 It has been well over a year since Dragon Quest III HD2D remake was announced at the Dragon Quest 35th Anniversary event alongside many other announcements. And since then, we haven't seen or heard anything at all about the game. Not a thing. It wasn't even mentioned during the 36th Anniversary announcement this year. Out of the 6 announcements from last year's event, two of them have already released, two more will be releasing by the end of this year including Dragon Quest Treasures, which I still have no clue what that's even supposed to be about. And Yuji Hori has mentioned Dragon Quest 12 multiple times, but DQ3 was not mentioned at all. So what happened? Why have they been so quiet about this title in particular? Well, there's two possibilities really. Either they cancelled the game, or they're working really really hard on it. Now I don't think this game was cancelled. If it was, that would be the dumbest possible thing Square Enix could do. Out of all the announcements, Dragon Quest III HD2D remake is by far the most anticipated. Its revealed trailer got 4.2 million views, 4.2 million. Do you know how crazy that is? The trailer for Dragon Quest 12 only got 2.5 million views. Yeah, a remake of a game from 30 years ago is twice as anticipated as the next mainline entry in the Dragon Quest series. That is just crazy to me. The HD2D series is probably one of the most interesting and unique things Square Enix has done in years. They just struck gold with the style of game. I mean just look at Octopath, it sold 2.5 million copies. That wasn't even established franchise, nobody even knew what the hell an Octopath was and it sold that much. Just imagine how much a remake of one of the most famous Dragon Quest games of all time will sell. It will be huge. It would be idiotic if they cancelled this game. So it is more likely that they are still working on it, and I think it'll come out next year. By the time this year is over, 4 out of the 6 announcements will be released, with only DQ3 HD2D remake and DQ12 being left. They quite literally saved the best for last. I think 3 will come before 12, and they kinda have to release something next year, so it just makes sense. So why are they taking so long? Well, it all adds together when you look at the very amazing Live Alive HD2D remake which I would highly recommend by the way, of just an amazing game. This game took over 3 years to make. They basically recreated the entire game from scratch, rebalanced everything, updated the music, added fully voice acted cutscenes in 2 different languages, and they added an extended ending. These kinds of games are not easy to make, they take a long ass time. We already know that Dragon Quest III HD2D remake is doing crazy things just from the sprite work alone. I mean, they are animating death animations for all of the enemy sprites. Do you know how long that takes? How many pixel RPGs have you seen with enemy death animations? Who knows what else they might be adding? There might be entirely new elements to the game that we've never seen before, and they need to get this out in English at the same time as well. So in conclusion, this game is probably still coming out and we will probably hear more about it soon. It's going to be an awesome game, I don't think people should worry about it. I'm really looking forward to it. So is there anything you're hoping to add to the game? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time.