{"id":137433,"date":"2026-06-03T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201984"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:30:00","slug":"dynasty-warriors-3-remaster-gets-switch-2-release-date-switch-version-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/03\/dynasty-warriors-3-remaster-gets-switch-2-release-date-switch-version-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynasty Warriors 3 Remaster Gets Switch 2 Release Date, Switch Version Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/716dd1c34d960\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/716dd1c34d960\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"716dd1c34d960\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/716dd1c34d960\/dynasty-warriors-3-complete-edition-remastered.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/716dd1c34d960\/dynasty-warriors-3-complete-edition-remastered.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Koei Tecmo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Koei Tecmo and Omega Force have shared an update about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/dynasty-warriors-3-complete-edition-remastered\">Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered<\/a>. After a delay earlier this year, it&#8217;s now been confirmed the remaster will be released for the Switch 2 on <strong>1st October 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this announcement, Koei Tecmo has also announced this title will no longer be releasing on the original Switch. Here&#8217;s the confirmation about this via its official social media account &#8211; noting how this version can no longer be purchased.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Koei Tecmo:<\/strong> &#8220;Notice: DYNASTY WARRIORS 3: Complete Edition Remastered will no longer be available to purchase on Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We sincerely apologize for this news and hope you can still experience this release on other platforms, including Nintendo Switch 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When this remaster arrives on the Switch 2 in October, fans can expect not only all the content from the original game and Xtreme Legends expansion, but also refined graphics and controls, new features and scenarios, two-player offline (including co-op and head-to-head), and over 40 officers from the original roster, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/dynasty-warriors-origins\">Dynasty Warriors: Origins<\/a> protagonist Ziluan.<\/p>\n<p>If you do pre-order this game <em>before<\/em> 30th September 2026, you&#8217;ll also receive the &#8220;Retro-Style Red Hare Saddle&#8221; as a free bonus item. The deluxe edition also includes some extra goodies, which you can check out in the overview trailer below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"bGrbFnzIOn0\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bGrbFnzIOn0?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>Will you be getting this when it arrives on the Switch 2? How do you feel about the Switch version being dropped? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Koei Tecmo Koei Tecmo and Omega Force have shared an update about Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered. After a delay earlier this year, it&#8217;s now been confirmed the remaster will be released for the Switch 2 on 1st October 2026. Alongside this announcement, Koei Tecmo has also announced this title will no longer [&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-137433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137433","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=137433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}