves me wondering, does this mean the first one wasn’t really substantial?