Dragon Quest character designer shares insight into what his job is like

The following info comes from Akira Toriyama, character designer for the Dragon Quest series...

- Toriyama didn't even know what an RPG was when he took the offer to work on Dragon Quest
- had he known the series would go on for over 30 years, he would have declined the position
- he finds that designing characters for Dragon Quest games is fun, but also rather difficult
- Toriyama isn't interested in designing wholesome characters, so he doesn’t have many variations to offer
- coming up with designs becomes increasingly difficult every time
- Toriyama used to come up with a lot of fanciful designs, but most of those were shot down
- he loves designing mosnters
- thanks to more staffers, Toriyama doesn't have to do as many designs as he used to
- he plans to do his best for Dragon Quest XI