{"id":669957,"date":"2026-05-28T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/669957\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:08:11","slug":"square-enix-has-no-plans-to-sell-a-switch-2-upgrade-for-dragon-quest-xi-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/669957\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix Has &#8220;No Plans&#8221; To Sell A Switch 2 Upgrade For Dragon Quest XI S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Dragon Quest XI S\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4d054498272d\/dragon-quest-xi-s.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dragon-quest-xi-s.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"554\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dragon Quest XI S\"\/><\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n<p>After a rating was spotted earlier this year, Square Enix yesterday confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/dragon-quest-xi-s-echoes-of-an-elusive-age-definitive-edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age &#8211; Definitive Edition<\/a> would be getting a Switch 2 release this September.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been wondering about an upgrade, according to the official Nintendo <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/dragon-quest-xi-s-echoes-of-an-elusive-age-definitive-edition-switch\/?srsltid=AfmBOorIU3dryQeVx4HLMnDctO7YIv8J9ePKM19QDVTaPjp3oUwN046d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">store description for the Switch version<\/a>, there are &#8220;no plans to sell an upgrade pack to upgrade the Nintendo Switch version to the Nintendo Switch 2 version&#8221;. This is reiterated in fine print at the bottom of the same game page.<\/p>\n<p>*This is the Nintendo Switch\u2122 version.<br \/>There is also a Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 version of this game. Please select the version you require carefully.<br \/>*There are no plans to sell an upgrade pack to upgrade the Nintendo Switch\u2122 version to the Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 version.<br \/>*Save data is incompatible between the Nintendo Switch\u2122 and Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 versions.<\/p>\n<p>As also noted, save data is not compatible between the Switch and Switch 2 versions, so if you are planning on picking up one or the other any time soon, you&#8217;ll need to &#8220;carefully&#8221; select the version that is right for you. Square Enix&#8217;s Japanese <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dq11.jp\/s\/pf\/products\/index.html#switch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Quest website<\/a> reconfirms data from the Switch version cannot be transferred to the Switch 2 version.<\/p>\n<p>So, it seems there won&#8217;t be a paid upgrade path for existing owners of this Dragon Quest entry on Switch. If you do decide to get Dragon Quest XI S on the Switch 2, you can expect new optimisation modes, allowing you to prioritise graphics or performance. It&#8217;s also been confirmed the physical release of the Switch 2 version is a Game-Key Card.<\/p>\n<p>If we hear any updates or developments, we&#8217;ll let you know.<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Square Enix After a rating was spotted earlier this year, Square Enix yesterday confirmed DRAGON QUEST XI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[11046,5177,75,11045,74,7142],"class_list":["post-669957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-dragon-quest","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-square-enix","tag-technology","tag-upcoming-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}