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Square Enix Asia: Dragon Quest 1, 2 and 3 will be released in English on Nintendo Switch this year
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Works for me, I'd like to experience these for the first time on the Switch so I'll 'import'if I gotta.
Good to know. This and Moon not being in the English Direct had me a bit nervous, but both have since been confirmed for a western release which is great.
2: eh
3: absolutely not
1: no
2: eh
3: absolutely not
I loved I, II, and III on GameBoy way back in the day. Especially III. Really wish they would just port the originals though rather than continuing to do awful updates to the sprites for mobile that nobody likes. I don't know why they do that, it really hurts their legacy, for all of SE's properties.
I really hope they port DQ7 and 8 to Switch. I always wanted to play those but never got around to it. Played a little bit of 8 and it seemed wonderful.
I really hope they port DQ7 and 8 to Switch. I always wanted to play those but never got around to it. Played a little bit of 8 and it seemed wonderful.
In an official capacity, yeah, but only because it's... really the ONLY way to play them much like the mobile versions. Otherwise it's fan translations and old localizations.
Poor sprite scaling in 1 and 2, and no monster animations in 3. The SNES version of 3 also has an exceptionally high quality version of the soundtrack, and the mobile version doesn't have that either.
Ah, I see. I think I still prefer the GBC versions, they are more charming.
yeah the game boy versions are good. but look up the SNES version of 3, it's one of the most gorgeous games on the system.
The translations are super extravagant and really the preferred way to play if you're used to modern DQ games. But with mobile you're stuck portrait mode and touch controls. Plus the graphics for 1 and 2 have that awful stretched tile enhancement thing going on kinda like the mobile FF releases. 3 is fine for the most part (IMO) except they actually remove a good chunk of content: Monster animations, title screen intro, and Treasure and Trapdoor/pachiisi minigames
A real shame we couldn't get a remake looking like this.
So pretty...
DQ1 is very winnable without a guide. Talking to pretty much everyone (and actually listening to them) is essential though.
I'd go with the fan translated SFC versions personally. Though the translation for 3 is a bit eh.
1&2 patch = http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=19449.msg313144#msg313144
3 patch = http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1323/
There is no perfect version as these predate the GBC ports which added some stuff (3 in particular has an extra dungeon in GBC), but then you also have the usual GBC graphics and truncated dialogue but on balance when I replay I usually do with SFC.
I would hope these are priced the same as they are on iOS. Really good deals if they are (At least for the first 3)
The Super Famicom versions are the gold standard for DQ I, Ii and III especially in battle animations and music.
Why have those never been released in the West. So depressing!
Anyone take a good look at the PS4 versions of the 1-3? First impressions tell me that they're nicer looking full screen versions of the mobile ports.
Don't know if 3 has the missing T'nT minigame the mobile version excised but they all use Toriyama's illustrations for the enemy art. A YMMV change up to the classic sprites.
I think the Switch version will be based on these ports.
Don't know if 3 has the missing T'nT minigame the mobile version excised but they all use Toriyama's illustrations for the enemy art. A YMMV change up to the classic sprites.
I think the Switch version will be based on these ports.
The translations are super extravagant and really the preferred way to play if you're used to modern DQ games. But with mobile you're stuck portrait mode and touch controls. Plus the graphics for 1 and 2 have that awful stretched tile enhancement thing going on kinda like the mobile FF releases. 3 is fine for the most part (IMO) except they actually remove a good chunk of content: Monster animations, title screen intro, and Treasure and Trapdoor/pachiisi minigames
A real shame we couldn't get a remake looking like this.
So pretty...
This is gorgeous which game and on what system? I want to play this picture ASAP lol
