Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Happy Dragon Quest Day! Thank you to Square Enix for providing a key for the Steam version of Dragon Quest III HD-2D! Rest of them were on me.
In this video we'll be taking a look at Dragon Quest III and Dragon Warrior III for Famicom, NES, Super Famicom, Game Boy Color, Mobile (I-mode & EZWeb), Android/iOS, Switch, PS4 & 3DS in Japan, and Dragon Quest III HD-2D on Switch, PS5, Xbox Series, and PC. We'll be covering content, story additions, gameplay, visuals, and audio changes across all versions and the various remakes of the game.

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Sources:
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SFC utilized modded debug menu done for practicing speedruns: github.com/cleartonic/dq3_practice
GBC utilized TASs for mid-game progression tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Game/1223
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The tables I put together that I show really quickly: imgur.com/a/7DKUZ6a

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:37 - Famicom/NES
4:03 - Super Famicom
8:50 - Wii Collection
9:22 - Game Boy Color
11:50 - Mobile + Switch, JP PS4 & 3DS
14:39 - HD-2D Remake
26:30 - Final Thoughts