Kadokawa announced that Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake has become the most trending game in Japan in 2024. The company based the announcement on the results of a poll taken from 181 people throughout the Japanese gaming industry, which was held by its Weekly Famitsu magazine.
In the same ranking, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Team Asobi’s PlayStation 5 exclusive title Metaphor: ReFantazio rounded up the ranking’s top three at third place. The top three titles in the 2023 edition were The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Final Fantasy XVI, and Super Mario Bros Wonder.
In the same press release, the Weekly Famitsu editor-in-chief Hiroko Saga noted that the HD-2D remake of Dragon Quest 3 managed to gain new younger fans in addition to the long-time fans that have been ing the title since its original release on the Family Computer (NES) in 1988. Dragon Quest 3 has been arguably noted as the series’ most popular entry in Japan, as it had often ranked the highest in Japanese public polls.
The most trending game poll will be part of the annual end-year coverage for the last Weekly Famitsu issue set to be published in Japan in 2024. The coverage will also include comments from Japanese game creators about their aspirations in 2025. Kadokawa will publish the “January 9-16, 2025” t edition of the magazine on Thursday, December 26, 2024.
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, the winner of the most trending game poll by Japanese game creators, is available worldwide on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Published: Dec 24, 2024 01:00 pm