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THE Definitive Edition for the Next Generation

It's been roughly 35 years (36.75 years at time of writing, to be more precise) since the ORIGINAL has been released on the Famicom (& later the NES as "Dragon Warrior III"). While the game has been re-released on more modern platforms, including mobile... the game has retained its old-school looks which may dissuade the newer generation of players. The HD-2D treatment has RADICALLY CHANGED the look of Dragon Quest III that will appeal to newer players & bring back the old salts (like me) for another spin.
The storyline for Dragon Quest III is that you're the child of the great warrior Ortega. Your father was on the quest to defeat the archfiend Baramos & fell into a volcano with Baramos during the battle. Reports of the battle that made it to the king has noted the Baramos appeared to have beaten Ortega. On your 16th birthday, the king gives you his blessing to take up the quest that your father could not complete. You effectively retrace your father's steps as you explore the world & make your way to confront Baramos. -- I know it may not be THAT original nowadays, but this is just the start of things to come.
Gameplay is traditional turn-based battles, so you can spend your time deciding your attacks for yourself & your party members. However, with the additional quality-of-life content, you can choose to utilize tactics & have the game AI make combat decisions for you based on the such tactic (like "Show no mercy" will have your team use their strongest attacks available while "Use no MP" will force your team to conserve MP as much as possible). Save options tends to run on a three tier system, with traditional saves w/ the priests at nearest town's church as the main save. However, you can drop a Quicksave (a temporary save file) whenever you need to stop quickly & use the auto-save system if you're completely lazy or unaware of the save options.
The biggest & more radical change in this version of the game is the HD-2D treatment, which is the same world rendering treatment that the Octopath Traveller series & Triangle Strategy utilized. While characters appear a bit retro, the world you traverse has been overhauled from a basic tile-map system to a more organic, sprawling world. This has made the game look more organic & way larger than their original design, thus breathing new life into a classic RPG to the point it will likely become THE preferred way to enjoy it.
The major downside with this version is that some extras like Parcheesi (or "Treasures & Trap Doors" or whatever it's supposed to be called) that previous releases included, but those aren't game-critical as you can still fully enjoy the game without them since the Quality-of-Life extras (like equipment & item bags) vastly covers such content gaps.
If you're wanting to enjoy Dragon Quest with a modern look, this is the new yardstick for all future retro re-releases.