Dragon Quest Creator Teases Possible HD-2D Remakes Of The First Two Games

I like DQ, but unless they did some modernization ... Those two would be a hard sell for me.

It would be pretty cool to remake them in chronological order. The first couple of games have aged pretty horribly but I’m sure they’d attempt to modernise them.

Like I said before they should had never be lazy with the original DQ1-3 games that they released previously, now they had to redeem themselves and make these happen so to wash away those crappy mobile ports from existence.

i want a VR remake of DQ1.
They try so hard to make an over the top hard to play VR game when we could simple play a DQ style game and just run around a small world

They kinda skipped over IX, I mean even X has a “remake” now too with Dragon Quest X Offline.

I hope they try and adjust the balance of DQ2 because that game is a mess. On the one hand it's authentic to have one character literally be a coffin and have the game with a difficulty spike you need climbing gear to summit toward the end, but on the other hand it would be wonderful to see how it would play if it wasn't balanced by someone with a middle ear infection.

Good news! Please do! I buy!

NINJA APPROVED

Instant purchase from me!

Gotta keep Malroth happy!

Agree. Big DQ fan here but I would say the first two would need more "modernising" than III. Certain aspects have not aged well. The "remake" would have to be in depth IMO.

No matter how they do it though it would be fascinating to play & I'd probably purchase it day 1!

Never played a DQ game until XI (well I did play Warriors) but I plan to buy this 2DHD remake, and if they release any more similar games, I’ll buy them too!

If the game looks like Octopath, I don’t care if it’s as simple as Final Fantasy 1 was on the NES.

I’ll only be interested if they re-make them into open world metroidvanias with branching paths based on random dialogue choices, crafting and skill trees. And I want every dungeon to be procedurally generated rogue-likes. With DLC.

Oh, and I want to be able to make the main character myself because I’m definitely better at it than a team of seasoned artists.

DQ2 is a fantastic open world game with literally no handholding, however DQ1 is very very archaic

This is how old games should be remastered. It looks STUNNING

I want the HD meme to end.

DQ III may be big enough to justify a HD-2D remake, but I and II would be overkill. Such effort would be better used on new IPs or remakes of larger, more complex titles, such as Final Fantasy IV through VI.

I feel like Horii once again might have stepped a bit out of line during the presentation. He has done it before, as in talking about things he's not supposed to say.

I remember a few years back some french magazine asked him why Dragon Quest VII on 3DS was not released outside of Japan yet. His answer was something like "It hasn't been released? It will be soon." It wasn't too much after that Nintendo annouced they are publishing VII and VIII on 3DS.

Dragon Quest I, II, and III on the NES are perfect RPGs. So far, all the remakes have been inferior to the originals. I doubt any remake for the Switch would surpass the NES versions. The only DQ game that needed a remake was VII, because the original PS1 version was ugly and complicated. The 3DS version solved all those problems. All the other DQ games were perfect in thir original forms. IV, V and VI got remakes for the DS which were basically the same as the original except for the graphics which were equally good albeit different. And VIII got a 3DS version which is identical. But the mobile versions and the Game Boy versions are bad. And the SNES remakes of the original trilogy are bad too. DQ games thrive on challenge, and when you take that out you have an empty shell of a game.

@Wilforce not me - I'd pay 60 bucks for each one just to walk around and look at stuff

I want to see every SNES game ever remade like octopath

I actually prefer if just like skyward sword they simply upres the original game and then let me pay full price to prove my wreck less fandom.

@Raylax "DQ1 is an old-ass crusty game with almost nothing but grind".

That's what people say about Octopath Traveller 😂.

Anyway, I hope that they remake I and II on the same engine and I agree with you, bundle the two games together or add story elements to the old game. It wouldn't be the first time a RPG remake does it.

Final Fantasy 6 in HD 2D!!!!! Come on, we need it.

Do it do it do it!

I’m perfectly fine with the snes version but kapowie the new one looks nice.

Just wanted to shout out DQII's hero, I absolutely love his design!

(He's the one on the article "cover", that's why it occurred to me)

I'm sure many people played the NES version of Dragon Warrior 1,
but I'm guessing not so many people played the Famicom version.

In the Famicom version, the sprites only had a single facing direction and it was rather creepy.
How far we'd come with an HD version of the game.

@TheWingedAvenger
For me Dragon Warrior. or Dragon Quest 1, was a near perfect RPG. It was also the first one I had on NES. An HD remake would be interesting but how they would do it and keep the balance of gameplay and storyline is the question. I find it quite laughable when people complain about it not aging well or being too hard or too much of a grind when it shares a quite similar structure to The Legend of Zelda.

@Wilforce Yuji Horii did mention that the 1 and 2 remakes would undergo some changes, possibly referring to story changes but presumably other kinds of modernizations.

Also, if you look at the 3 remake trailer, you can see a bulletin board outside the castle. Looks like there could be a new side-quest system or something like that. In any case, I think it's safe to say these games are going to undergo a lot changes in the same way the SFC remakes made a lot of updates and changes at the time as well (the personality system, the bonus dungeon, animations, etc.)

@Raylax I haven't played Octopath Traveller yet but your comments make sense. If they remake I (and II) they should add content and balance the original content. Dragon Quest is an ancient game, released before the first Final Fantasy and probably one of the first RPGs ever. I haven't played it but I played the first Final Fantasy game (GBA).

I would buy a double pack, similar to I & II on the SFC, in a heartbeat! We got shortchanged with the mobile ports to Switch, so I'm so happy they're going back and rectifying their previous blunder!

If both games were combined together, I'm fine with that.

@Zidentia
Some of my friends in 1989 told me they weren't interested in Dragon Warrior because they didn't want to read. I would play a remake if they made it look great in 3D and kept the challenge of the original. But if they dumbed it down as they did in the Game Boy version, I'd give it a miss.

@TheWingedAvenger
I picked up the reissue for Switch which has the mobile menus and sprites still in it. It is strange but playable. It really needs a proper update.

@Raylax Thanks, I appreciate the information. You said that DQII holds up reasonably well so I assume that you played the second game as well. I will probably skip DQI and II unless they are remade. I think that Final Fantasy I (GBA) is fine but I used a guide because I had no idea where to go next, something that makes me dislike many old RPGs.

I'm not a big DQ fan, although I did enjoy DQ8 , DQ9 and DQ11. However, what I TRULY WANT IN HD-2D is:
Final Fantasy 6
Chrono Trigger
PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN Square Enix!!!

Hope they do IV after... and (at least) port 5-9 (?) from the DS

@Raylax Good to know, thanks.

@MinervaX I've got some bad news for you, DQ1 on the NES is about 100 times simpler than FF1 on the NES. I loved both when I was a kid but Dragon Warrior as it was called in the West back then is only about 20 minutes of gameplay with about 4 hours of grinding. There is arguably only one boss and one dungeon in the whole game. Here's a summary of the entire game:
SPOILERS (Not really)
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The Dragon Lord is bad go fight him.