{"id":1614,"date":"2025-09-17T13:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:11:20","slug":"new-dragon-quest-game-features-a-hades-like-shake-up-for-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/new-dragon-quest-game-features-a-hades-like-shake-up-for-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"New Dragon Quest game features a Hades-like shake-up for the series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest Smash\/Grow, the latest mobile entry in the long-running RPG series from Yuji Horii. The game is set to release worldwide in 2026 and deviates from the series\u2019 standard genre to explore a roguelite RPG experience instead.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s face it, Dragon Quest mobile games don\u2019t have the best track record, with every single free mobile game from the series seeing end of service in the West, or never even making it outside of Japan. But I have high hopes for Dragon Quest Smash\/Grow, which is the series\u2019 first attempt at a roguelite dungeon crawler since 1994\u2019s Japan-exclusive Tomeko\u2019s Great Adventure, which is also the very first Mystery Dungeon game.<\/p>\n<p>Roguelite and roguelike games are perfectly suited to mobile play, given their run-based gameplay loop that makes them ideal for short play sessions. As the name suggests, the two main aims of Dragon Quest Smash\/Grow are to smash your way through hordes of enemies and grow your strength via Blessings and experience. If it\u2019s even half as good as games like Hades, this Dragon Quest game won\u2019t have any problems staying on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story on Pocket Tactics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/dragon-quest-smash-grow\/guide\">New Dragon Quest game features a Hades-like shake-up for the series<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest Smash\/Grow, the latest mobile entry in the long-running RPG series from Yuji Horii. The game is set to release worldwide in 2026 and deviates from the series\u2019 standard genre to explore a roguelite RPG experience instead. Let\u2019s face it, Dragon Quest mobile games don\u2019t have the best track record, with every single free mobile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1615,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/1615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}