The Nintendo Switch now has a release date (3 March, priced at $300/£279.99) and among a slate of up to 80 games being developed for it, including a new Shin Megami Tensei, No More Heroes, Super Mario Odyssey, Fire Emblem Warriors, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Skyrim, Splatoon 2 and more, Square Enix have also pledged support to Nintendo's new console with its own titles. Two of them are ports of I am Setsuna and both Dragon Quest Heroes games, but a third one will be a new IP from the studio behind the Bravely games, called Project "Octopath Traveller".
1. Dragon Quest Heroes I and II
Let's begin with the announcement that both Dragon Quest Heroes games will be coming to the Nintendo Switch in one package. The games are not traditional turn-based Dragon Quest role-playing games, but belong to the Musou genre primarily defined by hacking and slashing your way through vast legions of enemies. Both games have been developed by Omega Force, a division of Koei Tecmo with games such as Toukiden and Samurai Warriors in their portfolio. The first Dragon Quest Heroes is available on the PS4 now, with its sequel bound for the same machine at the end of April.
Note that Switch ports of both Dragon Quest X and Dragon Quest XI are also in development. That being said, the former is an MMORPG unlikely to see any official availability let alone localisation outside of Japanese territories, so expect it to remain a Japanese exclusive.
2. I am Setsuna
Next up is a port of I am Setsuna, the debut game of new studio Tokyo RPG Factory that takes inspiration from the 16-bit RPGs of yesteryear, namely Chrono Trigger. It's currently available digitally for PS4 and Windows PC and will soon be available for Nintendo's new machine.
3. Project Octopath Traveller
Besides a short teaser trailer, very little else is known about this retro callback.
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