Kazuya Niinou, director of the Dragon Quest Builders series, leaves Square Enix

Dragon Quest Builders The director of the series, Kazuya Niinou, left Square Enix, announced the developer.

"An announcement," said Niinou in a tweet. "With development on Manufacturers 2 finished, I left Square Enix. To Naoki Yoshida, Noriyoshi Fujimoto, Takuma Shiraishi, all my colleagues and everyone who enjoyed the games I created, thank you very much! I really appreciate your support. "

he continued"I've been at Square Enix for about seven years now (the longest to date!). I felt a bit exhausted with Manufacturers 2 and I wanted to try a different development cycle of Square Enix, so I embarked on a new development environment. "

Niinou mentionned that his plans for the future are already decided and that he will share more information next week. aditionellementhe will continue to monitor Dragon Quest 2 and work as external staff for Square Enix. However, this does not mean that there will be additional content or downloadable updates.

Niinou is previously known for his work as a director of Trauma Center: Under the knife and designer of Etrian Odyssey at Atlus, and director of 7th dragon at Imageepoch. Upon entering Square Enix, he worked as an assistant director on Final Fantasy XIV: A Reborn Kingdom, before becoming director of Dragon Questtheme sandbox Dragon Quest Builders and his suite DRagon Quest Builders 2.

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