{"id":136008,"date":"2026-02-11T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197316"},"modified":"2026-02-11T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:55:00","slug":"square-enix-reveals-save-data-bonuses-for-its-new-hd-2d-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/11\/square-enix-reveals-save-data-bonuses-for-its-new-hd-2d-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix Reveals Save Data Bonuses For Its New HD-2D Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b64fbedc4d9d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b64fbedc4d9d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b64fbedc4d9d\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"0xfxIcWTBIY\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0xfxIcWTBIY?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>The new HD-2D title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/adventures-of-elliot-the-millennium-tales\">The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales<\/a> locked in a June release last week, and alongside this news, the team has also revealed multiple save data bonuses if you own certain other Square Enix titles.<\/p>\n<p>As long as you&#8217;ve got existing save data (or for certain platforms, purchase history on the same player account), you should be able to unlock these bonuses. It&#8217;s noted how demo save data for titles &#8220;may also fulfill the bonus eligibility requirements&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The save data eligible includes saves from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/octopath-traveler-0\">Octopath Traveler 0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/dragon-quest-i-and-ii-hd-2d-remake\">Dragon Quest I &amp; II HD-2D Remake<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/bravely-default-flying-fairy-hd-remaster\">Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/various_daylife\">Various Daylife<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/triangle_strategy\">TRIANGLE STRATEGY<\/a>. Here&#8217;s the full rundown from Square Enix&#8217;s official website:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sword magicite &#8220;Guidance of the Sacred Flame&#8221; &#8211; Increases sword damage dealt to enemies with 30% or lower vitality by 10%.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DRAGON QUEST I &amp; II HD-2D Remake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sword magicite &#8220;Critical Hit&#8221; &#8211; Increases sword critical-hit rate by 6%.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRAVELY DEFAULT FLYING FAIRY HD Remaster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sword magicite &#8220;Brave&#8221; &#8211; Increases sword damage dealt by 10%. Uses a little more shield stamina when guarding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>VARIOUS DAYLIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sword magicite &#8220;Expeditionary Wisdom&#8221; &#8211; Reduces sword charge time by 10%.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIANGLE STRATEGY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sword magicite &#8220;Counter Stance&#8221; &#8211; Increases sword damage dealt by 10% while shield stamina is 90% or greater.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>Square Enix further note how save data for an &#8220;eligible title&#8221; must be on the same Switch 2 console. And if you&#8217;re playing the game on Switch 2, and the applicable data is on an original Switch system, that data must be transferred to the Switch 2.<\/p>\n<p>These save data bonuses can apparently be claimed at &#8220;any time&#8221;, even if the save data for one of these titles is created <em>after<\/em> starting the Adventures of Elliot. As for the length of this promotion, it&#8217;s taking place at the time of &#8220;release&#8221; but this does not guarantee it will be a permanent distribution or service, according to Square Enix.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how you can claim these items in-game when it launches for the Switch 2 on <strong>18th June 2026<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>How to claim the bonus items:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Select the Promotional Bonus option from The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales\u2019 title screen and link with any corresponding titles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Linking occurs automatically by opening the relevant screen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; After starting a new game, examine the desk on the second floor of the orphanage in the Age of Safekeeping.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Select Claim bonuses from the menu options to claim the qualifying bonuses from the list.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Please note that bonuses cannot be claimed at certain points in the game when the orphanage in the Age of Safekeeping becomes temporarily inaccessible.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Departure Brooch &#8211; Increases the amount of tul (in-game currency) and magicite fragments dropped by enemies by a little<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:197203,197107,196061 @ 1770801731 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be getting this game on release? Are you eligible for any of these save data bonuses? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] The new HD-2D title The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales locked in a June release last week, and alongside this news, the team has also revealed multiple save data bonuses if you own certain other Square Enix titles. As long as you&#8217;ve got existing save data (or for certain platforms, purchase history [&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-136008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136008","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=136008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}