Dragon Quest 3's HD-2D Remake Re-Emerges for PS5 | Push Square

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After eons in the wilderness, Square Enix appears ready to re-acknowledge the existence of Dragon Quest 3’s anticipated HD-2D remake – and could there be more to it? A new trailer to celebrate Dragon Quest Day says that “the legacy begins”, but there’s no mention of Dragon Quest 3 specifically, leading some to speculate the entire trilogy could be getting the re-release treatment here.

It’d certainly make sense: it’s been three years since our first glimpse of Dragon Quest 3 running in Square Enix’s spangly HD-2D engine, and the project has effectively been missing in action since then. It’s important to note that only PS5 is mentioned in the trailer, despite the remake originally being announced for PS4.

Nevertheless, considering the legendary nature of the classic Dragon Quest games, and the success of recent HD-2D remakes like Live A Live, this will be one to watch as more news nears.

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I imagine it's more that Erdrick is one of the big characters of the series, and is where it really took off, thus were it begins.

Like how Persona began at 3 in the public consciousness.

And weird how this is now skipping PS4. But also still coming out on a tablet.

@Haruki_NLI Not the brightest idea either, considering how slow people have been to drop their PS4s and upgrade.

@LikelySatan To be fair, from the publishers view, its a remake of Dragon Quest 3, of course it should release on the biggest platform Japan has ever had. That'd just be leaving money on the table.

But to not also put it on a still massively used, more capable but older machine that is used widely worldwide? Odd.

@Haruki_NLI The Switch is actually the biggest