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. In addition to traditional role-playing games, the series includes first-person adventure games, portable games, massively multiplayer online role-playing games, and games for mobile phones. Dragon Quest is Square Enix's second most successful franchise internationally behind the Final Fantasy franchise, having sold over 78 million units worldwide to date. [1] It has been cited as Japan's most popular and favorite gaming series by many publications. [2] [3] [4]
The original game in the series, renamed Dragon Warrior outside Japan, was released in 1986 in Japan and in North America in 1989. Dragon Quest games are released in Japan and, until 2004's Dragon Quest VIII , were later localized for the North American market under the Dragon Warrior title. That game was also the first main series game to be released outside Japan and North America. In addition to the 11 games released as part of the main (numbered) series and their many spin-offs and related titles, the Dragon Quest series has spawned many works in other media including anime, movies, novels and manga, and radio dramas. Many games, particularly the main series, have soundtrack album releases featuring their music in different arrangements. Square Enix has also released companion books for its games, which provide additional backstory and plot information, as well as detailed strategy guides. The majority of the games and media related to the series have only been released in Japan, although the series began to see more international popularity beginning in the 2010s.
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Dragon Quest | May 27, 1986 [5] | August 1989 [6] | September 11, 2014 (Android & iOS) [7] |
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Dragon Quest II | January 26, 1987 [5] | September 1990 [15] | October 9, 2014 (Android & iOS) |
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Dragon Quest III | February 10, 1988 [5] | March 1992 [19] | December 4, 2014 (Android & iOS) |
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Dragon Quest IV | February 11, 1990 [5] | October 1992 [25] | September 11, 2008 (Nintendo DS) [26] |
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Dragon Quest V | September 27, 1992 [29] | February 16, 2009 (Nintendo DS) [30] | February 20, 2009 (Nintendo DS) [30] |
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Dragon Quest VI | December 9, 1995 [29] | February 14, 2011 (Nintendo DS) [33] | May 20, 2011 (Nintendo DS) [33] |
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Dragon Quest VII | August 26, 2000 [35] | October 31, 2001 [35] | September 16, 2016 (Nintendo 3DS) |
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Dragon Quest VIII | November 27, 2004 [38] | November 15, 2005 [38] | April 13, 2006 [38] |
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Dragon Quest IX | July 11, 2009 [41] | July 11, 2010 [41] | July 23, 2010 [41] |
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Dragon Quest X | August 2, 2012 [44] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest XI | July 29, 2017 [54] | September 4, 2018 [55] | September 4, 2018 [55] |
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Dragon Quest XII | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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Dragon Quest Monsters (ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ, Doragon Kuesuto Monsutāzu), initially known as Dragon Warrior Monsters in North America, is a series of Dragon Quest games focused on capturing, breeding, and raising monsters to do battle, similar to Pokémon games. [58]
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Dragon Warrior Monsters | September 25, 1998 [59] | January 27, 2000 [59] | January 25, 1999 [59] |
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Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 | March 9, 2001 [64] | September 15, 2001 [64] | none |
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart | March 29, 2003 [69] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker | December 28, 2006 [70] | November 6, 2007 [70] | March 14, 2008 [70] |
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 | April 28, 2010 [71] | September 19, 2011 [71] | October 7, 2011 [71] |
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Wanted! | November 24, 2010 [73] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light | January 23, 2014 [77] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 | March 24, 2016 [78] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince | December 1, 2023 [79] | December 1, 2023 [79] | December 1, 2023 [79] |
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Mystery Dungeon (不思議のダンジョン, Fushigi no Dungeon) is a series of roguelike video games. There are several games in the series based on Dragon Quest, as well as on other series such as Pokémon . [58] [80]
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Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon | September 19, 1993 [81] | none | none |
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Torneko: The Last Hope | September 15, 1999 [82] | November 15, 2000 [82] | none |
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Torneko's Great Adventure 3 | October 31, 2002 [85] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mystery Dungeon | April 20, 2006 [87] | none | none |
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Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest (スライムもりもりドラゴンクエスト, Suraimu Morimori Doragon Kuesuto, lit. "Slime of Gusto Dragon Quest") is a series of Dragon Quest action-adventure games starring the Slime, a common enemy and mascot of the series. [58]
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Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest | November 14, 2003 [88] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime | December 1, 2005 [89] | September 19, 2006 [89] | none |
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Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 3 | November 2, 2011 [90] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road is a series of arcade and video games focused on collecting real-life cards with monster data imprinted on them and using them to battle opponents. [91]
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Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road | June 2007 [92] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road II Legends | September 11, 2009 [93] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory | July 15, 2010 [94] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Scanner | June 23, 2016 [95] | none | none |
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A project focused on three games based on the 2020 anime adaptation of the Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai manga.
