{"id":137359,"date":"2026-05-28T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201710"},"modified":"2026-05-28T02:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:55:00","slug":"square-enix-has-no-plans-to-sell-a-switch-2-upgrade-for-dragon-quest-xi-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/28\/square-enix-has-no-plans-to-sell-a-switch-2-upgrade-for-dragon-quest-xi-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix Has &#8220;No Plans&#8221; To Sell A Switch 2 Upgrade For Dragon Quest XI S"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fbfe6d2f3d235\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fbfe6d2f3d235\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"c4d054498272d\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Dragon Quest XI S\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4d054498272d\/dragon-quest-xi-s.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c4d054498272d\/dragon-quest-xi-s.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"554\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dragon Quest XI S\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Square Enix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a rating was spotted earlier this year, Square Enix yesterday confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/dragon-quest-xi-s-echoes-of-an-elusive-age-definitive-edition\">DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age &#8211; Definitive Edition<\/a> would be getting a Switch 2 release this September.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been wondering about an upgrade, according to the official Nintendo <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/dragon-quest-xi-s-echoes-of-an-elusive-age-definitive-edition-switch\/?srsltid=AfmBOorIU3dryQeVx4HLMnDctO7YIv8J9ePKM19QDVTaPjp3oUwN046d\">store description for the Switch version<\/a>, there are &#8220;no plans to sell an upgrade pack to upgrade the Nintendo Switch version to the Nintendo Switch 2 version&#8221;. This is reiterated in fine print at the bottom of the same game page.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>*This is the Nintendo Switch\u2122 version.<br \/>There is also a Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 version of this game. Please select the version you require carefully.<br \/>*There are no plans to sell an upgrade pack to upgrade the Nintendo Switch\u2122 version to the Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 version.<br \/>*Save data is incompatible between the Nintendo Switch\u2122 and Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 versions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As also noted, save data is not compatible between the Switch and Switch 2 versions, so if you are planning on picking up one or the other any time soon, you&#8217;ll need to &#8220;carefully&#8221; select the version that is right for you. Square Enix&#8217;s Japanese <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dq11.jp\/s\/pf\/products\/index.html#switch\">Dragon Quest website<\/a> reconfirms data from the Switch version cannot be transferred to the Switch 2 version.<\/p>\n<p>So, it seems there won&#8217;t be a paid upgrade path for existing owners of this Dragon Quest entry on Switch. If you do decide to get Dragon Quest XI S on the Switch 2, you can expect new optimisation modes, allowing you to prioritise graphics or performance. It&#8217;s also been confirmed the physical release of the Switch 2 version is a Game-Key Card.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:201682 @ 1779988129 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>If we hear any updates or developments, we&#8217;ll let you know.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Square Enix After a rating was spotted earlier this year, Square Enix yesterday confirmed DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age &#8211; Definitive Edition would be getting a Switch 2 release this September. If you&#8217;ve been wondering about an upgrade, according to the official Nintendo store description for the Switch version, there [&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-137359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137359","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=137359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}