Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
| Main series games | |
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| Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake | |
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| Developer(s) | ARTDINK & Square Enix (Team Asano) |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Designer(s) | Yuji Horii |
| Artist(s) | Akira Toriyama |
| Composer(s) | Kōichi Sugiyama |
| Series | Dragon Quest |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam |
| Release date(s) | Nintendo Switch INT October 30th, 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 INT October 30th, 2025 PlayStation 5 INT October 30th, 2025 Xbox Series X/S INT October 30th, 2025 Steam INT October 30th, 2025 |
| Genre(s) | Console role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone +10 |
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is a full re-imagining of the first two titles in the Dragon Quest series in Team Asano's famed HD-2D artstyle which fuses high-quality pixel art with 3D graphics. It includes a full remake of Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest II.
This dual pack was announced following the reintroduction of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, which used to have no new announcements after its original reveal. It will be released on October 30, 2025 for the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam. For the Nintendo Switch 2, physical copies will only come with a game-key card.
New features
Scenario changes
- The Princess of Cannock is now a party member accompanying the Scions of Erdrick on their quest to stop Hargon.
- New story segments such as Belial incinerating a Babygoyle and a new Manguini monster, as well as another attack by monsters.
- The Scions of Erdrick now have to collect medals from their home kingdoms of Midenhall, Cannock, and Moonbrooke in order to be worthy of visiting the Pillar of Winds.
- The Sun Sigil is now found on a pedestal near the outskirts of the Fire Shrine.
- Mini Medals have been added to both games.
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.
Character changes
- The Prince of Cannock has been buffed considerably, akin to how weak he infamously was originally.
Battle changes
- The hero of Dragon Quest I now battles multiple enemies at once rather than only one at a time originally.
- New skills have been added to all of the heroes. They can learn them by finding ability scrolls located in side-quests, dungeons, and hidden areas.
- You can now view Enemy Info while battling them by clicking the right stick.
- Targeting a monster with an elemental attack it is weak to displays a red marker over it, and doing so with a resisted element displays the marker in blue.
- Enemies from later entries of the main series and enemies of the first entry for II are added in Dragon Quest I and Dragon Quest II, such as bubble slimes in the former and rumble bees and drackolytes in the latter.
Others
- Having saved data of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake allows players to receive animal costumes for the playable characters. For the hero of Dragon Quest I, it is based on a shiba-inu; for the heroes of Dragon Quest II, they are based on the different colors of cats.
Gallery
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Artwork of the Erdrick Trilogy HD-2D Remakes by Naoki Ikushima. -
Japanese logo.
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