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Anna Koselke

Dragon Quest's Pokemon-esque spin-off series gets another game in The Withered World, and Square Enix hopes it'll release "before" the rebooted Dragon Quest 12

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World.

It's official – three years after Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince, Square Enix is gracing us with a brand-new entry in its Pokemon-like spin-off RPG series.

Dubbed The Withered World, the new title was unveiled during today's short update from the Dragon Quest team on YouTube – the very same update that saw Dragon Quest 12 Beyond Dreams, previously titled The Flames of Fate, revealed.

It's the first entry in the Dragon Quest Monsters line we've seen since The Dark Prince arrived in 2023, and it's likely to feature the same 'mon wrangling action as before.

Although Square Enix doesn't highlight any actual gameplay, the teaser shows a variety of monsters running, flying, and scampering toward the viewer – and it all, of course, is in the iconic cartoon-y style we know and love Dragon Quest for.

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