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Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai: A Hero's Bonds | September 28, 2021 [96] | September 28, 2021 [96] | September 28, 2021 [96] |
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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai - Xross Blade | October 22, 2020 [97] | none | none |
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Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai | September 28, 2023 [98] | September 28, 2023 [98] | September 28, 2023 [98] |
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Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken | September 19, 2003 [99] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors | July 12, 2007 [100] | February 19, 2008 [100] | May 9, 2008 [100] |
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Dragon Quest Wars | June 24, 2009 [101] | September 28, 2009 [101] | October 9, 2009 [101] |
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Dragon Quest Monster Parade | September 2, 2013 [102] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below | February 26, 2015 | October 13, 2015 | October 16, 2015 |
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Theatrhythm Dragon Quest | March 26, 2015 | none | none |
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Dragon Quest of the Stars | October 15, 2015 [104] | February 25, 2020 | February 25, 2020 |
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Dragon Quest Builders | January 28, 2016 | October 11, 2016 | October 14, 2016 |
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Dragon Quest Heroes II | May 27, 2016 | April 25, 2017 | April 28, 2017 |
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Dragon Quest Rivals | November 2, 2017 | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Builders 2 | December 20, 2018 | July 12, 2019 | July 12, 2019 |
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Dragon Quest Walk | September 12, 2019 | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Tact | July 16, 2020 [107] | January 27, 2021 | January 27, 2021 |
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Dragon Quest Keshi Keshi | December 1, 2021 | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Treasures | December 9, 2022 | December 9, 2022 | December 9, 2022 |
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Dragon Quest Fantasia Video | 1988 [111] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest | December 2, 1989 [112] | 1990 [113] | none |
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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai | October 17, 1991 [116] | October 3, 2020 | none |
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Dragon Quest Biography: Emblem of Roto | April 20, 1996 [117] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest Ballet | August 21, 2002 [118] | none | none |
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Dragon Quest: Your Story | August 2, 2019 [119] | February 13, 2020 [120] | none |
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Dragon Quest Game Books 1988–96 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Legend in the Dark series 1988–94 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest Master's Club 1988–91 – Book [122] [123] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest novelizations 1989–2001 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest Monster Story July 31, 1989 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest Item Story December 21, 1989 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Perfect Collection Dragon Quest 1990–97 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest: Legend of the Rubis Spirit 1990–92 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest 4Koma Manga 1990–2003 – Manga [124] | Notes:
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The Road to Dragon Quest January 31, 1990 – Manga [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest IV Monsters September 28, 1990 – Book [121] | Notes:
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1991–97 – Manga [125] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest IV: World Travel Sketches April 12, 1991 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest Game Land 1993–94 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest: Legend of the Rubis Spirit 1993–95 – Manga [126] | Notes:
