Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake: Difference between revisions

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===Presentation===

* Re-imagined locations and HD-quality sprites.

* Certain areas have been slightly modified to account for the perspective changing from the classic top-down view to the pop up book style found in other HD2D titles.

* Orchestral soundtrack.

* Increased language support: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Spanish, and Latin American Spanish.

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* The player can customize the party's appearance by eight options per vocation with four for each sex.

:* The new character [[Healizah]] can modify a character's appearance between the four options, along with his or her hair colour and voice at any point in the game.

* Characters now speak in battle.

* Characters now speak in battle: shouting while attacking, yelling the names of spells while casting, grunting while being attacked, etc.

* ~~Weapons~~ are visible ~~in battle~~.

* The camera pulls back to reveal the party while the player is selecting actions for a turn.

:* Equipped weapons are visible during this period.

===Gameplay adjustments===

* The [[T'n'T board]]s added in the Super Famicom remake have been removed.

* New vocation: [[Monster Wrangler]].

* Stat modification: {{Resilience}} now determines base defence power instead of half of the {{Agility}} stat, with the new {{Stamina}} stat controlling HP growth as Resilience did in the previous versions of the game; Agility only influences turn order and evasion. {{Wisdom}} now determines the growth of spell power instead of each spell being fixed to a static range.

* New spells, such as [[Moreheal]], [[Zapple]], and [[Zin]].

* The inclusion of skills for melee vocations, such as [[Double-Edged Slash]], [[Mercurial Thrust]], [[Pressure Pointer]], and [[Cop Out]] <ref>Weekly Shonen Jump issue 32, 2024</ref>. The battle menu lists lists Spells and Abilities separately.

*{{Boomerangs}} and [[Whip Weapon Family|whips]] can now land [[Critical Hit]]s, though less frequently than single-target weapons.

*{{Boomerangs}}s and [[Whip Weapon Family|whips]] can now land [[Critical Hit]]s, though less frequently than single-target weapons.

* The inclusion of additional monsters, such as the [[Frostburn|frostburn]], [[Dying fire|a new variant of it]], and [[Garboyle]], who originally was an unfightable monster in the game's SNES and Game Boy Color intro.

* Battle tactics, available for the first time in ''Dragon Quest III''.

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 ===Presentation===
 * Re-imagined locations and HD-quality sprites.
+* Certain areas have been slightly modified to account for the perspective changing from the classic top-down view to the pop up book style found in other HD2D titles.
 * Orchestral soundtrack.
 * Increased language support: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Spanish, and Latin American Spanish.
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 * The player can customize the party's appearance by eight options per vocation with four for each sex.
 :* The new character [[Healizah]] can modify a character's appearance between the four options, along with his or her hair colour and voice at any point in the game.
-* Characters now speak in battle.
+* Characters now speak in battle: shouting while attacking, yelling the names of spells while casting, grunting while being attacked, etc.
-* Weapons are visible in battle.
+* The camera pulls back to reveal the party while the player is selecting actions for a turn.
+:* Equipped weapons are visible during this period.
 ===Gameplay adjustments===
+* The [[T'n'T board]]s added in the Super Famicom remake have been removed.
 * New vocation: [[Monster Wrangler]].
 * Stat modification: {{Resilience}} now determines base defence power instead of half of the {{Agility}} stat, with the new {{Stamina}} stat controlling HP growth as Resilience did in the previous versions of the game; Agility only influences turn order and evasion. {{Wisdom}} now determines the growth of spell power instead of each spell being fixed to a static range.
 * New spells, such as [[Moreheal]], [[Zapple]], and [[Zin]].
 * The inclusion of skills for melee vocations, such as [[Double-Edged Slash]], [[Mercurial Thrust]], [[Pressure Pointer]], and [[Cop Out]] <ref>Weekly Shonen Jump issue 32, 2024</ref>. The battle menu lists lists Spells and Abilities separately.
-*{{Boomerangs}} and [[Whip Weapon Family|whips]] can now land [[Critical Hit]]s, though less frequently than single-target weapons.
+*{{Boomerangs}}s and [[Whip Weapon Family|whips]] can now land [[Critical Hit]]s, though less frequently than single-target weapons.
 * The inclusion of additional monsters, such as the [[Frostburn|frostburn]], [[Dying fire|a new variant of it]], and [[Garboyle]], who originally was an unfightable monster in the game's SNES and Game Boy Color intro.
 * Battle tactics, available for the first time in ''Dragon Quest III''.