Topic: Dragon Quest XI + I, II, III & Beyond

@Dezzy Nice. I wonder if they may bring any others to the Switch. Being that I just picked up the console and need some accessories for it, I can't justify picking up a 3DS as well right now, lol.

@ReaderRagfish Wow. That's daunting. O_O

@Introspect

You can get a used 2DS for dirt cheap.

@Introspect I got a secondhand DS Lite on eBay with three decent games (Mario 64; FF XII Revenant Wings; Metroid Prime Hunters) for about £25, and then picked up Dragon Quest IX and Phantom Hourglass too. All told, it cost me less than Kirby Star Allies - and I don't regret it!

Yeah this game looks really damn good. But I can't afford time right now. I need to play Torna first, then I'll be playing other games in my backlog like Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Old Blood.

Edit: By the time I get around to this game, I might just pick it up on Switch. Playing it at a buttery-smooth framerate and high-quality graphics on PC is very tempting (rip no 144fps option though :^[), but if it'll come out on Switch later down on the road, I'll just pick it up then because I love RPGs on handhelds.

This generation has been such a massive JRPG revival compared to the 7th gen. Lol Xenoblade Chronicles and maybe Radiant Historia were the only good original JRPGs for the entire generation.

@ReaderRagfish Don't think he excluded them since Radiant Historia is a DS game. But I also disagree since the DS was indeed a fantastic RPG machine. Castlevania, Pokemon Gen 4 and 5, etc

I've been rediscovering the DS's RPG potential, partially because I'm more into them than I've ever been. Besides the slew of Pokemon games that I have for it (as well as the Mega Man Star Force series...though I'm not sure those count), I've played Chrono Trigger and DQV fairly recently. I'm hoping to grab DQIV in the next few months as well, and I still have Golden Sun: Dark Dawn backlogged as well.

A lot of people seem to praise Radiant Historia. I might try that one out as well if it isn't too long.

Don't even get me started on the 3DS. XD

@subpopz Did you buy the steam version? If so do you know if it is possible to switch the system language?

I didn't realize that the JPN version doesnt have voice acting (which i think is FANTASTIC) and I'd rather play that than the english dub... I still want to hold out for the switch version but if the steam version is just a quick language change I may have to try it there first.

Edit: Nevermind I found the language options. I'll wait on my 3ds copy to show up.

@subpopz Understood. I bought the 3ds copy and I'm just waiting on it to arrive and I'll pick up the Torna expansion tomorrow so that will keep me entertained until the switch version is announced.

Stop it! Now I'm all excited... Next you'll be telling me that Atlus made the same response about SMTV!

Trying really hard not to get my hopes up with that statement....

Yuji Horii used Torment on Switch owners! It's super effective!

i've been playing a lot of DQXI on steam lately, for anyone holding out getting it until switch, trust me. This game is probably the greatest JRPG of the last 10 years in my opinion, even better than octopath. the wait is worth it

Really looking forward to this. Thanks for that assurance @boop22 , and for the confirmation @ReaderRagfish !

Good news guys, Square Enix has officially announced the Switch version of Dragon Quest XI as "Dragon Quest XI S," with S standing for "Switch" and "Special."

...And that's about all they revealed. No gameplay, screenshots, or release date aside from telling us that we'll have to "wait a bit" for its release. Regardless, it's nice that Square has finally officially acknowledged the Switch version. Hopefully the "S" moniker means that we'll get some exclusive new content in this release to make up for the long wait.

The game will come with 3 graphics modes. Standard, and then the 3D+2D options of the DS version. Also all versions will exclusively use Xbox button prompts.

Lol this is gonna be like a christmas 2019 game by the sounds of it. How the hell is it taking so long?

I guess they're maybe trying to get it as close to the PS4 version as possible. Given the massive Japanese userbase for this series, it might benefit them to make it a very good port.

Disappointed by the fact that it's still pretty far out, but I haven't yet gotten around to Builders (just recently played the demo & enjoyed it), so I'll probably grab that soon to tide me over.

I didn't expect them to suddenly announce a release date, but a screenshot or 2 would have been nice.

Still, we all knew this game would be a year behind the PS4/PC release regardless.

I'm not really worried about it. It comes when it comes... when it's ready.

I'm so bogged down with Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, FFXV Pocket HD, Xenoblade 2 Torna, and Valkyria Chronicles 4 on Tuesday, and Dragonball Fighter Z, Valkyria Chronicles 1, The World Ends With You, Mega Man 11, StarfoxLink, Diablo 3, World of Final Fantasy, Pokemon, Smash Bros, Katamari Damacy, Marble It Up and goodness knows how many I'm forgetting...

There wouldn't be even a sliver of time for it in the near future anyways. And judging by the fact 2019 is already looking jam packed, starting off with a bang with New Super Bros U Deluxe, No More Heroes, Tales of Vesperia, Onimushu Warlords and Kingdom Hearts 3 (although I'ma hold off on that one, got a feeling KH series is the next to come rocketing onto Switch).

There really is just too many games out now and coming soon.

I figure it'll be packed whenever it does release as well, seems to just get more and more congested as we get further into the gen. But point being, I can wait. It's not like there's not a dozen other excellent games vying for attention at any given moment.

When it does release though, it's gonna be incredible. Hope someone fan translates the 3DS version also so at least those with CFW can have that bangin 2D sprite 3D dual 3DS version

The addition of the S to the subtitle pretty much confirms the Switch version of DQXI had to be rebuilt from the ground up rather than being a straight port of the PS4 version. Square-Enix and Nintendo want to hit 720p/30fps in handheld mode and clearly...that target is going to take some additional development time. So, with that in mind, I look forward to playing DQXI in 2020 on Switch.