Square-Enix’s old-meets-new reworking of Dragon Quest III arrives on November 14 on Switch. In addition, the HD-2D remake will be joined next year by reissues of its two predecessors in the trilogy, Dragon Quest I and Dragon Quest II, using the same innovative engine. The announcements came in Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct, which also brought news of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Metroid

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- I made Dolly Parton's easy corn bread for breakfast.
- The recipe only has three main ingredients and is ready in almost 30 minutes.
- Parton's recipe may be simple, but her corn bread is delicious and goes well with everything.
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- Apple discontinued its buy-now, pay-later service on Monday.
- It's planning to launch a new suite of Apple Pay features later this year.
- The move suggests Apple is still interested in providing financial services to its users.
It looks like Apple is still having a hard time figuring out the best way to disrupt the world of finance.
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- NASA approved the $19.5 million Landolt Space Mission to send an artificial star into Earth's orbit.
- It will be the first astronomical tool of its kind that could revolutionize the way we study space.
- The mission could help
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- Elon Musk himself said in 2023 that X's revenue was down.
- Now we have numbers to back it up.
- X revenues plunged about 40% in the months after Musk took over, Bloomberg reported.
Elon Musk was right: X did lose a lot of revenue when he took over.
The company's revenues plunged in the wake of his fraught acquisition of the social-media giant, Bloomberg reported, citing

Nintendo last held a Nintendo Direct in September of 2023. A lot has changed since then, but one constant remains: People really want to hear about what's coming to Switch in the coming months.
And that's exactly what we all did on Tuesday morning, as Nintendo held its first Direct of the year. Rather than waste your time with too much setup, let's jump into it. Here are the eight biggest
It's been about a decade since Nintendo released a new game in the Donkey Kong Country series — and while there isn't a new one coming any time soon, there is a port of one you may have missed on its way. Donkey Kong Country Returns, originally released for the Wii in 2010, is hitting the Switch on January 15, 2025. It was a fine game for its time, and I'm hopeful it'll hold up well some 15 years

Paramount has released a new trailer for Smile 2, a sequel to the 2022 film about a trauma-harvesting entity that smiles at you like Richard D. James on an Aphex Twin album cover.
After years of playing second fiddle to Link in her own franchise, Princess Zelda is finally getting a video game of her own this fall.
During today’s Direct presentation, Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the franchise’s first game to follow as Princess Zelda herself embarks on an adventure to save the world from destruction. After

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