{"id":377504,"date":"2026-09-11T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=377504"},"modified":"2026-09-11T02:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:48:02","slug":"square-enix-surprise-releases-a-remaster-of-a-dragon-quest-spin-off-that-had-never-before-been-released-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/square-enix-surprise-releases-a-remaster-of-a-dragon-quest-spin-off-that-had-never-before-been-released-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix surprise-releases a remaster of a Dragon Quest spin-off that had never before been released in the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Square Enix made a surprising appearance at last Wednesday, September 9&#8217;s Nintendo Direct by presenting a game nobody expected to see: Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko\u2019s Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD-. <strong>A remastered version of the first Mystery Dungeon starring Torneko, one of the supporting characters from <a href=\"https:\/\/dragon-quest-iv.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Dragon Quest IV<\/a><\/strong> and, on top of that, one of the franchise&#8217;s first spinoffs.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A franchise with a long history<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a big announcement for two reasons. In Japan this is a very well-known and beloved title, with a big impact on fans. The second is that this is the first time it&#8217;s being released outside Japan.<strong> While later titles in the franchise did make it to the West, Torneko\u2019s Mystery Dungeon<em> <\/em>has never been officially translated into any language other than Japanese<\/strong>, making this its debut in the West.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the game, its premise is simple: Torneko is a weapons merchant who must venture into mysterious dungeons to get all kinds of weapons and armor and then sell them to battle-hardened adventurers. <strong>It all plays out through a turn-based system that would help create a deep roguelike style, long before it caught on in the West, and that would eventually become its own franchise: the Mystery Dungeon series<\/strong>. The series would also get its own spinoffs, with the Pok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon series being especially well known.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a graphical facelift and some quality-of-life additions,<strong> Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko\u2019s Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- is a classic game that still holds up today<\/strong>. And you can enjoy it on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square Enix made a surprising appearance at last Wednesday, September 9&#8217;s Nintendo Direct by presenting a game nobody expected to see: Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko\u2019s Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD-. A remastered version of the first Mystery Dungeon starring Torneko, one of the supporting characters from Dragon Quest IV and, on top of that, one of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/square-enix-surprise-releases-a-remaster-of-a-dragon-quest-spin-off-that-had-never-before-been-released-in-the-west\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Square Enix surprise-releases a remaster of a Dragon Quest spin-off that had never before been released in the West&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9268,"featured_media":377503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-377504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377515,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377504\/revisions\/377515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377504"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=377504"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=377504"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=377504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}