{"id":135543,"date":"2026-01-06T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195890"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:45:00","slug":"surprise-dragon-quest-vii-reimagined-gets-a-switch-switch-2-demo-this-week-includes-bonus-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/06\/surprise-dragon-quest-vii-reimagined-gets-a-switch-switch-2-demo-this-week-includes-bonus-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined Gets A Switch &amp; Switch 2 Demo This Week, Includes Bonus Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/05203747569ba\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/05203747569ba\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"GL2-tty-p4M\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GL2-tty-p4M?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sold on the upcoming release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/dragon-quest-vii-reimagined\">Dragon Quest VII Reimagined<\/a> just yet, Square Enix will be releasing a &#8220;free demo&#8221; for the Switch, Switch 2 and other platforms on <strong>7th January 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Like many of its other demos, you&#8217;ll be able to carry over your progress to the full release when it launches next month on <strong>5th February 2026<\/strong>. As a bonus, adventurers with demo save data will also receive the reward &#8220;Maribel&#8217;s Day Off Dress&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"9b75de183b46c\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Dragon Quest VII Reimagined\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9b75de183b46c\/dragon-quest-vii-reimagined.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9b75de183b46c\/dragon-quest-vii-reimagined.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dragon Quest VII Reimagined\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Square Enix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To entertain you until then, you can check out the game&#8217;s official opening movie in the video above.<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, Square Enix also recently released a Switch 2 demo for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/final-fantasy-vii-remake-intergrade\">Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade<\/a>, with the full version of this title launching later this month on <strong>22nd January 2026<\/strong>. In this demo, save data also carries over, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/12\/surprise-final-fantasy-vii-remake-intergrades-free-switch-2-demo-is-now-live\">you&#8217;ll receive some bonus items<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about every free demo available on the Switch and Switch 2 in our guides here on Nintendo Life.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:195373,193754,187334 @ 1767690245 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be trying out this demo for DQVII Reimagined before the full game arrives? <em>As always, let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] If you&#8217;re not sold on the upcoming release Dragon Quest VII Reimagined just yet, Square Enix will be releasing a &#8220;free demo&#8221; for the Switch, Switch 2 and other platforms on 7th January 2026. Like many of its other demos, you&#8217;ll be able to carry over your progress to the full release when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}