DRAGON QUEST MANGA EMBLEM OF LOTO SERIES
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, the only game in the series initially released on the Nintendo DS, was originally released in 2009 in Japan, and in 2010 in North America, Europe, and Australia. Dragon Quest VIII was the first Dragon Quest title to be released in North America under the Dragon Quest title, and the first European release of a main-series Dragon Quest game. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2004 in Japan, 2005 in North America, and 2006 in Europe and Australia, again without the number in the title for Europe. One game was released for the PS1: Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshi-tachi in 2000 in Japan and 2001 in North America under the title Dragon Warrior VII. The Nintendo DS remakes were released in North America with Dragon Quest V also being released in Europe and Australia, the latter without the numbering. Dragon Quest V was originally scheduled for release in North America but was canceled amid rumors that Enix had given up on the American market. Two games were released for the Super Famicom: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride in 1992 and Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation in 1995 both have been re-released on newer systems. The Nintendo DS remake of Dragon Quest IV was released in North America, Europe, and Australia under its original translated title the European release removed the number from the title. A 2001 Japanese PlayStation remake of Dragon Warrior IV scheduled for the North American market was never released. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen was released in Japan in 1990 and in North America in 1992 as Dragon Warrior IV. was released in Japan in 1989 and North America as Dragon Warrior III in 1992. Dragon Quest II Akuryo no Kamigami was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1990 as Dragon Warrior II. Dragon Quest was first released in Japan on and in North America as Dragon Warrior in August 1989. The first two installments were released in Japan on NES and ported that same year to the MSX all four games have been remade for newer systems. The first four Dragon Quest installments were released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan and North America. Dragon Quest XI is currently in development, scheduled for a 2017 release on the PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. It has been released in Japan for the Wii, Wii U, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo 3DS. It is a massively multiplayer online game, featuring online battles. The series features a number of religious overtones which were heavily censored in the Western NES versions.ĭragon Quest X is the most recent game in the main series. A great deal of care was taken to make the gameplay intuitive so that players could easily start to play the game. The original concepts, used since the first game, took elements from the western RPGs Wizardry and Ultima. The series is one of the few long-running video game series to have a stable key development team scenario writer and game designer Yuji Horii, character designer Akira Toriyama and music composer Koichi Sugiyama have handled their respective roles from the beginning of the series. Common elements persist throughout the series and its spinoff titles: turn-based combat recurring monsters, including the Slime, which became the series' mascot until the English version of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King a text-based menu system and random encounters (in the main series), until Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. The basic premise of most Dragon Quest titles is to play a hero who is out to save the land from peril at the hands of a powerful evil enemy, with the hero usually accompanied by a group of party members. Square Enix did not register the Dragon Quest trademark for use in the United States until 2002. Each Dragon Quest video game soundtrack is arranged into an orchestral piece and the video game series is the first to have live-action ballet adaptations.Įarly in the series the Dragon Quest games were released under the title Dragon Warrior in North America to avoid trademark conflict with the tabletop role-playing game DragonQuest. Installments of the series have appeared on MSX computers, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Wii video game consoles, and several models of mobile phones. The series has had a significant impact on the development of console RPGs, and introduced a number of features to the genre. Nearly every game in the main series has either an anime or manga adaptation, or both. With its first title published in 1986, there are currently ten main-series titles, along with numerous spin-off games. The games are published by Square Enix (formerly Enix), with localized versions of later installments for the Nintendo DS being published by Nintendo outside Japan.