{"id":32729,"date":"2024-06-20T11:33:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=32729"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:36:24","slug":"dragon-quest-3-hd-2d-remakes-developer-was-silently-changed-after-its-initial-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-quest-3-hd-2d-remakes-developer-was-silently-changed-after-its-initial-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake\u2019s developer was silently changed after its initial announcement\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the recent Nintendo Direct broadcast, Square Enix revealed that <strong>Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake <\/strong>(Dragon Quest 3 hereafter) will be releasing on November 14 this year. The title was initially announced as a joint effort between Square Enix\u2019s Team Asano and Amata Games, but it seems this has changed in the meantime.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake \u2013 Release Date Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ltsk99E-RY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the announcement from May 2021, Dragon Quest 3 was originally supposed to be developed by Tomoya Asano\u2019s Team Asano, which has worked on a variety of \u201cHD-2D\u201d titles (including Octopath Traveler) and Amata Games, a company active in game publishing and the development of VR titles. After three years without any official updates on Dragon Quest 3\u2019s status (yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enix-team-asano-regrets-announcing-the-dragon-quest-3-hd-2d-remake-too-early\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Team Asano commented that they regret making the initial announcement so early<\/a>), the game\u2019s release date has finally been announced, but the newly revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dragonquest.jp\/roto-trilogy\/dq3\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official homepage<\/a> states that it is being developed by Team Asano and Artdink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240619-298515-001.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot from Triangle Strategy\" class=\"wp-image-32733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240619-298515-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240619-298515-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240619-298515-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240619-298515-001-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Triangle Strategy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Artdink is known as the developer of the A-Train series, and they have previously collaborated with Square Enix\u2019s Team Asano for the 2022 TRPG Triangle Strategy. In addition, it seems Artdink will also be working on the development of Dragon Quest 1 &amp; 2 HD-2D Remake alongside Team Asano, as per the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2893570\/DRAGON_QUEST_I__II_HD2D_Remake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam store page<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dragonquest.square-enix-games.com\/games\/en-us\/dragon-quest-123-hd2d-remakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake<\/a> is scheduled to launch on November 14 for the PC (Microsoft Store), Nintendo Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. 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