Dragon Quest: Difference between revisions

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===Main Series===

{| style="width:100%; height:100px; border:1px solid #E42E2E"

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! rowspan=2 | Title (followed by original title)

! colspan=3 | Platforms of release

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| [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] (''1986''), [[MSX]] (''1986''), [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] (''1993''), [[Game Boy Color]] (''1999''), [[Satellaview]] (''1998''), [[Mobile game|Mobile phone]] (''2004'')

| Nintendo Entertainment System|NES (''1989''), Game Boy Color (''2000'')

| ~~N/A~~

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Warrior II]]'' ''Dragon Quest II: Akuryo no Kamigami''

| Famicom (''1987''), MSX (''1987''), Super Famicom (''1993''), Game Boy Color (''1999''), Mobile phone (''2008'')

| NES (''1990''), Game Boy Color (''2000'')

| ~~N/A~~

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Warrior III]]'' ''Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e…''

| Famicom (''1988''), Super Famicom (''1996''), Game Boy Color (''2000'')

| NES (''1991''), Game Boy Color (''2001'')

| ~~N/A~~

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen]]'' ''Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi''

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| PlayStation (''2000'')

| PlayStation (''2001'')

| ~~N/A~~

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King]]'' ''Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi''

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| Nintendo Wii (''TBA'')

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===Spin-offs===

The franchise also includes several spin-off series, including ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]]'' and ''[[Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest]]'', as well as arcade games like the Japanese game ''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road]]''.[20] Several games in both the Mystery Dungeon and Itadaki Street series have characters from the ''Dragon Quest'' games.

In 1993, Chunsoft created a Super Famicom game in Japan for [[Taloon|Torneko]](トルネコ, ''romanized as Torneco'')[21], or Taloon, a fictional character first appearing in ''Dragon Warrior IV''.[23] The game, titled ''[[Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon]]'' which loosely translates to ''Torneco's Great Adventure: Mysterious Dungeon'', was a roguelike which continued Torneko's story from ''Dragon Quest IV'', where he wished to make his store grow even further by venturing into mysterious dungeons and getting more items for stock. It was very successful, both on namesake and quality. A direct sequel to ''Torneco no Daibouken'' came out in Japan and the United States in 2000 called ''[[Torneko: The Last Hope]]''. This game was very similar to the first, but it is considered much easier by comparison.[23] It was received well enough in Japan to warrant a third direct sequel, on the PlayStation 2, titled ''[[Torneco no Daibouken 3: Fushigi no Dungeon]]''. Both the second and third Torneko games were also ported to the Game Boy Advance. Following the success of Torneko, many other Fushigi no Dungeon games were published by various companies (most of which developed by Chunsoft), among the best known are Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon and Nightmare of Druaga: Mysterious Dungeon.

Three spin-offs are played by physically swinging a controller using it as a sword to slash enemies among other things. ''[[Kenshin Dragon Quest]]'' is a stand alone game which comes with the a toy sword as the controller, and a toy shield containing the game's hardware.[24] ''[[Dragon Quest Swords]]'' is an exclusive Wii title which uses the motion sensing abilities of the Wii Remote similarly. Finally, a card-based arcade game, known as ''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road]]'' and developed by Level-5, was released exclusively in Japan.[25]

{| style="width:100%; height:100px; border:1px solid #E42E2E" border="1"

! rowspan=2 | Title (followed by original title)

! colspan=3 | Platforms of release

|-

! width=25% | In Japan

! width=25% | In North America

! width=25% | In the PAL region

|-

| ''[[Dragon Warrior Monsters]]'' ''Dragon Quest Monsters''

| [[Game Boy Color]] (''1998''), [[PlayStation]] (''2002''), [[Mobile game|Mobile phone]] (''2002'')

| Game Boy Color (''1999'')

|-

| ''[[Dragon Warrior Monsters 2|Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey]]'' ''Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Ruka's Journey''

| Game Boy Color (''2001''), PlayStation (''2002'')

| Game Boy Color (''2001'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Warrior Monsters 2|Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure]]'' ''Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru's Adventure''

| Game Boy Color (''2001''), PlayStation (''2002'')

| Game Boy Color (''2001'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart]]''

| [[Game Boy Advance]] (''2003'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker]]''

| [[Nintendo DS]] (''2006'')

| Nintendo DS (''2007'')

| Nintendo DS (''2008'')

|-

| ''[[Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon]]''

| [[Super Famicom]] (''1993'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Torneko: The Last Hope]]'' ''Torneko no Daibōken 2: Fushigi no Dungeon''

| PlayStation (''1999''), Game Boy Advance (''2001'')

| PlayStation (''2000'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibōken 3|Torneko no Daibōken 3: Fushigi no Dungeon]]''

