{"id":38482,"date":"2024-10-16T17:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=38482"},"modified":"2024-10-17T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T02:01:02","slug":"akira-toriyama-successor-on-dragon-quest-iii-remake-impresses-fans-with-chrono-trigger-inspired-illustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/akira-toriyama-successor-on-dragon-quest-iii-remake-impresses-fans-with-chrono-trigger-inspired-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Akira Toriyama&#8217;s &#8220;successor&#8221; on Dragon Quest impresses fans with Chrono Trigger inspired illustration\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the run up to the November launch of <strong>Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake<\/strong>, the official Japanese Dragon Quest PR account on X revealed some new artwork from the upcoming game. As well as comments on the announcement itself, the illustration garnered much praise for honoring the late Akira Toriyama\u2019s art style- with some even wondering if it was an homage to a specific piece of concept art by Toriyama for the classic 1995 RPG Chrono Trigger.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">HD-2D\u7248\u300e\u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8III\u3000\u305d\u3057\u3066\u4f1d\u8aac\u3078\u2026\u300f\u306f\u3001\u3044\u3088\u3044\u3088\u6765\u6708\u767a\u58f2\u263a\ufe0f\ud83c\udff0<br>\u5192\u967a\u306e\u9014\u4e2d\u306b\u306f\u4ef2\u9593\u3068\u306e\u3053\u3093\u306a\u3072\u3068\u3068\u304d\u304c\u3042\u308b\u304b\u3082\u2026\uff1f\u2615\ufe0f\u2728<br><br>\u307e\u305f\u3001\u672c\u65e5\u304b\u30895\u65e5\u9593\u306b\u308f\u305f\u3063\u3066HD-2D\u7248\u3067\u306e\u9032\u5316\u3092\u697d\u3057\u3093\u3067\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3051\u308b\u6620\u50cf\u3092\u516c\u958b\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u516c\u958b\u306f\u6bce\u65e518\u6642\u9803\u3092\u4e88\u5b9a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u305c\u3072\u3054\u89a7\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u203c\ud83c\udf0e\ud83d\udcab<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DQ3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DQ3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EDYBgm63rF\">pic.twitter.com\/EDYBgm63rF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3\u30af\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8\u5ba3\u4f1d\u62c5\u5f53 (@DQ_PR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DQ_PR\/status\/1845660807096406505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>The HD-2D remaster of Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation will be released next month. Maybe during your adventure, you will pass the time with your allies like this&#8230;?<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>For the next 5 days from today, we will be releasing new images\/footage so that you can enjoy the evolution from the original to the HD-2D version. We will post them at 6pm each day, so please look forward to it!<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new illustration in the style of Dragon Quest\u2019s original character designer Akira Toriyama (who <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-dies-at-68\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed away in March 2024<\/a>) depicts a cozy scene of the hero and his party members sitting around a campfire in the woods. Eagle-eyed commenters spotted that the illustration\u2019s subject matter and composition bear a striking resemblance to a Toriyama artwork from the classic RPG Chrono Trigger (which almost had a fighting game spin-off, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-chrono-trigger-almost-had-fighting-game-according-to-veteran-dev-seiichi-ishii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">but that\u2019s another story<\/a>). \u201cI wonder if it\u2019s a homage to this?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mon0426\/status\/1845663030207758710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one commenter mused<\/a>&#8211; posting the Chrono Trigger illustration below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241016-38482-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Chrono Trigger campfire concept art by Akira Toriyama\" class=\"wp-image-38486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241016-38482-001.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241016-38482-001-380x285.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241016-38482-001-768x576.jpeg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The piece of<\/em> <em>Chrono Trigger artwork by Akira Toriyama.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The original post was met with many more comments praising how the new Dragon Quest III illustration was in keeping with the late artist\u2019s style. \u201cI wonder who drew this? It\u2019s an illustration that carefully respects every detail. It particularly reminds me of that piece of artwork from Chrono Trigger, but if you look closely, you can see that it&#8217;s not a mere copy. It&#8217;s truly good,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Exodus_Solidus\/status\/1845702048194625796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another commenter<\/a> noted. Overall, people seem to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mtk_iyo\/status\/1845930830948085802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feel<\/a> that the art captures Toriyama\u2019s style while having enough originality to not be an unfeeling copy. On the flip side, there were some <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gosuprime022\/status\/1845704639703810433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaints<\/a> about the adjustments made to the original female warrior design to make her bikini armor less revealing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is scheduled to launch on November 14 for the PC (Microsoft Store), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-remake-switch\/?srsltid=AfmBOopy1KlxnOYvkZLvArTr4ZVxcoTQUAAbfttvPejXpvVHp7cdvZf4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10010018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-remake\/9n80pq2dsbp1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2701660\/DRAGON_QUEST_III_HD2D_Remake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam version<\/a> will come out a day later, on November 15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New artwork revealed for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake garners praise from fans as a respectable homage to the late Akira Toriyama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":38487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-38482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Akira Toriyama&#039;s &quot;successor&quot; 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