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Adventure story of Torneko Family 1995–97 – Manga [127] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest – Maboroshi no Daichi 1997–2001 – Manga [125] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest: Virtual Butler Jin 1997–98 – Manga [127] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest: Princess Alena 1998–2000 – Manga [128] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest Tenkuu Monogatari 1998–2004 – Manga [128] | Notes:
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Encyclopedia Seal Collection – Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland March 19, 1999 – Book [121] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest Monsters + 2000–03 – Manga [125] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest VII Warriors of Eden 2001–06 – Manga [125] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest IV Gaiden: Infernal Labyrinth August 7, 2002 – Manga [130] | Notes:
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1989–96 – Manga [132] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō Returns 2005 – Manga [134] | Notes:
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Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō ~Monshō o Tsugumono-tachi e~ 2005–present – Manga [135] | Notes:
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2013–2022 – Manga [136] | Notes:
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Title | Release date | Label | Ref. |
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Dragon Quest Suite | May 10, 1986 | Apollon | [137] |
Dragon Quest in Brass | July 5, 1988 | Apollon | [138] |
Dragon Quest on Electone | September 21, 1988 | Apollon | [139] |
Dragon Quest on Piano Vol. 1 | August 10, 1990 | Apollon | [140] |
Dragon Quest I CD Theater | July 19, 1991 | Enix | [141] |
Dragon Quest I Remix Symphonic Suite | January 12, 1994 | Sony Records | [142] |
Dragon Quest I & II Symphonic Suite | August 23, 2000 | SPE Visual Works | [143] |
Dragon Quest I Symphonic Suite | March 21, 2007 | Aniplex | [144] |
Dragon Quest II Suite | February 5, 1987 | Apollon | [145] |
Dragon Quest on Piano Vol. 2 | August 10, 1990 | Apollon | [146] |
Dragon Quest II CD Theater | December 13, 1991 | Enix | [147] |
Dragon Quest II ~Marriage Waltz~ | December 20, 1991 | Apollon | [148] |
Dragon Quest II Remix Symphonic Suite | February 21, 1994 | Sony Records | [149] |
Dragon Quest II Symphonic Suite | April 20, 2005 | Aniplex | [150] |
Dragon Quest III Symphonic Suite (NHK Symphony Orchestra) | March 7, 1988 | Apollon | [151] |
Dragon Quest III Naoshi Kougami Vocal | June 21, 1988 | Apollon | [152] |
March Dragon Quest III | July 5, 1988 | Apollon | [148] |
Dragon Quest III CD Theater | March 20, 1993 | Enix | [153] |
Dragon Quest III Remix Symphonic Suite | December 12, 1996 | Sony Records | [154] |
Dragon Quest III And Into the Legend | April 21, 1997 | Sony Records | [155] |
Dragon Quest III Symphonic Suite (London Philharmonic Orchestra) | August 23, 2000 | SPE Visual Works | [156] |
Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest III Symphonic Suite & Game Boy Color Original Soundtrack | March 7, 2001 | SPE Visual Works | [157] |
Dragon Quest III Symphonic Suite (Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra) | April 20, 2005 | SPE Visual Works | [158] |
Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite (NHK Symphony Orchestra) | March 13, 1990 | Apollon | [159] |
Dragon Quest IV in Brass | October 21, 1990 | Apollon | [160] |
March Dragon Quest IV | October 21, 1990 | Apollon | [148] |
Dragon Quest IV on Electone | December 16, 1990 | Apollon | [161] |
Dragon Quest IV CD Theater Vol. 1 | January 1, 1994 | Enix | [162] |
Dragon Quest IV CD Theater Vol. 2 | January 28, 1994 | Enix | [163] |
Dragon Quest IV CD Theater Vol. 3 | March 11, 1994 | Enix | [164] |
Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite (London Philharmonic Orchestra) | February 6, 1991 | Apollon | [165] |
Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite (London Philharmonic Orchestra Remastered) | August 28, 2000 | SPE Visual Works | [166] |
Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite & PlayStation Original Soundtrack | December 19, 2001 | SPE Visual Works | [167] |
Dragon Quest IV Concert Live in 2002 | December 18, 2002 | SPE Visual Works | [168] |
Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite (Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra) | May 18, 2005 | SPE Visual Works | [169] |
Dragon Quest V ~ Strongest Book of Guidance | August 12, 1992 | Apollon | [148] |
Dragon Quest V Symphonic Suite (NHK Symphony Orchestra) | October 21, 1992 | Apollon | [170] |
Dragon Quest V in Brass | March 5, 1993 | Apollon | [171] |
Dragon Quest V on Piano | August 10, 1990 | Apollon | [172] |
Dragon Quest V on Electone | June 21, 1993 | Apollon | [173] |
