'Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition' launches on Nintendo Switch 2

Reploid · 2026-09-24T15:08:31+0100

y tho

SDA · 2026-09-24T15:11:09+0100

Ignore what @Reploid says, this looks A M A Z I N G !

Ligeia · 2026-09-24T15:13:20+0100

There's an error in the title, it's XI not IX

Prans said:
Some of Dragon Quest IX S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition's features are as follows:

New story chapters where the party members take centre stage

Japanese voices and additional English voices

The ability to switch between 3D and 2D mode

An orchestral score

All new optimisation modes, allowing you to prioritise graphics or performance

Are these brand new addition for the Switch 2 or are these features already on the Switch 1 ? I only played it on PS4 back in the day.

Dothackjhe · 2026-09-24T15:18:06+0100

The headline had me excited for a bit...

Until I re-read it.

aerios169 · 2026-09-24T15:27:05+0100

Third party games are useless on sw2 if You hace a good mini PC gaming, i understand that with eldenring

Osha · 2026-09-24T15:31:21+0100

Got super excited for a second because I read IX but no it was just an unfortunate typo...

Ligeia said:
There's an error in the title, it's XI not IX

Are these brand new addition for the Switch 2 or are these features already on the Switch 1 ? I only played it on PS4 back in the day.

Outside of performance and graphics modes, these are all features already present in the original Switch version.

Helmax · 2026-09-24T15:52:29+0100

Switch 1 version and Switch 2 version saves are apparently not compatible and there is no upgrade to switch 2 if you own the existing definitive edition on switch 1.

The definitive version was also originally made for switch, and when they made that version, they also downgraded the graphics significantly (which was very sad to me because it looked absolutely beautiful on PS4/PC). This is that same switch 1 version, just running with better performance.

Ettino · 2026-09-24T16:10:36+0100

No upgrade for the S1 version is fucking BS. It's the same game but now in 60fps and higher resolution. Still, it's an amazing game. 120 hrs just flew by.

Scarlet · 2026-09-24T16:33:41+0100

God I’d kill for a Dragon Quest 9 remake. Updated the title anyways lol

Necron · 2026-09-24T16:45:35+0100

Let me guess, no upgrade path?

Lumstar · 2026-09-24T17:02:55+0100

Helmax said:
Switch 1 version and Switch 2 version saves are apparently not compatible and there is no upgrade to switch 2 if you own the existing definitive edition on switch 1.

The definitive version was also originally made for switch, and when they made that version, they also downgraded the graphics significantly (which was very sad to me because it looked absolutely beautiful on PS4/PC). This is that same switch 1 version, just running with better performance.

Still. The 2017 PS4 version ran poorly, struggling to maintain even 30fps.

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