{"id":1842196,"date":"2026-03-23T14:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1842196"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:23:04","slug":"googles-gemini-will-make-its-way-into-dragon-quest-x-to-power-a-chatty-slimey-ai-companion-square-enix-has-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1842196","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Gemini will make its way into Dragon Quest X to power a &#8220;Chatty Slimey&#8221; AI companion, Square Enix has announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dragon-quest-x-awakening-of-the-five-walkers-online\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Google&#8217;s Gemini will make its way into Dragon Quest X to power a &#8220;Chatty Slimey&#8221; AI companion, Square Enix has announced<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Want some help?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/ai-slime.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A slime from Dragon Quest with an AI chip and motherboard behind it\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"ai-slime.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-23T14:23:04+00:00\">March 23, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/google-gemini-ai-to-power-chatbot-companion-in-dragon-quest-x-square-enix-says?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          18 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5e494eff-4f0b-4e08-b18f-64b31e991736\" data-name=\"Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online\" title=\"Follow Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online\"><br \/>\n  Follow Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>If you&#8217;re still recovering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nvidia-responds-to-widespread-criticism-of-dlss-5-by-telling-us-were-all-completely-wrong\">last week&#8217;s DLSS 5 nightmare<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-admits-it-used-generative-ai-for-early-stage-iteration-and-apologises-ai-images-were-not-replaced-before-release\">Crimson Desert&#8217;s gen-AI fiasco<\/a>, we&#8217;re sorry to re-open old wounds by telling you that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/square-enix\">Square Enix<\/a> has announced it&#8217;s teaming up with Google to put Gemini AI into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dragon-quest-x-awakening-of-the-five-walkers-online\">Dragon Quest X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tenth mainline Dragon Quest is a Japan-exclusive MMORPG released in 2012 that never escaped the country despite its 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpgsite.net\/news\/11910-dragon-quest-x-offline-screenshots-detail-settingcharacters-and-combat\">offline conversion<\/a>, which probably explains why Square Enix will be conducting this experiment there and not inside a heavyweight champion like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-xiv-dawntrail\">Final Fantasy 14<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Dragon Quest X Awakening Five Races Offline Trailer for PS5, PS4, Switch &amp; Steam\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y0YXK7BWr2U?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Y0YXK7BWr2U\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Dragon Quest X Awakening Five Races Offline Trailer for PS5, PS4, Switch &amp; Steam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y0YXK7BWr2U\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/square-enix-has-partnered-with-google-to-put-an-ai-chat-bot-in-dragon-quest-x\/\">VGC shared the news<\/a> on 23rd March, reporting on a press event which took place this past weekend. Japanese publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20260321-3TH3XQRCSFI7BM6L2ZLNU45UNY\/\">Sankei<\/a> was able to speak to head of development Takashi Anzai, who pitched the &#8220;Chatty Slimey&#8221; companion as a way to make new players feel &#8220;less lonely&#8221; as they begin their journey, which is a baffling thing to say about an MMO that is populated with real-life players that, usually, are very keen to welcome new players into the fold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When a player talks to Slimey using the chat function, it automatically generates voices and engages in conversation. The AI also analyses information from the game screen, and Slimey may even initiate conversations when a powerful enemy is defeated or a rare item is obtained,&#8221; Sankei&#8217;s report added. How Square Enix and the minds behind Gemini plan to limit and &#8220;guide&#8221; what the AI can and cannot say remains uncertain, and specific details regarding exactly how this will all work have yet to be shared.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As pointed out by VGC, Dragon Quest X won&#8217;t be the first online game trying to make use of AI chat bots. Last year, Where Winds Meet released with a world full of AI chatbot NPCs, so you can imagine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/wuxia-mmo-where-winds-meet-is-full-of-ai-chatbot-npcs-and-people-are-doing-all-the-standard-obscene-stuff-to-them-i-made-him-think-that-my-character-was-pregnant-with-his-child\/\">how things went<\/a> after some players abused them. Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/fortnites-ai-darth-vader-has-only-been-live-for-an-hour-and-already-epic-has-patched-out-him-saying-fk\">Darth Vader went wild on Fortnite last year<\/a> before Epic Games had to patch the AI-powered NPC into something less IP-threatening.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>If you&#8217;re still recovering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nvidia-responds-to-widespread-criticism-of-dlss-5-by-telling-us-were-all-completely-wrong\">last week&#8217;s DLSS 5 nightmare<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-admits-it-used-generative-ai-for-early-stage-iteration-and-apologises-ai-images-were-not-replaced-before-release\">Crimson Desert&#8217;s gen-AI fiasco<\/a>, we&#8217;re sorry to re-open old wounds by telling you that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/square-enix\">Square Enix<\/a> has announced it&#8217;s teaming up with Google to put Gemini AI into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/dragon-quest-x-awakening-of-the-five-walkers-online\">Dragon Quest X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tenth mainline Dragon Quest is a Japan-exclusive MMORPG released in 2012 that never escaped the country despite its 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpgsite.net\/news\/11910-dragon-quest-x-offline-screenshots-detail-settingcharacters-and-combat\">offline conversion<\/a>, which probably explains why Square Enix will be conducting this experiment there and not inside a heavyweight champion like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-xiv-dawntrail\">Final Fantasy 14<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Dragon Quest X Awakening Five Races Offline Trailer for PS5, PS4, Switch &amp; Steam\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y0YXK7BWr2U?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Y0YXK7BWr2U\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Dragon Quest X Awakening Five Races Offline Trailer for PS5, PS4, Switch &amp; Steam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y0YXK7BWr2U\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/square-enix-has-partnered-with-google-to-put-an-ai-chat-bot-in-dragon-quest-x\/\">VGC shared the news<\/a> on 23rd March, reporting on a press event which took place this past weekend. Japanese publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20260321-3TH3XQRCSFI7BM6L2ZLNU45UNY\/\">Sankei<\/a> was able to speak to head of development Takashi Anzai, who pitched the &#8220;Chatty Slimey&#8221; companion as a way to make new players feel &#8220;less lonely&#8221; as they begin their journey, which is a baffling thing to say about an MMO that is populated with real-life players that, usually, are very keen to welcome new players into the fold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When a player talks to Slimey using the chat function, it automatically generates voices and engages in conversation. The AI also analyses information from the game screen, and Slimey may even initiate conversations when a powerful enemy is defeated or a rare item is obtained,&#8221; Sankei&#8217;s report added. How Square Enix and the minds behind Gemini plan to limit and &#8220;guide&#8221; what the AI can and cannot say remains uncertain, and specific details regarding exactly how this will all work have yet to be shared.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As pointed out by VGC, Dragon Quest X won&#8217;t be the first online game trying to make use of AI chat bots. Last year, Where Winds Meet released with a world full of AI chatbot NPCs, so you can imagine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/wuxia-mmo-where-winds-meet-is-full-of-ai-chatbot-npcs-and-people-are-doing-all-the-standard-obscene-stuff-to-them-i-made-him-think-that-my-character-was-pregnant-with-his-child\/\">how things went<\/a> after some players abused them. Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/fortnites-ai-darth-vader-has-only-been-live-for-an-hour-and-already-epic-has-patched-out-him-saying-fk\">Darth Vader went wild on Fortnite last year<\/a> before Epic Games had to patch the AI-powered NPC into something less IP-threatening.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Walkers Online Google&#8217;s Gemini will make its way into Dragon Quest X to power a &#8220;Chatty Slimey&#8221; AI companion, Square Enix has announced Want some help? Image credit: Eurogamer News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on March 23, 2026 18 comments Follow Dragon Quest X: Awakening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1842196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1842196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1842196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1842196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1842196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}