Dragon Quest V CD Theater Vol. 1 | October 19, 1994 | Enix | [174] |
Dragon Quest V CD Theater Vol. 2 | November 22, 1994 | Enix | [175] |
Dragon Quest V CD Theater Vol. 3 | January 6, 1996 | Enix | [176] |
Dragon Quest V Symphonic Suite (London Philharmonic Orchestra) | August 23, 2000 | SPE Visual Works | [177] |
Dragon Quest V Symphonic Suite (Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra) | June 23, 2004 | Aniplex | [178] |
Dragon Quest VI Symphonic Suite (London Philharmonic Orchestra) | December 21, 1995 | Sony Records | [179] |
Dragon Quest VI on Piano | February 21, 1996 | Sony Records | [180] |
Dragon Quest VI on Electone | April 21, 1996 | Sony Records | [181] |
Dragon Quest VI in Brass | June 1, 1996 | Sony Records | [182] |
Dragon Quest VI CD Theater Vol. 1 | October 20, 1996 | Enix | [183] |
Dragon Quest VI CD Theater Vol. 2 | November 18, 1996 | Enix | [184] |
Dragon Quest VI Symphonic Suite (London Philharmonic Orchestra Remastered) | August 23, 2000 | SPE Visual Works | [185] |
Dragon Quest VI Symphonic Suite (Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra) | July 19, 2006 | Aniplex | [186] |
Dragon Quest VII Symphonic Suite & Original Soundtrack | September 6, 2000 | SME Visual Works | [187] |
Dragon Quest VII Symphonic Suite SACD | November 1, 2000 | SME Visual Works | [188] |
Dragon Quest VII on Piano | February 21, 1996 | SME Visual Works | [189] |
Dragon Quest VII Symphonic Suite (Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra) | October 20, 2006 | Aniplex | [190] |
Dragon Quest VIII Original Soundtrack | December 22, 2004 | Aniplex | [191] |
Dragon Quest VIII Symphonic Suite | June 22, 2005 | Aniplex | [192] |
Dragon Quest IX Original Soundtrack & Synthesizer Suite | August 5, 2009 | King Records | [193] |
Dragon Quest IX Symphonic Suite | February 10, 2010 | King Records | [194] |
Dragon Quest X Symphonic Suite | December 5, 2012 | King Records | [195] |
Dragon Quest Torneko's Adventure Symphonic Suite | October 21, 1993 | Sony Records | [196] |
Dragon Quest Torneko's Adventure CD Theater | July 29, 1994 | Enix | [197] |
Dragon Quest Torneko's Adventure 2 Symphonic Suite | January 21, 2000 | SPE Visual Works | [198] |
Dragon Quest Monsters Synthesizer Suite & Original Soundtrack | October 31, 1998 | Sony Records | [199] |
Dragon Quest Monsters II Synthesizer Suite & Original Soundtrack | April 11, 2001 | SPE Visual Works | [200] |
Dragon Quest Swords Original Soundtrack | August 22, 2007 | Aniplex | [201] |
Dragon Quest Best Songs Selection ~ Loula | May 26, 1993 | Polystar | [202] |
Dragon Quest Live Best Selection | November 2, 1994 | Sony Records | [203] |
Dragon Quest Symphonic Suite Best Selection Vol. 1 ~Roto~ | July 21, 1997 | Sony Records | [204] |
Dragon Quest Symphonic Suite Best Selection Vol. 2 ~Tenku~ | September 21, 1997 | Sony Records | [205] |
Dragon Quest Symphonic Suite Best Selection ~ Roto / Tenku | October 22, 1997 | Sony Records | [206] |
Dragon Quest Symphonic Suite The Best | March 23, 2001 | SPE Visual Works | [207] |
Dragon Quest Symphonic Suite The Best 2 | March 22, 2002 | SPE Visual Works | [208] |
Dragon Quest Game Music Super Collection Vol. 1 | December 5, 2001 | SPE Visual Works | [209] |
Dragon Quest Game Music Super Collection Vol. 2 | January 9, 2002 | SPE Visual Works | [210] |
Dragon Quest Game Music Super Collection Vol. 3 | February 6, 2002 | SPE Visual Works | [211] |
Dragon Quest Symphonic Suite Complete CD Box | January 22, 2003 | SPE Visual Works | [212] |
Dragon Quest in Concert (Family Classic Concert) | October 21, 1987 | Apollon | [213] |
Dragon Quest in Concert (Family Classic Concert 2) | November 21, 1988 | Apollon | [214] |
Dragon Quest ~Jipangu World~ | June 21, 1991 | Apollon | [215] |
Dragon Quest Brass Suite | October 6, 1993 | Telarc International Corporation | [216] |
Dragon Quest Legend | November 18, 1996 | PolyGram | [217] |
Dragon Quest String Quartet | December 7, 2005 | Aniplex | [218] |
Dragon Quest Brass Quintet | February 22, 2006 | Aniplex | [219] |
Dragon Quest Brass Quintet II | October 24, 2007 | Aniplex | [220] |
Dragon Quest Brass Quintet III | February 4, 2009 | Aniplex | [221] |
Dragon Quest Best Dance Mix | March 4, 2009 | Avex Trax | [222] |
Dragon Quest Wind Ensemble | July 21, 2010 | King Records | [223] |
Dragon Quest Wind Ensemble II | September 22, 2010 | King Records | [224] |
Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest Scene-Separated I~IX | October 5, 2011 | King Records | [225] |
