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Dragon Quest 3's new Monster Wrangler vocation is yet another welcome addition to the HD-2D remake


Square Enix is really piling on the options for its Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake, though the inclusion of the new Monste…

It comes not just with beautifully revamped graphics and sound, but modern features like autosave, varying battle speeds, and - as newly announced (see the video below) - the option to customise the look and voice of each character according to their vocation. "The second reason was that in the original we did have a kind of monster arena, but it was where the player would bet on the outcome of fights and, due to rating restrictions, that's not something that was achievable for us to include in this version, but we wanted to have something similar that carried on the spirit and meant that this remake wasn't losing anything." The world is indeed much more expansive than in the original | Image credit: Square Enix In addition to time with the demo, I was able to ask series creator Yuji Horii about his thoughts on remakes and how important it is for his work to still be playable today.

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