Dragon Quest X, the first online game in the Dragon Quest series, celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. And in commemoration, Square Enix asked players to submit “‘miraculous’ stories” that have occurred in the game to turn into short animations. Today, Square Enix released the first episode in that series, titled “The Feeling of a Name.”
“The Feeling of a Name” opens as a young girl watches her parents enjoy the in-game fireworks celebration for Dragon Quest X‘s fourth anniversary on August 2, 2016. She quietly points out to her father that it looks like everyone has gathered to celebrate Yukina’s birthday. Yukina is the name of her mother’s character, but in a flashback we learn that she was named after their elder daughter, Yukina, who passed away. A year goes by, and we see the father at a cafe, chatting in Dragon Quest X on his laptop, where it is suggested he proposes to his online friends the idea his daughter mentioned a year prior, unbeknownst to his wife. Finally, on August 2, 2017, the family is gathered once again to watch the in-game fireworks celebration for the game’s fifth anniversary. It is then that everyone viewing the fireworks start to wish Yukina a happy 15th birthday, bringing tears to the surprised mother’s eyes. Had she been alive, Yukina would have turned 15 years old that day.
Dragon Quest X is available now for Wii U and PC in Japan, and will launch for PlayStation 4 on August 17, followed by Switch on September 21.
Watch the animation below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igl-TKt9-q4