What's The Deal With: Dragon Quest

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Kirk Hamilton, Society & Culture, Video Games, Jason Schreier, Maddy Myers, Arts, Technology

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Jason, Maddy, and Kirk dive into Dragon Quest, one of the biggest video game franchises in Japan. What's special about it? What makes it so popular? And what's the deal with this week's release, Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined?

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0:00.0	You know, Dragon Quest is a lot like fast food. It always tastes the same, and you always get slime.
0:12.6	Welcome to Triple Click, where we bring the games to you. This week, we are talking about Dragon Quest 7 reimagined and the larger Dragon Quest series. Is it cool? Is it bad?
0:25.4	Let's discuss.
0:30.2	I'm Jason Shrier. I'm Kirk Hamilton. And I'm Badi Myers.
0:34.3	Hello. Hello. Welcome to February. We made Hi. Welcome to February.
0:38.7	We made it. Welcome to February.
0:40.3	For another episode.
0:42.1	We've made it.
0:43.8	2026 is almost over.
0:45.8	That is what February seems to Harold for me.
0:49.2	It's the feeling of, oh, God, here we go again.
0:52.3	I think we make the same joke last year where one month kicks over and you're basically at the end of the year.
0:57.7	It does feel that way.
0:58.7	Yeah, it's like time to talk about game of the year.
1:01.0	Time to start prepping for.
1:02.4	February is so short too.
1:04.0	It just rushes by.
1:06.5	It's the little one.
1:08.8	And hey, if you want to help us make this show possible, you should become a maximum
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1:20.8	maximum fund.org slash join. And in addition to making this show possible, you will also get
1:25.5	access to our monthly bonus episodes.
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