


Yuji Horii 2022 New Year's message shares development update on Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake


We translated the message from Yuji Horii below. MORE - Check out our GOTY 2021 winners!ĭid Yuji Horii confirm a Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake 2022 release date?ĭragon Quest creator Yuji Horii shared a development update on Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake in his 2022 new year's message but did not say the game is launching this year.In fact, Square Enix already confirmed that the Octopath Traveler team under Tomoya Asano is one of the teams developing this remake. In addition to that, a new expansion and offline version of Dragon Quest X is also on the way-however, that won't be released outside of Japan.įor more on the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake and DQXII, be sure to check back with GameSpot as we lead into the summer games season with our Play For All 2021 coverage.Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is currently one of the most awaited JRPG releases from Square Enix, and many fans would like to know if it has a release date yet and if it's coming in 2022.ĭragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is a Square Enix project that uses the same graphics style as Octopath Traveler. After its reveal, Dragon Quest III remake producer Masaaki Hayasaka-who previously worked on Octopath Traveler-explained that the intent that was to honor the original, while also giving players familiar and unfamiliar with the original a way to experience it with "fresh eyes." After the reveal, the producer stated that the game will be planned for a simultaneous worldwide release, though no release date has been stated just yet.Īlso revealed during the stream was the next mainline entry in the series, Dragon Quest XII: The Flames Of Fate, which will also be set for a worldwide release. In the reveal trailer, we got to see a good deal of the game in action, showcasing the familiar world and dungeon exploration, along with turn-based combat-all familiar tenets of the Dragon Quest series.