| [[PlayStation 2]] (''2002''), Game Boy Advance (''2004'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest: Shōnen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon|Shōnen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon]]''

| PlayStation 2 (''2006'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest: Shōgeki no Shippo Dan]]''

| Game Boy Advance (''2003'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime]]'' ''Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest 2: Daisensha to Shippo Dan''

| Nintendo DS (''2005'')

| Nintendo DS (''2006'')

| Nintendo DS (''2007'')

|-

| ''[[Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken]]''

| [[Handheld TV game|Television Game]] (''2003'')

| not released

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors]]'' ''Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joō to Kagami no Tō''

| [[Wii]] (''2007'')

| Wii (''2008'')

|-

| ''[[Itadaki Street#Itadaki Street Special|Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special]]''

| PlayStation 2 (''2004'')

| {{n/a|none}}

|-

| ''[[Itadaki Street#Itadaki Street Portable|Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable]]''

| [[PlayStation Portable]] (''2006'')

| {{n/a|none}}

|-

| ''[[Itadaki Street#Itadaki Street DS|Itadaki Street DS]]''

| Nintendo DS (''2007'')

| {{n/a|none}}

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road]]''

| [[Arcade Game]] (''2007'')

| {{n/a|none}}

|-

| ''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road|Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road II]]''

| Arcade Game (''2009'')

| {{n/a|none}}

|}

''The section below requires editing and verification.''

''Dragon Quest was a console styled RPG (Role-playing game) first released as Dragon Quest in Japan and Dragon Warrior in North America. Due to some problems with the titles, they put behind Dragon Warrior and made all new titles called Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest took elements from other existing RPG's like ''Ultima'' and created of what is now the best selling video game series in Japan. The series has sold so well in Japan that after [[Dragon Quest III]] was made, the Japanese government put effect a law stating that future games could only be sold on Sundays or holidays.''

