{"id":142609,"date":"2025-09-14T05:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T05:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/142609\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T05:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T05:11:10","slug":"dragon-quest-vii-reimagined-looks-absolutely-wondrous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/142609\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dragon Quest VII Reimagined\u2019 Looks Absolutely Wondrous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757826670_435_960x0.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon Quest VII Reimagined\" data-height=\"1097\" data-width=\"1950\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Dragon Quest VII Reimagined&#8217; already looks superb.<\/p>\n<p>Square Enix<\/p>\n<p>One of the most successful Dragon Quest games ever made is finally getting the remake treatment, and it looks genuinely amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Dragon Quest VII was released back on the original PlayStation in 2000 in Japan, and it later came Westward the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from being an amazing role-playing game, Dragon Quest VII <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2001\/04\/06\/dragon-quest-vii-reaches-quadruple-platinum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2001\/04\/06\/dragon-quest-vii-reaches-quadruple-platinum\" aria-label=\"sold over 4 million copies in Japan\">sold over 4 million copies in Japan<\/a> alone. Making it one of the bestselling games of that period in Japan, even more so than Final Fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>We later got an excellent port on the Nintendo 3DS, which was released in Japan in 2013 and later globally in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>So, there\u2019s a lot riding on remaking such a beloved game, but from the new trailer (shown below), it looks like they\u2019ve nailed it.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VTTfUC4MUZs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VTTfUC4MUZs\" aria-label=\"nice video\">nice video<\/a> (with English subtitles) of <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2018\/03\/28\/yuji-horii-talks-about-making-dragon-quest-xi-and-the-origins-behind-the-series\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/olliebarder\/2018\/03\/28\/yuji-horii-talks-about-making-dragon-quest-xi-and-the-origins-behind-the-series\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Yuji Horii\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yuji Horii<\/a> and the game\u2019s producer, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/person\/1051523\/takeshi-ichikawa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/person\/1051523\/takeshi-ichikawa\/\" aria-label=\"Takeshi Ichikawa\">Takeshi Ichikawa<\/a>, talking about the remake and giving some extra context for the game\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also one of the few standalone games in the series, and not tied to any of the various trilogies that made up previous releases.<\/p>\n<p>Talking of release dates, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/dragon-quest-vii-reimagined-switch-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/dragon-quest-vii-reimagined-switch-2\/\" aria-label=\"Dragon Quest VII Reimagined\">Dragon Quest VII Reimagined<\/a> will be released on February 5 next year, which is not far off at all.<\/p>\n<p>My only hope with all this excellent Dragon Quest news is that we\u2019ll eventually get another <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/games\/2016\/03\/04\/dragon-quest-builders-review-its-better-than-minecraft\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/games\/2016\/03\/04\/dragon-quest-builders-review-its-better-than-minecraft\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Dragon Quest Builders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dragon Quest Builders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dragon Quest VII Reimagined will be released on February 5 for Switch 2, Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cacophanus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/Cacophanus\" aria-label=\"X\">X<\/a>, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cacophanus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cacophanus\" aria-label=\"Facebook\">Facebook<\/a> and <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Cacophanus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Cacophanus\" aria-label=\"YouTube\">YouTube<\/a>. 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