8 Hidden Videos Leak Dragon Quest Day Plans

"One of these videos will presumably be the latest game in the franchise, Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate." That's the line from fans on Reddit who spotted something Square Enix probably didn't want found yet: eight unlisted videos sitting on the company's official Dragon Quest YouTube playlist, added just days before Dragon Quest Day on May 27.

Eight videos. Not one teaser, not a single trailer drop. Eight separate pieces of content lined up for a franchise turning 40 this week. That number alone tells you Square Enix isn't treating this as a casual anniversary stream. I've watched enough Nintendo Directs and PlayStation showcases to know that when a publisher queues up that much material, they're planning a full reveal slate, not a retrospective clip show.

The obvious headliner is Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate, which has been completely absent since its initial announcement. No gameplay, no screenshots, nothing. For a game that was revealed years ago, the silence has been deafening, and fans have been increasingly vocal about it. If Square Enix doesn't show XII here, with eight videos ready and a 40th anniversary as the backdrop, I don't know when they would.

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Beyond XII, speculation is running hot. A Dragon Quest VIII remake or remaster has been whispered about for a while, though none of those rumours have come from particularly reliable sources. Still, the logic tracks. Dragon Quest VII Reimagined launched to strong critical reception across PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC, and Square Enix just released a behind-the-scenes video featuring producer Takeshi Ichikawa, director Masato Yagi, and scenario writer Sayaka Takagi discussing the remake's creation process. If VII sold well enough to justify that kind of post-launch documentary treatment, greenlighting VIII feels like the natural next step.

Other possibilities floating around include a Switch 2 version of Dragon Quest XI, a Dragon Quest X expansion, and potentially something nobody's guessed yet. Eight is a lot of slots to fill with just sequels and ports. I'd love to see a new spin-off announcement or even something as unexpected as a Dragon Quest IX remaster, which has its own passionate fanbase asking for exactly that.

The livestream itself hasn't been given a start time yet, and it will almost certainly be aimed at Japanese audiences first. Dragon Quest has always been a bigger cultural event in Japan than in the West, though the franchise's international profile has grown considerably since Dragon Quest XI broke through in 2017.

Square Enix staging what looks like their biggest Dragon Quest showcase ever comes at an interesting time for the company. They've been leaning harder into their legacy franchises, and the success of VII Reimagined gives them a proven template for revisiting the back catalogue. If even half of these eight videos contain new game announcements rather than developer diaries or retrospectives, Dragon Quest Day 2026 could end up being one of the most packed single-franchise showcases we've seen from any publisher this year. We'll know for sure on May 27.