Does this mean DQ1 is the unofficial debut for Switch Virtual Console?

EDIT: nvm, 3DS not Switch.

Ultrashroomz said: Does this mean DQ1 is the unofficial debut for Switch Virtual Console?

Depends whether they release the Switch version of Dragon Quest XI before Nintendo release the virtual console on Switch.

Hopefully they'll do the same type of thing for the western release.

is it like the first street fighter where the sequels were all better? I think the first dragon quest I heard about was...7?

The first Dragonquest hasn't aged well at all. IMO there isn't a single JRPG from that era that stands the test of time.

The first game was released for the NES, and it's not a bad game like the first Street fighter was.

It's simply outdated. Still fun though!

Well, that's pretty neat. It feels these days getting rewarded for your efforts in games is becoming less.

If you go by overall content and quality of course not but why would you do that? For JRPG fans it's highly beneficial to have played all DQs from 1 to 8. It gives perspective and shows what has improved and what stayed the same. They're also all loosely connected. The early DQ games are still pretty awesome games that encourage highly tactical play. DQ1 especially where you play completely without a party, so every action you take counts.

Anyone who hasn't played the original games doesn't know why this series is so awesome and special. It plays completely different from FF.

Neat! I still love the first for how bare bones and direct it is - save the princess, save the world. Would have made more sense to attach this to the first DQ Builders (since that is kind of a direct spinoff of #1), but I'll take it with 11. The wait for 11 is going to be painful; Square would have been smart to release 8 as a 'PS2 on PS4' title in the interum.

It's not just quality and content that makes these games outdated. They are grindy and formulaic. The battle systems are overly simplistic. Like you said DQ has only a single party member, that can perform all range of spells and attacks. That makes it simplistic, not strategic. The art can be low quality, and the game can still be good. The content can be short and lacking, and the game can still be good. But DQ 1-3 aren't fun anymore on a game design level. 

People would be better off reading an article about how the DQ games improved over the years, than picking up DQ 1-3. It's just not worth slogging through hundreds of hours of gameplay just for the perspective that a five minute read can give you. 

I would suggest people play DQ V, DQ VIII, and DQIX. Those are the ones that stand the test of time. There are too many good JRPGS and too many good games in general for me to suggest to a modern 20 something that he go back and play DQ 1-3. 

I love this!