After months of hypothesis, it was introduced throughout Friday’s Nintendo Direct that Dragon Quest VII would be the subsequent entry within the long-running JRPG collection to get a facelift; it is coming to each Nintendo Change and Nintendo Change 2. Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined shall be launched February 5, 2026, and preorders start immediately on the Nintendo eShop.(*7*)
Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined is a full-scale remake of the traditional 2000 PlayStation title, trying similar to Dragon Quest XI with up to date visuals. The sport follows the story of a younger hero from the peaceable island of Estard, who–along together with his associates Kiefer and Maribel–discovers historic ruins that unlock the flexibility to journey to misplaced continents sealed away previously. As gamers journey via time to those forgotten lands, they need to resolve the tragedies that led to their destruction and restore them to the current, regularly rebuilding the world piece by piece.(*7*)
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It was 10 years in the past, through the 2015 Nintendo Direct, that Dragon Quest VII was introduced to be coming exterior Japan for Nintendo 3DS, with the brand new subtitle Fragments of the Forgotten Previous. The 3DS remake is an abridged model, as a lot of the content material from the unique was minimize, such because the intro, to shorten the size of the sport.(*7*)
Sq. Enix can also be engaged on one other high-profile seventh entry: the Last Fantasy VII Remake collection. The story situation for the third and last half was accomplished in early 2025, marking a serious milestone within the trilogy’s improvement. In Could, the corporate introduced that each one three elements of the Last Fantasy VII Remake saga–including Last Fantasy VII Rebirth, which launched in 2024–will be launched on the Nintendo Change 2. Whereas the ultimate installment remains to be and not using a launch date, improvement is underway because the collection strikes towards its long-anticipated conclusion. And we now know when Remake Intergrade is launching on Change 2.(*7*)
With Dragon Quest VII nonetheless months from launch, you’ll be able to revisit the collection by taking part in the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, which launched final 12 months. However earlier than that, mark your calendar as Sq. Enix is about to launch the Dragon Quest 1+2 HD-2D Remake on October 30.(*7*)