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[Mista]

Square Enix will release the Switch versions of Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line, and Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation via the Nintendo eShop in the west day-and-date with their Japanese release on September 27, the company announced.

A physical collection including all three titles is due out for Switch in Asia with English, Chinese, and Korean subtitles in October. Pre-orders are currently available on Play-Asia.
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[Shantae]

 

[Stefan.North]

Are they NES or SNES versions or something else.

 

[Shantae]

Are they NES or SNES versions or something else.

They're updated versions that aren't really NES or SNES. They've been released on mobile for a while, and other than them being on phones, they're pretty good versions. They look like 16 bit versions of the games, but aren't just SNES versions.

Here's a playthrough of the PS4 version of Dragon Quest III that's been out in Japan for a while, all 3 games have this same basic look.

 

[Mista]

US eShop:

DRAGON QUEST for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy DRAGON QUEST and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

DRAGON QUEST II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details

DRAGON QUEST II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line, the second installment of the classic RPG series finally comes to Nintendo Switch!

www.nintendo.com

DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details

DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation, the third installment of legendary RPG series, comes to Nintendo Switch.

www.nintendo.com

 

[blackjon24]

yessss! Ps4 version released forever ago with still no western release. Nintendo is puttng in the work lol

 

[Hudo]

There's also a physical version in Asia, which includes English as a language.

EDIT: It's also right in the OP, sorry.

 

[Rock And Roll]

Praise the heavens!

 

[Thabass]

Nice. Always wanted to play the original games. Switch really is becoming a RPG haven.

 

[Orenji Neko]

Fantastic news; especially for those who haven't played them before. I'll buy even though I have multiple versions of these games, but I always gotta support Dragon Quest. It's Dragon Quest god damn it. Dragon Quest!

I'd like to see 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 possibly make it to Switch too, and hopefully also get released in the west. I already have those too, but this is one of those series I'll always support and replay when a new release or re-release comes along.

 

[TheSadRanger]

*Sees that they use the updated mobile art style like those awful ios/android FF ports*

 

[Quasicat]

I was getting ready to create a Japanese eShop account when I saw this! I’m super pumped to play this again!

 

[PPIMystaceus]

They're updated versions that aren't really NES or SNES. They've been released on mobile for a while, and other than them being on phones, they're pretty good versions. They look like 16 bit versions of the games, but aren't just SNES versions.

Here's a playthrough of the PS4 version of Dragon Quest III that's been out in Japan for a while, all 3 games have this same basic look.

Not especially fond of how the character sprites look like a higher resolution than the world sprites, but it still looks leagues better than the Final Fantasy mobile ports.

 

[pennythoughts]

*Sees that they use the updated mobile art style like those awful ios/android FF ports*

I played through Dragon Quest 1 on my phone.

For whatever reason it's 10x the better port over the FF ones.

 

[jshackles]

Sweet, hopefully we'll see a second collection of IV, V, and VI come to the Switch as well.

 

[Andyliini]

Great news! I'll still probably import the physical version from Asia, though. Hopefully more people can find classic Dragon Quest via DQXI and it's wayback machine.

 

[Solis]

Ooo, that's great news! Saw the trilogy on the Japanese version of the eShop the other day and was wondering if it was going to get a Western release. Yay! Dragon Quest: Echoes of an Elusive Age was my first DQ game, so I think it'll be nice to play the first three installments for the first time.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Same day as DQXI? That's a lot of Dragon Quest in one day.

 

[Kacho]

US eShop:

DRAGON QUEST for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy DRAGON QUEST and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

DRAGON QUEST II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details

DRAGON QUEST II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line, the second installment of the classic RPG series finally comes to Nintendo Switch!

www.nintendo.com

DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details

DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation, the third installment of legendary RPG series, comes to Nintendo Switch.

www.nintendo.com

 

[ethomaz]

How about the PS4 version?
How about you give it free for these that finished DQXI like in Japan?