Dragon Quest, previously published as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005, is a series of role-playing games created by Japanese game designer Yuji Horii, character designer Akira Toriyama, and composer Koichi Sugiyama and published by Square Enix. Since its inception, development of games in the series have been outsourced to a plethora of external companies until the tenth installment, with localized remakes and ports of later installments for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch being published by Nintendo outside of Japan. With its first game published in 1986, there are eleven main-series games, along with numerous spin-off games. In addition, there have been numerous manga, anime and novels published under the franchise, with nearly every game in the main series having a related adaptation.
Koichi Sugiyama was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was best known for composing for the Dragon Quest franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, television shows, and pop songs. Classically trained, Sugiyama was considered a major inspiration for other Japanese game music composers and was active from the 1960s until his death from septic shock in 2021.
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past is a 2000 Japanese role-playing video game developed by Heartbeat and ArtePiazza, and published by Enix for the PlayStation. The game was produced by Yuji Horii, who has presided over the Dragon Quest series since its inception. Artwork and character designs were once again provided by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, the artist responsible for all previous Dragon Quest games. It was released in North America in 2001 under the title Dragon Warrior VII. The game received a remake on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in 2013, released in English under the title Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past in 2016. A version of the game for Android and iOS was released in Japan in 2015.
Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line, titled Dragon Warrior II when initially localized to North America, is a role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix in 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a part of the Dragon Quest series. Enix's U.S. subsidiary published the American release, Dragon Warrior II, for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. Dragon Quest II is set one hundred years after the events of the first game.
Dragon Quest, titled Dragon Warrior when initially localized to North America, is a role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released in Japan in 1986 and by Nintendo in North America in 1989. It is the first game in the Dragon Quest video game series. Dragon Quest has been ported and remade for several video game platforms, including the MSX, MSX2, PC-9801, Super Famicom, Game Boy Color, mobile phones, and Nintendo Switch as of 2019. The player controls the hero character who is charged with saving the Kingdom of Alefgard and rescuing its princess from the evil Dragonlord. Dragon Warrior's story became the second part in a trilogy, with several spinoff anime and manga series.
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation, titled Dragon Warrior III when initially localized to North America, is a 1988 role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix. It is the third installment in the Dragon Quest series and was first released for the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan and later for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America. The game saw an enhanced remake for the Super Famicom in 1996 and the Game Boy Color in 2001, and a port to mobile phones and the Wii in 2009 and 2011. A version of the game for Android and iOS was released in Japan on September 25, 2014, and worldwide as Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation on December 4, 2014. It was the first time the game was given an official English subtitle. Later in 2021, another remake of the game titled Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, based on Octopath Traveler's style, was announced during the franchise's 35th anniversary livestream, and later confirmed in the June 2024 Nintendo Direct to release in November that same year.
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is a role-playing video game and the fifth installment in the Dragon Quest video game series, second of the Zenithian Trilogy. Originally developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix Corporation, Dragon Quest V was the first title in the series to be released for the Super Famicom video game console in Japan in September 1992. Dragon Quest V was the first game in the series to not be released in America due to programming issues at the time.
