Okay,today’s Nintendo Directwas pretty cool, but the fun isn’t over for RPG fans. And on a day that saw an update for theSuper Mario RPGremakeand aPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doorannouncement, that’s saying something. Square Enix has released a demo for the upcomingDragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Princefor Nintendo Switch,which you can download right nowon the eShop.
Funnily enough, this appears to have had no English announcement of any kind. It just kind of appeared, with the assumption that RPG turbo nerds like me would just notice regardless. And I mean… I guess I am writing this, so that worked.
While you can import your demo save data over to the full version ofDragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince, this one comes with a few catches. While monsters you capture/synthesizewillcarry over, their levels and stats won’t. Perhaps this is to prevent people from over-leveling in the demo and trivializing the full game, we can’t say for sure. On the plus side, the demo will still allow you to explore and capture monsters after you clear the available story content. That’s a nice touch for those who just want to dive into the mechanics here.
I have so many good memories of playingDragon Warrior Monsterson Game Boy. TheDragon Quest Monsterssubseries has been dormant for Western audiences for a while now, so I’m hoping this one will deliver. At the very least, a demo will give us a good indication of how this one is shaping up.
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Princewill launch on Nintendo Switch on August 06, 2025,
