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May 23, 2025: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has been patched to version 1.1.0 for consoles and 1.2.0 for steam, adding several quality of life features and adjusting combat balance
April 30, 2025: Yuji Horii has announced that he is collaborating with mangaka Muneyuki Kaneshiro of Blue Lock fame for a new board-game styled title exclusive to the Nintendo Switch. The project is themed around reincarnation and karma with players encouraged to mess with one another incessantly, and is being is being developed by the long-standing Dragon Quest developer Arte Piazza for tentative 2026 release
April 26, 2025: Dragon Quest Island celebrates its fourth anniversary with special events held through May 15th
April 25, 2025: Dragon Quest Tact has collaborated with Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis, lasting through August 28th. The collaboration includes popular Final Fantasy characters Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockheart, Aeries Gainsborough, and a metallic cactuar amongst others
March 27, 2025: The first trailer of Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is revealed during a Nintendo Direct presentation, showcasing new features such as diagonal-facing movement sprites and the Princess of Cannock joining the Luminaries as the new fourth party member
March 13, 2025: The collaboration between Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent and Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has entered its second round, with the characters Partitio Yellowil, Signa, and Therese Shermot becoming a Martial Artist, Warrior, and Priestess respectively. Additionally a dracky has been added to the list of Dragon Quest-themed keepers and several monsters from Dragon Quest II appear, including Hargon's infernal trio of lieutenants
March 6, 2025: A collaboration between Dragon Quest Walk and Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball has been announced on the official Walk youtube channel. The collaboration will feature the younger iterations of Goku, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Yamcha, and Master Roshi from the earliest chapters of the manga, along with equipment based on the characters' likenesses
Febuary 13, 2025: A collaboration event between Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent and Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has begun, lasting from Febuary 13th through April 10th. The event entails the the Octopath characters Cyrus Albright, Viola, and Molrusso taking up the Hero, Sage, and Gadabout vocations for a tournament to face off against classic monsters in exchange for exclusive prizes
January 20, 2025: A Dragon Quest Carnival has been announced for Tokyo that will take place from February 1st through March 16th. The event will be held in the Nihonbashi district and is themed around Dragon Quest III, with guests encouraged to collect the six orbs in the form of stamps to receive promotional artwork featuring Ramia, the vocations, Robbin' 'Ood, and Orochi, as well as a plush based on Ramia's likeness. A pop-up shop selling goods featuring Dragon Quest monsters themed around historic Japan will also be open for the duration of the carnival, and select restaurants in the area will host a menu based on the series
December 17, 2024: Yuji Horii is honored with the Cultural Affairs’ Commissioner’s award for his contributions to Japanese society. He reflected that forty years ago video games were frowned upon, and that today the industry is welcomed by the nation at large as a part of Japanese culture
November 22, 2024: Zoma, the Lord of the Underworld and embodiment of human suffering, has become a vtuber.
November 14, 2024: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and Steam.

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-;October 3, 2024
+<center>For older entries, see the [[News archive|news archive]]</center>
-:In response to the ongoing controversy surrounding the Denfamico interview, Tokyo M.A.A.D. SPIN released an official [[:File:Yubo & Mashirito Koso Koso station Japanese press release 1.jpg|two]] [[:File:Yubo & Mashirito Koso Koso station Japanese press release 2.jpg|page]] statement addressing the situation. Specifically, the statement addresses the improper translation of the English word "puritan" into the phrase "sex education" by X.com user Valute News, whose post brought international attention to the interview. Valute News would also [[:File:Valute-News statement October 3 2024.png|issue an apology for the mistranslation]] before deactivating the account. An English translation of the statement was also announced, but has since been formally delayed.
+;May 23, 2025
-::In addition the Denfamico Gamer youtube video has since been privated, leading to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP_tD58w6io multiple reuploadings] across the internet.
