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Dragon Quest, [a] previously published as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005, [b] is a series of role-playing video games created by Japanese game designer Yuji Horii (Armor Project), character designer Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio), and composer Koichi Sugiyama (Sugiyama Kobo) and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix).
Dragon Quest was released in Japan in 1986 for the Famicom, the MSX, [48] [49] the MSX2, and the PC-9801. [50] Dragon Warrior was released in North America by Nintendo of America under the direction of Satoru Iwata with help from Horii in August 1989 – months before the Japanese release of Dragon Quest IV.
Dragon Quest is a series of role-playing video games created by Yuji Horii, which are published by Square Enix (formerly Enix).The first game of the series was released in Japan in 1986 on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and Dragon Quest games have subsequently been localized for markets in North America, Europe and Australia, on over a dozen video game consoles.
Dragon Quest, one of the earliest successful Japanese role-playing games, had its title changed to Dragon Warrior so as not to confuse it with the similarly-titled tabletop role-playing game DragonQuest. [33] [34] The DragonQuest title was discontinued in 1987, [34] and Square Enix registered the Dragon Quest trademark for their use in 2003. [35]
The game ranked third in Japan for game sales for the week of April 17 to April 23 in 2006. [8] The title sold over 340,000 copies in Japan by November 2006, according to Square Enix's IR, and ranking number 42 in sales overall for the year. [9] [10] The game was noted for its "cartoonish 3D graphics", and its full motion video was also praised.
By 2000, Dragon Quest VII was predicted to be so successful in Japan that it would "create a 50 billion yen effect on the Japanese economy", said research firm DIHS. [20] Dragon Quest VII would go on to be released on August 26, 2000 and sold 4.06 million games in Japan alone, becoming one of the highest selling games of all time. [21]
One of few JPRGs to have gone toe-to-toe with Final Fantasy and lived to tell the angsty tale, the series is still huge in Japan, even if the games have struggled to amass similar fanbases elsewhere.
One to four players can play at the same time which makes this game different from its predecessors. The game features characters from Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. As of August 31, 2005, the game has sold 380,000 units in Japan. Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable: May 25, 2006 Think Garage Square Enix PlayStation Portable