Square Enix Won't Allow Switch 2 Upgrade for Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake, Warns That DLC is Locked to a Specific Platform

While galore Nintendo Switch 2 games connection upgrades from their Switch 1 counterparts, Square Enix's upcoming Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake won't beryllium 1 of them.

In a lengthy Q&A, the steadfast has present confirmed determination volition beryllium "no upgrade path" betwixt the mentation of Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake for Switch 1, and the wholly abstracted but different near-identical mentation of the aforesaid crippled for Switch 2.

Of course, the Switch 1 mentation of Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake is playable connected Switch 2 via the newer console's backwards compatibility, but this mentation volition not instrumentality vantage of the graphical upgrades recovered successful the Switch 2-specific edition.

Additionally, some prevention files and download codes for in-game bonus items are besides locked to the circumstantial versions of the game. So, adjacent if you did commencement playing connected Switch 1 and past determine to aboriginal afloat re-purchase the Switch 2 edition, you'd request to commencement your playthrough again from scratch.

Curiously, the lone Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake point that does look to beryllium cross-compatible is simply a prevention information bonus for an in-game Dog Suit (in Dragon Quest 1) and Cat Suit (in Dragon Quest 2). These volition unlock if you bargain a Switch 2 mentation of the game, if you antecedently unlocked them with a Switch 1 copy.

"Each mentation has antithetic graphical specifications based connected the hardware's processing capabilities," Square Enix wrote of the remake's differences connected Switch 2. "However, determination are nary differences successful the story, crippled content, oregon successful which items tin beryllium obtained."

The steadfast has fixed nary crushed wherefore the 2 versions of the crippled stay separate, without a $10 paid-for upgrade enactment (as with akin third-party Switch 2 games specified arsenic Hogwarts Legacy and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds) oregon the situation, arsenic recovered by fans with galore different Switch 1 games, wherever immoderate titles simply tally amended connected Nintendo's newer hardware.

Square Enix is acceptable to motorboat its Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake connected October 30, 2025, for PC (via Steam and Microsoft Store), PS5, Switch, Switch 2, and Xbox Series X/S. Just retrieve to beryllium cautious which mentation you're buying

"In a way, Dragon Quest’s, let’s accidental 'classic' storyline and trope-ish mounting is easier to admit contiguous than possibly a decennary ago," IGN wrote successful our Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake preview. "Nowadays, with graphics arsenic precocious arsenic they are and storylines trying to vie with the biggest movies and TV shows, Dragon Quest is simply a reminder that immoderate stories are timeless for a reason."

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