Torneko: The Last Hope is a 1999 role-playing video game for the PlayStation. The game was co-developed by Chunsoft and Matrix Software and published by Enix. In Japan, the game was ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2001.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart is the third game in the Dragon Quest Monsters series, released only in Japan by Enix for the Game Boy Advance. The game was simultaneously announced with Dragon Quest VIII in Famitsu in 2002. Like the other Dragon Quest titles, development of Caravan Heart was led by Yuji Horii.
Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mystery Dungeon is 2006 action role-playing game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix as part of the Mystery Dungeon and Dragon Quest series. The game is a prequel to Dragon Quest VIII.
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies is a role-playing video game co-developed by Level-5 and Square Enix for the Nintendo DS. Published by Square Enix in Japan in 2009, and by Nintendo overseas in 2010, it is the ninth mainline entry in the Dragon Quest series. The storyline follows the protagonist, a member of the angelic Celestrian race, after a disaster in their home scatters magical fruits across the mortal realm. While carrying over traditional gameplay from the rest of the series with turn-based battles, the game is the first Dragon Quest entry to feature a customizable player character, and the first to include a multiplayer mode, with the option of trading treasure maps and loaning player characters through Nintendo Wi-Fi. Online functions ended in 2014 when it ceased operations.
Dragon Quest Monsters, released in North America as Dragon Warrior Monsters, is the first video game in the Dragon Quest Monsters series. It was released in Japan by Enix on September 25, 1998, and co-published by Eidos Interactive in Europe and North America in 2000. It was the first Dragon Quest game to be released in Europe. The game cartridge is compatible with both the black-and-white Game Boy and the Game Boy Color; a second printing of the game was made after the Game Boy Color itself was released. The game was remade for the PlayStation in a compilation Dragon Quest Monsters 1+2 Hoshi Furi no Yūsha to Bokujō no Nakamatachi. A mobile phone incarnation titled Dragon Quest Monsters i was released in Japan on January 28, 2002.
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2, known in Japan as Dragon Quest Monsters 2, is a role-playing video game published by Enix for the Game Boy Color. It is the second Dragon Warrior Monsters game for the Game Boy Color and features two different versions of the same game, Cobi's Journey and Tara's Adventure. Both games were remade in 2002 for the PlayStation in a compilation game called Dragon Quest Monsters 1+2 and released only in Japan. The Nintendo 3DS version combined both games into one and was released only in Japan in 2014 with the title Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key. The 3DS version was later brought to iOS, Android on August 6, 2020, in Japan.
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 – Mystery Dungeon is a 2002 role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and Matrix Software and published by Enix for the PlayStation 2. It is part of the Dragon Quest and Mystery Dungeon series and contains randomly generated dungeons and uses turn-based action combat. The game was also made for the Game Boy Advance in 2004 as Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance.
Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online, also known as Dragon Quest X Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix. It is the tenth mainline entry in the Dragon Quest series. It was originally released for the Wii in 2012, and was later ported to the Wii U, Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, and Nintendo 3DS, all of which support cross-platform play. Other than a discontinued Windows version in China, the game was not released outside of Japan. A single-player remake, titled Dragon Quest X Offline, was released in 2022 in Japan, followed by South-East Asia region on May 28, 2024 with additional South Korea, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese languages support.
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is a hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Square Enix. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in February 2015, and in North America, Australia and Europe only for PlayStation 4 in October 2015. It was later released for Microsoft Windows in December 2015. The game received generally positive reviews, with a sequel Dragon Quest Heroes II being released in Japan during May 2016. Dragon Quest Heroes would later be released with the sequel in a compilation for Nintendo Switch in Japan.
Theatrhythm Dragon Quest is a 2015 rhythm game developed by indieszero and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. It was the first game of its type in the Dragon Quest series, and the third Theatrhythm game after Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call. While following rhythm games' formula, players hit notes on the beat of music. The title also incorporates role-playing elements, allowing players to assemble a party of four characters to engage in battles or march automatically, in synchronizing with the players' beats.
Dragon Quest Builders is a 2016 sandbox action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android iOS, and Microsoft Windows and published by Nintendo for Nintendo Switch.
Dragon Quest Walk is a geolocation-based role-playing video game developed by COLOPL and published by Square Enix for Android and iOS. It is a free-to-play entry in the Dragon Quest series and was released in Japan on 12 September 2019.
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