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Japanese gamers hard at work on amazing Dragon Quest Builders structures

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The spin-off building-cum-adventuring game debuted just over a week ago, but Japanese gamers are already showing off their most brilliant and wacky creations.

Unsurprisingly, the newest Dragon Quest game, even in spite of being a series spin-off that doesn’t feature monster collecting, is making a major splash in Japan. Dragon Quest Builders, the new adventure RPG/crafting game hybrid available on a number of consoles and handhelds, is tearing up sales charts and making many a Western JRPG fan cry big, bitter tears of jealousy and frustration, given that Square Enix have so far made no announcements concerning a release for the game outside of Japan.

Although many in the games media all but accused Dragon Quest Builders of plagiarism due to its surface resemblance to worldwide smash hit/digital surrogate parent to 10-year-olds everywhere, Minecraft, the game’s full release, which landed in Japanese storefronts January 28, brought with it a robust story mode and action RPG elements to complement the game’s main building mechanics.

According to early reviews, Dragon Quest Builders also, ahem, builds on the Minecraft formula with a more user-friendly building interface and classic JRPG-inspired items and crafting materials. Meaning, inevitably, thousands and thousands of Japanese gamers are ignoring the game’s story elements altogether in order to futz around in Builders‘ crafting sandbox, and they’ve come up with some truly inspiring creations.

Let’s take a look:

There are, of course, a lot of the expected tributes to Dragon Quest lore, creatures, and previous installments

@Rucachan 4 時間: お疲れ様ですー練習がてらスライム。何番せんじだ！って漢字ですね。 #PS4share pic.twitter.com/J1m3474hEB　　#DQB

— テト 🦇🍾/🧪💥/🖤💀/🍋 (@m90w09m) January 31, 2016

DQビルダーズ体験版やって見た！
スライム型の家を作った（＾ω＾）土でな！ pic.twitter.com/SV1ERlmVIZ

— ibara. (@ibara_380) January 22, 2016

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/691264273914339329

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/691264273914339329

ドラゴンクエストビルダーズでDQ3のアリアハン製作中 #DQB pic.twitter.com/EgwXkZxW5Y

— JeJe (@jejeizm) February 4, 2016

SFC版DQ1勇者とローラ姫
ちょとアレンジ#DQB #ドラクエビルダーズ pic.twitter.com/NTfHstMf8I

— 雪見いなりＸ (@INARI_YUKIMI) February 4, 2016

みんなすごいなぁ #DQB pic.twitter.com/wIcOe65gyn

— のん (@non24rink) February 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/694780251985973248

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/694517460028887040

Some are drawing inspiration from other games and pop culture

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/694568989138165760

DQBのりゅうおうがヨッシーの色違いで笑えると話題になってたんで #DQB #ドラクエビルダーズ #ドラゴンクエストビルダーズ pic.twitter.com/O9OBMvzM0G

— けい (@_kei2412) February 3, 2016

#DQB #PS4share pic.twitter.com/9HMSIOAC48

— 納豆もなか (@tonton_holo) February 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/694953755184226304

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/695174040877551616

増えた #DQB pic.twitter.com/dJLCAAKWsv

— へこし (@hekoshi_dq10) February 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/695305287582904320

At least a few players are attempting to bring commerce to their towns with real-world shops, such as this 7-Eleven and Nitori furniture store

#PS4share　#DQB
セブンイレブン出来たw
店内暗すぎ
ガラスブロックみたいなの欲しい pic.twitter.com/nKVZsobHea

— さ↓さ↓こ→〜‍ (@sasakou1234) February 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/694189359113764864

Of course, many are just had at work on their own castles, towns and abodes

なんとか完成
建物のじゅもん載せとくので召喚したい方はどうぞ
_(:3」∠)_ pic.twitter.com/SzSmymna3i

— Atleit (@vacant_lot_g) February 1, 2016

戦いの前。やっと床とか統一した。壁は変わらずちくはぐｗｗ　２枚目の聖なるほこらは地下っぽくしたかったけど無理だったのでとりあえず水で囲んだよヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ #DQB pic.twitter.com/4HpmzSgBVN

— さやか (@sayaka_don) February 2, 2016

名残惜しい。メルキド。でも、旅に出ます。新天地が待ってる! #DQB pic.twitter.com/zyMKNcG5Pc

— らくてんまる🎮 (@rakutenmaru) February 2, 2016

やっと完成した！
じゅもん　いとへぞかめへみじふぼいおはつむふ pic.twitter.com/sFRPH7QBKi

— 𝑳𝒆𝒏𝒏 (@Lenn_unique) February 2, 2016

やっとフリーの公開用の建物完成したから一応晒しておく　じゅもん[ぼせへしたぎごへぎちずぞあはつむる]　建物の名前[ようふうのおやしき]　　…誰か反応くれるといいなぁ pic.twitter.com/m0joCPnE0C

— コスモス＠🎮と時々☕ (@CosmosStarlight) February 2, 2016

Lots of cool stuff going on here! Again, there doesn’t seem to be any official word on a western release of Dragon Quest Builders. It would certainly be a damn shame if the rest of the world missed out on what appears to be a super fun game, but then again, maybe Square-Enix are worried that putting the game in the hands of US players might see a noted increase in giant phallus monuments throughout the land of Alefgard.

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Feature image: Twitter/@dragstardatto

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