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'Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined' Producer Says 'A Remake Has Succeeded Once It Cements Itself As A New 'Original'

Inverse talks to the producer of Dragon Quest's wave of recent remakes, focusing in on what the role of a "remake" should be in the first place.

Inverse · Dec 22, 2025

"A lot of RPGs have adopted more action gameplay elements," says Dragon Quest remake producer, making old-school turn-based JRPGs "actually rare nowadays" and "considered fresh again"

And it all started with Dragon Quest

GamesRadar · Sep 4, 2025

After modernizing the first three Dragon Quest games, remake producer says if the HD-2D games are "really well regarded," then "that would definitely create a movement within the company to want to do more remakes"

Say it with me now... Chrono Trigger.

GamesRadar · Sep 4, 2025

Dragon Quest 3 remake producer wants Final Fantasy 6 to get the HD-2D treatment because it has "the highest quality pixel art"

"I would love to see how the game we referenced would look with the HD-2D art style"

GamesRadar · Nov 19, 2024

'Dragon Quest 3' Producer Wants to See an HD-2D Remake of 'Final Fantasy VI'

Inverse talks to Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D producer, Masaaki Hayasaka, about the difficulties of the HD-2D style and what the future looks like.

Inverse · Nov 18, 2024

Recreating a 36-year-old JRPG classic put a mountain of pressure on the Dragon Quest 3 remake devs: "If this fails, I won't be able to stay in the industry"

"I’ll have to live my life branded as the man who failed to remake a legendary game"

GamesRadar · Nov 14, 2024

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake may have "never happened" if its devs didn't have access to the art style Square Enix used to freshen up other beloved JRPGs

"We wanted to keep what made the original so special"

GamesRadar · Sep 4, 2024