+:{{DQ3HD}} has been patched to version 1.1.0 for consoles and 1.2.0 for steam, adding several quality of life features and adjusting combat balance
-;September 28, 2024
+;April 30, 2025
-:A round-table interview between [[Yuji Horii]] and [[Kazuhiko Torishima]]'s radio program "Yubo & Mashirito 's Koso Koso", a division of [https://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/maadspin/ radio station Tokyo M.A.A.D. SPIN], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP_tD58w6io Denfamico Gamer] was held during the 2024 Tokyo Game Show. During this interview Yuji Horii expressed his irritation and disappointment with the [https://www.cero.gr.jp/en/ Japanese CERO ratings board] for demanding the censoring of the female [[Gadabout]], female [[Warrior]], and male [[Monster Wrangler]]'s designs in order for the game to be approved for an all-ages rating. Torishima would interject to point out that different nations have different age restriction criteria, singling out America and the UK for the strict narrow-mindedness of their ratings boards by calling the difficulties of doing business within such tight regulations to be ridiculous and frustrating. Torishima also stated that these absurd practices negatively impact Japan as well, to which Horii recalled that older games allowed players to choose between men and women for their characters, but the aforementioned ratings boards now censor the choice to "type 1 or type 2" under the guise of inclusivity. Horii further expressed his bafflement at this specific instance of foreign meddling, wondering what kind of person would even complain about the use of the words men and women in the first place.
+:Yuji Horii has [https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000002.000157995.html announced] that he is collaborating with mangaka [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muneyuki_Kaneshiro Muneyuki Kaneshiro] of ''Blue Lock'' fame for a new board-game styled title exclusive to the [[Nintendo Switch]].  The project is themed around reincarnation and karma with players encouraged to mess with one another incessantly, and is being is being developed by the long-standing ''Dragon Quest'' developer [[Arte Piazza]] for tentative 2026 release
-::The interview became a viral sensation overnight on the social media platform X.com thanks to the user [https://archive.is/ZqIaz Valute News], exposing the foreign-mandated censorship beyond the video game industry news channels and receiving international coverage through the likes of [https://archive.is/fIRQw Forbes magazine], which dubbed the censorship of the decades-old game for modern sensitivity to be stupid. Elon Musk, the owner of X.com, would negatively [https://archive.is/qjpp9 comment on the situation] and spread awareness of Horii's exasperation to millions.
+;April 26, 2025
-;September 11, 2024
+:[[Dragon Quest Island]] celebrates its fourth anniversary with special events held through May 15th
-:{{DQM3}} is ported to [https://store.steampowered.com/ Steam] and iOS/Android compatible smart phones.
+;April 25, 2025
-;August 27, 2024
+:''[[Dragon Quest Tact]]'' has collaborated with [https://www.dragonquest.jp/tact/ffviiec_event/ Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis], lasting through August 28th. The collaboration includes popular Final Fantasy characters Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockheart, Aeries Gainsborough, and a metallic cactuar amongst others
-:{{DQ3HD}} is shown during the [https://www.nintendo.com/us/nintendo-direct/08-27-2024/ Nintendo Direct partner showcase], officially debuting the [[Monster Wrangler]] vocation.
+;March 27, 2025
-;July 11, 2024
+:The first trailer of ''[[Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake]]'' is revealed during a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC1iBil7DR0 Nintendo Direct presentation], showcasing new features such as diagonal-facing movement sprites and the [[Princess of Cannock]] joining the Luminaries as the new fourth party member
-:[[V-jump]] magazine publishes a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uhTNWzUeFk thirty minute long youtube video] showcasing new footage of ''[[Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake]]'', focusing on the [[Aliahan]] continent and [[Dreamer's Tower]]. The presentation reveals much of the game's new presentation and battle system.
+;March 13, 2025
-;June 18, 2024
+:The collaboration between ''[[Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent]]'' and {{DQ3HD}} has entered its second round, with the characters Partitio Yellowil, Signa, and Therese Shermot becoming a [[Martial Artist]], [[Warrior]], and [[Priest]]ess respectively. Additionally a [[dracky]] has been added to the list of ''Dragon Quest''-themed keepers and several monsters from {{Dragon Quest II}} appear, including [[Hargon]]'s infernal trio of lieutenants
-:The release date for ''[[Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake]]'' is announced during the final [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iq04kEDG68| Switch-only Nintendo Direct], confirming it's worldwide launch for November 14, 2024. Additionally, ''[[Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake]]'' is announced for a 2025 release window.
