Dragon Quest III HD-2D releases this year, 1+2 in 2025

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We finally got another look at Dragon Quest III HD-2D during today’s Nintendo Direct, and it has a release date: November 14.

Square Enix also announced that first two Dragon Quest games are also getting HD-2D remakes in 2025. So we’ll get the whole original trilogy on Switch with new graphics.

Dragon Quest is the pioneer for the JRPG genre, predating even Final Fantasy.