In a recent interview, Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii stated that he has never considered retirement as he plans to make video games as long as he can. He said he intends to always be a video game designer. The interview with Famitsu was conducted by Yuji Horii and the father of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, who also said that he is currently “working on a new project”. Yuji Horii is working on Dragon Quest 12.
“Like Mr. Sakaguchi, I think I will continue to make games for a long time. I never thought about retirement. After all, I will always be a game designer.”
