Dragon Quest XI was always going to be localized. Only reason X wasn't was because there's no market for a DQ MMO in the west. No one wants to play a dead MMO XD and thatd be guaranteed with DQX. Honestly, it was fucking stupid to even make X an MMO. But other than that, 11 was always coming. Whether it arrives in PS4/3DS/Switch form or just PS4 is the real issue. I REALLY want the 3DS ver localized though

The PS4 and Switch versions would only be a matter of time, but I'm really wondering about the 3DS version.. really hope that one gets localized too

The ports of previously localized titles tend to take their dear sweet time getting localized, if they come at all. We never got one or two of the ports to PS2, and the ports of IV, V, and VI on the DS took ages to get localized and seemed like they would never actually come after a certain point. That said, the timetable for VII and VIII 3DS didn't surprise me, particularly since Yuji Horii decided to just up and announce they were coming at a conference over a year before their official announcement by SE.

As for X, I at least could tell it was never coming. DQ isn't popular enough in the west to risk the cost of localizing and operating an MMO outside of Japan. I don't think it has been what would be considered wildly successful in Japan to begin with, constantly being ported around to keep player numbers up onto anything that could run it in any feasible way, making it that much less likely a localization was ever on the table.

Main numbered titles seem to come over without fail though otherwise. If they're a standard JRPG, they get localized. Sales are at least good enough to warrant that much work. When the 3DS version was announced, it became obvious the PS4 version was meant more for localization anyways. The 3DS version is expected to sell like a monster in Japan, while the PS4 version will do reasonably well and the rest of the world will make up the sales difference between the versions to some degree.

would be time to hear about that;)

Nintendo usually helps with DQ games in the US by publishing them. I'm sure they will publish DQXI for both 3DS and NS.

A great summer 2018 game for my PS4.

It's nice to have some confirmation, though all this time I just assumed that it would come here lol