Dragon Quest creator hints he hasn't forgotten about the Zenithian Trilogy: "There are various projects in motion, it's just that 7 happened to get completed first"

Dragon Quest 7: Reimagined screenshot showing a group of characters looking out over the horizon on board a ship — (Image credit: Square Enix)

The Dragon Quest series creator has hinted that Square Enix hasn't forgotten about fourth, fifth, and sixth entries as a remake of Dragon Quest 7 was announced after remaking the original trilogy.

Dragon Quest is making a name for itself as the series with the weirdest remake timeline in recent years. Things started off with Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake last year, which makes some sense as its a prequel and the most popular one. Completing the Erdrick trilogy, we have Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake later this year, and in a natural next step, Square Enix announced the next remake will be Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined at the latest Nintendo Direct.

During his talk show KosoKoso Hoso Kyoku (translated by Automaton) Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii is asked by co-host Kazuhiko Torishima (the former editor of Shonen Jump) why Dragon Quest 7 is next up to the plate when there's an entire trilogy in the middle. While not outright confirming remakes of the Zenithian trilogy, Horii says: "There are various projects in motion, it's just that 7 happened to get completed first."

And while Torishima does try and push Horii for confirmation, he remains coy about potential projects. If I had to speculate, given that 4 was a NES game like the original trilogy and 5 and 6 were both SNES games, the trilogy would probably be more likely to get the HD-2D treatment as opposed to the Reimagining that Dragon Quest 7 – which originally released on the PS1 – got, much like how the earlier games got remakes on the DS while Dragon Quest 7 got a 3DS remake.