A Forbes review scores ‘Dragon Quest XI S’ on Switch 2 10/10 and calls its $39.99 standalone release worth buying. It adds no new content over the Switch version; graphics modes target higher resolution and performance, and Switch saves do not transfer.
The reviewer says the game’s scale helps explain the separate release: adapting it for Switch 2 would likely be lengthy, complex and expensive, potentially requiring the whole game and its art assets to be rebuilt from the ground up.
Dragon Quest XI is a prequel to Dragon Quest III, the narrative starting point of the Erdrick Trilogy. The reviewer says the trilogy’s HD-2D remakes have cleaned up its narrative, which now bookends with XI’s ending. The game takes several hours to get going, but the review recommends it to newcomers.