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 ===Main Series===
-{| style="width:100%; height:100px; border:1px solid #E42E2E"
+{| style="width:100%; height:100px; border:1px solid #E42E2E" border="1"
 ! rowspan=2 | Title<br /><small>(followed by original title)</small>
 ! colspan=3 | Platforms of release
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 | [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] (''1986''), [[MSX]] (''1986''), [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] (''1993''), [[Game Boy Color]] (''1999''), [[Satellaview]] (''1998''), [[Mobile game|Mobile phone]] (''2004'')
 | Nintendo Entertainment System|NES (''1989''), Game Boy Color (''2000'')
-| N/A
+| not released
 |-
 | ''[[Dragon Warrior II]]''<br /><small>''Dragon Quest II: Akuryo no Kamigami''</small>
 | Famicom (''1987''), MSX (''1987''), Super Famicom (''1993''), Game Boy Color (''1999''), Mobile phone (''2008'')
 | NES (''1990''), Game Boy Color (''2000'')
-| N/A
+| not released
 |-
 | ''[[Dragon Warrior III]]''<br /><small>''Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e…''</small>
 | Famicom (''1988''), Super Famicom (''1996''), Game Boy Color (''2000'')
 | NES (''1991''), Game Boy Color (''2001'')
-| N/A
+| not released
 |-
 | ''[[Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen]]''<br /><small>''Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi''</small>
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 | PlayStation (''2000'')
 | PlayStation (''2001'')
-| N/A
+| not released
 |-
 | ''[[Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King]]''<br /><small>''Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi''</small>
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 | Nintendo Wii (''TBA'')
 |}
+===Spin-offs===
+The franchise also includes several spin-off series, including ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]]'' and ''[[Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest]]'', as well as arcade games like the Japanese game ''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road]]''.[20] Several games in both the Mystery Dungeon and Itadaki Street series have characters from the ''Dragon Quest'' games.
+In 1993, Chunsoft created a Super Famicom game in Japan for [[Taloon|Torneko]](トルネコ, ''romanized as Torneco'')[21], or Taloon, a fictional character first appearing in ''Dragon Warrior IV''.[23] The game, titled ''[[Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon]]'' which loosely translates to ''Torneco's Great Adventure: Mysterious Dungeon'', was a roguelike which continued Torneko's story from ''Dragon Quest IV'', where he wished to make his store grow even further by venturing into mysterious dungeons and getting more items for stock. It was very successful, both on namesake and quality. A direct sequel to ''Torneco no Daibouken'' came out in Japan and the United States in 2000 called ''[[Torneko: The Last Hope]]''. This game was very similar to the first, but it is considered much easier by comparison.[23] It was received well enough in Japan to warrant a third direct sequel, on the PlayStation 2, titled ''[[Torneco no Daibouken 3: Fushigi no Dungeon]]''. Both the second and third Torneko games were also ported to the Game Boy Advance. Following the success of Torneko, many other Fushigi no Dungeon games were published by various companies (most of which developed by Chunsoft), among the best known are Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon and Nightmare of Druaga: Mysterious Dungeon.
+Three spin-offs are played by physically swinging a controller using it as a sword to slash enemies among other things. ''[[Kenshin Dragon Quest]]'' is a stand alone game which comes with the a toy sword as the controller, and a toy shield containing the game's hardware.[24] ''[[Dragon Quest Swords]]'' is an exclusive Wii title which uses the motion sensing abilities of the Wii Remote similarly. Finally, a card-based arcade game, known as ''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road]]'' and developed by Level-5, was released exclusively in Japan.[25]
+{| style="width:100%; height:100px; border:1px solid #E42E2E" border="1"
+! rowspan=2 | Title<br /><small>(followed by original title)</small>
+! colspan=3 | Platforms of release
+|-
+! width=25% | In Japan
+! width=25% | In North America
+! width=25% | In the PAL region
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Warrior Monsters]]''<br /><small>''Dragon Quest Monsters''</small>
+| [[Game Boy Color]] (''1998''), [[PlayStation]] (''2002''), [[Mobile game|Mobile phone]] (''2002'')
+| Game Boy Color (''1999'')
+| Game Boy Color (''1999'')
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Warrior Monsters 2|Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey]]''<br /><small>''Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Ruka's Journey''</small>
+| Game Boy Color (''2001''), PlayStation (''2002'')
+| Game Boy Color (''2001'')
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Warrior Monsters 2|Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure]]''<br /><small>''Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru's Adventure''</small>
+| Game Boy Color (''2001''), PlayStation (''2002'')
+| Game Boy Color (''2001'')
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart]]''
+| [[Game Boy Advance]] (''2003'')
+| not released
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker]]''
+| [[Nintendo DS]] (''2006'')
+| Nintendo DS (''2007'')
+| Nintendo DS (''2008'')
+|-
+| ''[[Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon]]''
+| [[Super Famicom]] (''1993'')
+| not released
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Torneko: The Last Hope]]''<br /><small>''Torneko no Daibōken 2: Fushigi no Dungeon''</small>
+| PlayStation (''1999''), Game Boy Advance (''2001'')
+| PlayStation (''2000'')
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibōken 3|Torneko no Daibōken 3: Fushigi no Dungeon]]''
+| [[PlayStation 2]] (''2002''), Game Boy Advance (''2004'')
+| not released
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Quest: Shōnen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon|Shōnen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon]]''
+| PlayStation 2 (''2006'')
+| not released
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest: Shōgeki no Shippo Dan]]''
+| Game Boy Advance (''2003'')
+| not released
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime]]''<br /><small>''Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest 2: Daisensha to Shippo Dan''</small>
+| Nintendo DS (''2005'')
+| Nintendo DS (''2006'')
+| Nintendo DS (''2007'')
+|-
+| ''[[Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken]]''
+| [[Handheld TV game|Television Game]] (''2003'')
+| not released
+| not released
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors]]''<br /><small>''Dragon Quest Swords: Kamen no Joō to Kagami no Tō''</small>
+| [[Wii]] (''2007'')
+| Wii (''2008'')
+| Wii (''2008'')
+|-
+| ''[[Itadaki Street#Itadaki Street Special|Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special]]''
+| PlayStation 2 (''2004'')
+| {{n/a|none}}
+| {{n/a|none}}
+|-
+| ''[[Itadaki Street#Itadaki Street Portable|Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable]]''
+| [[PlayStation Portable]] (''2006'')
+| {{n/a|none}}
+| {{n/a|none}}
+|-
+| ''[[Itadaki Street#Itadaki Street DS|Itadaki Street DS]]''
+| Nintendo DS (''2007'')
+| {{n/a|none}}
+| {{n/a|none}}
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road]]''
+| [[Arcade Game]] (''2007'')
+| {{n/a|none}}
+| {{n/a|none}}
+|-
+| ''[[Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road|Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road II]]''
+| Arcade Game (''2009'')
+| {{n/a|none}}
+| {{n/a|none}}
+|}
 <small>''The section below requires editing and verification.''</small>
 ''Dragon Quest was a console styled RPG (Role-playing game) first released as Dragon Quest in Japan and Dragon Warrior in North America. Due to some problems with the titles, they put behind Dragon Warrior and made all new titles called Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest took elements from other existing RPG's like ''Ultima'' and created of what is now the best selling video game series in Japan. The series has sold so well in Japan that after [[Dragon Quest III]] was made, the Japanese government put effect a law stating that future games could only be sold on Sundays or holidays.''