+;March 6, 2025
-;April 18, 2024
+:A collaboration between ''[[Dragon Quest Walk]]'' and Akira Toriyama's ''Dragon Ball'' has been [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksel5wmJBC8| announced on the official ''Walk'' youtube channel]. The collaboration will feature the younger iterations of Goku, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Yamcha, and Master Roshi from the earliest chapters of the manga, along with equipment based on the characters' likenesses
-:{{DQM3}} is updated to version 1.0.6. This patch focuses on quality of life improvements and granting total customization control of a player's monsters by adding easy-access methods to alter a beast's [[Monster sizes|size]] and [[Sparkling monsters|sparkle]]. See the update section on the game's page for further details
+;Febuary 13, 2025
-;April 5, 2024
+:A collaboration event between ''[[Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent]]'' and {{DQ3HD}} has begun, lasting from Febuary 13th through April 10th. The event entails the the Octopath characters Cyrus Albright, Viola, and Molrusso taking up the [[Hero (Vocation)|Hero]], [[Sage]], and [[Gadabout]] vocations for a tournament to face off against classic monsters in exchange for exclusive prizes
-:Superfan Gronya archives all 56 [[DLC Tablet]]s for the Nintendo 3DS version of ''Dragon Quest VII'' on [https://archive.org/details/dragon-quest-7-preserved_20240405 archive.org], saving the scenarios from digital limbo in light of Nintendo ceasing online services for the handheld on April 8
+;January 20, 2025
-;March 21, 2024
+:A [https://archive.is/zypQJ Dragon Quest Carnival] has been announced for Tokyo that will take place from February 1st through March 16th. The event will be held in the Nihonbashi district and is themed around {{Dragon Quest III}}, with guests encouraged to collect the [[Six Orbs|six orbs in the form of stamps]] to receive promotional artwork featuring [[Ramia]], the [[List of vocations in Dragon Quest III|vocations]], [[Robbin' 'Ood]], and [[Orochi]], as well as a plush based on Ramia's likeness. A pop-up shop selling goods featuring Dragon Quest monsters themed around historic Japan will also be open for the duration of the carnival, and select restaurants in the area will host a menu based on the series
-:Version 7.0 of {{DQ10}} is released, titled "Door to the Future and the Sleeping Girl" (''未来への扉とまどろみの少女''). It adds the new advanced vocation [[Dragomancer]] and the [[Dogan]] family of single-target Earth spells to the game
+;December 17, 2024
-;March 20, 2024
+:[[Yuji Horii]] is honored with the [https://archive.is/v7AyH Cultural Affairs’ Commissioner’s award] for his contributions to Japanese society. He reflected that forty years ago video games were frowned upon, and that today the industry is welcomed by the nation at large as a part of Japanese culture
-:Service for the Nintendo Wii U and [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] versions of {{DQ10}} are terminated
+;November 22, 2024
-;March 3, 2024
+:[[Zoma]], the Lord of the Underworld and embodiment of human suffering, has become a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDWFSq-wED0 vtuber].
-:{{DQM3}} is updated to version 1.0.5, addressing minor bugs and altering balance adjustments
+;November 14, 2024
-;March 1, 2024
+:''[[Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake]]'' is released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and Steam.
-:Beloved artist [[Akira Toriyama]] passes away from an acute subdural hematoma
-;January 23, 2024
-:{{DQM3}} is updated to version 1.0.4, raising the probability of sparkling monsters being created via synthesis, increasing the spawn rates of metal slimes in their designated areas, and fixing miscellaneous bugs
-;December 27, 2023
-:{{DQM3}} is updated to version 1.0.3, adding the Altar of Amalgamation as a Zoom point, doubling the number of [[monster eggs]] per map, raising the base scouting chance, and other quality of life improvements
-;December 25, 2023
-:The English release of ''[[Rooming with a Gamer Gal]]'' begins
-;December 1, 2023
-:{{DQM3}} is released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch
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