During today's Nintendo Direct, Square Enix finally gave the “Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake” a concrete release date. The publisher also announced another remake of the popular role-playing series.
A few days ago, the well-known leaker “Midori” thereuponthat Square Enix made an announcement about “Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D Remake” prepared.
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As today's Nintendo Direct showed, the leaker was right once again. Firstly, Square Enix released a trailer for the “Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake” that gives us fresh impressions of the new role-playing game. At the same time, the release of the trailer was accompanied by the revelation of the final release date.
According to today’s announcement, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake will be released on November 14, 2024 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.
A classic returns
With “Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake”, the legendary role-playing classic from 1988 is celebrating a comeback. One of the most obvious innovations is the graphic style of the remake, in which the developers from Team Asano based their work on the visual style of the “Octopath Traveler” series.
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In addition, there are minor improvements in the game mechanics and the combat system that will pave the way for “Dragon Quest 3” to be released on modern platforms. Despite the various innovations and improvements, “Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake” is said to be a new edition that exudes the charm of classic “Dragon Quest” adventures.
Following the reveal of the release date of “Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake,” Square Enix announced another remake today.
The complete Erdrick trilogy is being remade
We're talking about the “Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake”, which includes the first two “Dragon Quest” titles and is being released as a single title. This means that the entire Erdrick trilogy is returning in the form of a remake. The fact that “Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake” is starting in November makes sense when you look at the story.
“Dragon Quest 3” takes place chronologically before the first two spin-offs of the popular role-playing series and thus lays the foundation for the events of the first two parts. Square Enix has not yet given a concrete release date for “Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake”.
Instead, the Japanese publisher only talks about a planned release next year.
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