If you’re enjoying Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, you can queue up for your next adventure within the franchise for cheap thanks to a great Black Friday deal at Amazon and Best Buy. Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is on sale for $30 for Nintendo Switch, which is the lowest price yet for the turn-based, monster-taming game.
And speaking of monster-taming spin-off games, Monster Hunter Stories Collection is also on sale for a big discount at Amazon. You can grab a physical copy for Switch for only $40 (was $60).
$30 (was $60)
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince flew under the radar last December when it launched as a Nintendo Switch exclusive, which is unfortunate since fans have been waiting since 2011 for a DQM game to release outside of Japan. Prior to The Dark Prince, the only two games in the series to receive official English localizations were Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker and Joker 2 for Nintendo DS.
The Dark Prince is a fun role-playing game with a ton of depth that deserves more attention.
You play as the antagonist from Dragon Quest IV, Psaro, prior to the events of that game. Cursed and unable to harm anything with monster blood, Psaro quickly discovers a loophole that allows monsters under his control to unleash some violence on his behalf. From there, Psaro embarks on a quest to capture more powerful creatures and combine them into new forms using his synthesis powers.
There are over 500 monsters to scout, battle, and assist you on your journey, and when they’re not powerful enough, you can create unique fusions to help you survive the dangerous environments of Nadiria. The mainline can take anywhere from 40-50 hours, but there’s easily 100-plus hours worth of content here if you want to see and collect everything.
The Dark Prince is no longer a Switch exclusive, as it was ported to PC and Android in September. Dragon Quest Monsters is quite different from the mainline series, but if you like Pokemon games, The Dark Prince is for sure worth trying, especially for only 30 bucks.
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is just one of many Square Enix RPGs on sale for a great price during Black Friday 2024. Nintendo Switch and PlayStation users can save big on the recently released Final Fantasy I-VI Collection Anniversary Edition, which contains the Pixel Remasters of the first six mainline Final Fantasy games.
If you love the HD-2D graphics of Dragon Quest III, then you should check out Octopath Traveler II, a downright beautiful JRPG, and Star Ocean: The Second Story R, which isn’t technically HD-2D, but it has a similar aesthetic.
PS5 owners can save $30 on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth at multiple retailers, but if you snag the deal from Amazon, you’ll get a free DualSense controller skin. Final Fantasy 16, though arguably more action than RPG, is also on sale for cheap.
There are plenty of great deals on JRPGs from other studios, too. All of Atlus’ major 2024 releases are discounted, including the recently released Metaphor: ReFantazio for PS5 and Xbox Series X as well as Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance for all three console platforms. You can even get the Steelbook Launch Edition of SMT V: Vengeance for $25.
Here’s a list of some of our favorite Black Friday RPG deals for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. Most of these links lead to Amazon deals, unless the game is sold out there, which tends to happen a lot with Black Friday game deals at Amazon. In those cases, we’ve linked to Best Buy or Walmart.
Black Friday JRPG Deals for Switch, PS5, and Xbox
Nintendo Switch Digital Games
Multiple other Dragon Quest digital games for Switch are available for discounts as part of Nintendo’s Cyber Deals. If you buy keys from a major retailer, such as Best Buy, when you redeem them on the Switch eShop you’ll get as many Gold Points as you would when buying the game for full price on the eShop.