The long-awaited remake of Dragon Quest 3 finally released last week to largely positive reviews, with the bulk of the praise going to the beautifully redrawn pixel art that Square Enix popularized with Octopath Traveler and which is now the studio's go-to style when making sprite-based games.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is the latest in a string of HD-2D RPGs that bring a modern, high-resolution twist to nostalgic pixel-art graphics. Fans have long thought Final Fantasy VI, the last game in the venerated series before it switched to polygons,

The plot for the third part in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy has been completed and the game has entered full development, according to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi and producer Yoshinori Kitase.

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake producer Masaaki Hayasaka would love to see a similar remake for Final Fantasy 6, though there are no "concrete plans". Speaking to Inverse, Hayasaka discussed the popularity of the HD-2D visual style and whether he'd like to see any other games be remade in this way.

The producer behind Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake would "love to consider" freshening up other entries in the JRPG series, but a few worries would need to be alleviated first. Speaking to Bloomberg, producer Masaaki Hayasaka says that while remaking more Dragon Quest games is “something I’d love to consider,