Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest RPG: The Cursed Tree and the Chosen Isle, a turn-based JRPG for Android and iOS smartphones. Alongside the announcement, the publisher revealed a full trailer, as well as videos demonstrating world exploration and the combat system.
According to the plot, during the annual festival on the floating island of Monbelusha, the demon Zaal turns Yggdrasil into a cursed tree. The island begins to collapse, and the goddess Belusha entrusts a mysterious branch to the young hero. With its help, he must become the guardian of the World Tree and set out to save the world. Players will explore fields and dungeons, fight monsters in turn-based battles, and then upgrade their base, whose development will allow them to strengthen allies and unlock new adventures.
The game is being developed by WFS studio, which released Another Eden Begins and developed That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: ISEKAI Memories. The project is led by series creator Yuji Horii, Koichi Sugiyama is in charge of the music, and the late Akira Toriyama is credited as the character designer.
The developers promise to bring the classic gameplay of the original series to smartphones. However, given the free-to-play distribution model, the game will almost certainly feature typical mobile monetization mechanics.
The game will be released in 2027, but the exact release date has not yet been announced. The closed beta will run from December 8 to 15. You can apply until 17:59 MSK on November 23 on the game’s official website.