SE is so dumb.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Physical version or no buy. I know you can import, but tired of paying import prices.

 

[KàIRóS]

Day 1.

 

[EDMIX]

They're updated versions that aren't really NES or SNES. They've been released on mobile for a while, and other than them being on phones, they're pretty good versions. They look like 16 bit versions of the games, but aren't just SNES versions.

Here's a playthrough of the PS4 version of Dragon Quest III that's been out in Japan for a while, all 3 games have this same basic look.

Any word on those coming to the west on PS4?

 

[Raziel]

should be in the thread title that theyre the mobile versions.

 

[Lionel Richie]

A physical collection including all three titles is due out for Switch in Asia with English, Chinese, and Korean subtitles in October. Pre-orders are currently available on Play-Asia.

I absolutely NEED this.

 

[TLZ]

Any word on those coming to the west on PS4?

I'd love this on PS4 and physical.

 

[Mr Hyde]

No thank you.

 

[TheSadRanger]

I played through Dragon Quest 1 on my phone.

For whatever reason it's 10x the better port over the FF ones.

Actually the mobile sprites don't look that bad at all really, the Switch version uses different sprites that are way worse. Also all of the battles have static images of monsters in completely still backgrounds.

 

[cartman414]

No animated sprites is a slight buzzkill.

 

[jshackles]

Hmmm well I thought this was just a port of the mobile version which were awesome. These look... weird.

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

If you want to play them in order, start with Dragon Quest III, then Dragon Quest and finally Dragon Quest II.

Dragon Quest III is my favorite from the Loto trilogy. I remember the monsters were animated when attacking in Dragon Quest III on the Game Boy Color version which I always liked. I am disappointed if that is no longer the case for the Switch version.

 

[Erdrick]

If you want to play them in order, start with Dragon Quest III, then Dragon Quest and finally Dragon Quest II.

Dragon Quest III is my favorite from the Loto trilogy. I remember the monsters were animated when attacking in Dragon Quest III on the Game Boy Color version which I always liked. I am disappointed if that is no longer the case for the Switch version.

You can do this, sure. It's much better to play them in release order though. You can have a much greater appreciation of how the games and series as a whole evolved and got so incredibly well-made.

DQ3 is my absolute favorite game of all time, so I'm happy that more people can experience it.

 

[blackjon24]

If you want to play them in order, start with Dragon Quest III, then Dragon Quest and finally Dragon Quest II.

Dragon Quest III is my favorite from the Loto trilogy. I remember the monsters were animated when attacking in Dragon Quest III on the Game Boy Color version which I always liked. I am disappointed if that is no longer the case for the Switch version.

You don't think you lose anything by going it about this way? Especially the ending of 3? I've been a fan of the series for a while but only played the original trilogy in the past 5 years or so and even with these simple graphics the reveal from 2 after playing 1 and the reveal from 3 after playing the first two hit me hard

 

[rockyt]

You don't think you lose anything by going it about this way? Especially the ending of 3? I've been a fan of the series for a while but only played the original trilogy in the past 5 years or so and even with these simple graphics the reveal from 2 after playing 1 and the reveal from 3 after playing the first two hit me hard

Yeah that's how I originally played 1,2 and than 3. The reveal and twist hit me hard and was a bit emotional for me back than. I think you definitely lose something when you play them 3,1, and than 2.

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

You don't think you lose anything by going it about this way? Especially the ending of 3? I've been a fan of the series for a while but only played the original trilogy in the past 5 years or so and even with these simple graphics the reveal from 2 after playing 1 and the reveal from 3 after playing the first two hit me hard

I originally played Dragon Warrior I & II first so I know what you mean. I later played the trilogy in chronological order but I guess you've got a point since I remember the first time playing them more.

 

[Vawn]

If you want to play them in order, start with Dragon Quest III, then Dragon Quest and finally Dragon Quest II.

The correct order is always release order - not chronological order.