It’s excessive time for Sq. Enix to provide Dragon Quest the Last Fantasy remedy — a minimum of by way of video games preservation. Top-of-the-line elements of the Last Fantasy collection is how one can play nearly each recreation on all trendy platforms obtainable right now. In the identical vein, we want all Dragon Quest video games on all methods as effectively.
Presently in the event you boot up, say, your Nintendo Change and search for a Dragon Quest recreation to play, you’ll discover I–III, X (when you have a Japanese account), and XI. Sadly, that’s the finest scenario for contemporary consoles and PC. By way of mainline video games, most different platforms solely have Dragon Quest XI obtainable proper now.
The one caveat to Dragon Quest recreation preservation is how cellular gadgets gained entry to many of the video games within the collection, however not all of them there both. In English, you’ll find the primary six video games plus the exceptional Dragon Quest VIII. Nonetheless, the seventh entry is barely obtainable in Japanese, whereas the ninth recreation on the Nintendo DS is tragically unavailable anyplace within the trendy age. It’s a fairly messy scenario, particularly in case you are a console or PC participant. This isn’t the case anymore for Last Fantasy ,with each single older recreation barring XI and XIII obtainable on most methods lately. (However then, FFXI remains to be actively working on PCs.) With Sq. Enix freed up from the Pixel Remaster collection of these titles, now appears like the right time to provide Dragon Quest the identical remedy.
Now, we already find out about Dragon Quest III’s remake within the HD-2D fashion of Octopath Traveler. Nonetheless, this remake is for a recreation that’s already available. Not each recreation within the collection even wants a remake, particularly the latter ones. A Pixel Remaster-like collection of IV–VI would work and be a fairly simple activity for Sq. Enix to perform. Then, there are the prevailing 3DS ports of Dragon Quest VII and VIII, that are already nice. They may include little adjustments exterior of upper decision and single-screen show for contemporary methods.
Maybe the most important downside of all of them is Dragon Quest IX. This distinctive and beloved title has been caught on the DS since its preliminary launch. It might want fairly just a few adjustments, because of its dual-screen system, messy UI, and graphics to run on a brand new platform. Greater than doubtless, there would must be a real Dragon Quest IX remake of some variety. It might be good to see one within the HD-2D vein like its predecessor. Maybe that may come later down the road.
From there, the one different situation is the notorious Dragon Quest X MMO scenario. Effectively, a minimum of for followers exterior of Japan. Fortuitously, Dragon Quest X Offline now exists as a pure single-player model in Japanese. If Sq. Enix localizes this model for all trendy platforms, it may possibly full the library.
In a great world, Sq. Enix would take motion to make Dragon Quest video games far more accessible and protect them for years to come back. Most of those really feel like they may solely want fairly simple options to deliver them extra folks, which might additionally end in extra revenue for the writer. As such, right here’s hoping we get all Dragon Quest video games on Nintendo Change, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC quickly.
