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92-682: It created games such as the first five Dragon Quest installments and the Mystery Dungeon franchise as Chunsoft, and the Conception series as Spike Chunsoft. They also developed titles such as The Portopia Serial Murder Case , the Sound Novel series (consisting of Otogirisō , Kamaitachi no Yoru , Machi and 428: Shibuya Scramble ) and the Zero Escape series as Chunsoft. Spike developed Danganronpa before

184-479: A role-playing video game that combined elements from the western RPGs Wizardry and Ultima . Horii wanted to introduce the concept of RPGs to the wider Japanese video game audience. He chose the Famicom because, unlike arcade games, players would not have to worry about spending more money if they got a " game over ", and could continue playing from a save point . Horii used the full-screen map of Ultima and

276-548: A SNES game that included Torneko (a.k.a. Torneko Taloon), a character that first appeared in Dragon Quest IV . The roguelike game Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon continues Torneko's story from Dragon Quest IV as he attempts to make his store famous, venturing into mysterious dungeons to retrieve items to stock his store with. The game was successful in Japan. In 2000 the direct sequel Torneko: The Last Hope

368-631: A castle in the Dragon Quest III remakes is also called Zenith, although the layout differs from the castle in the Tenkū series. The series' monsters, characters, and box art were designed by Toriyama. The music for the Dragon Quest series was composed by Koichi Sugiyama . In the past, main Dragon Quest games have been developed by Chunsoft , Heartbeat , ArtePiazza , Level-5 and starting with Dragon Quest X , by Square Enix for

460-610: A character who first appeared in Dragon Quest VIII ; Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mystery Dungeon follows Yangus on his adventures before he meets up with Hero in the aforementioned game. The success of Torneko no Daibōken spawned the Mystery Dungeon series that has grown to include franchises beyond Dragon Quest . When Enix took over the Monopoly -inspired video game series Itadaki Street ,

552-412: A downed state and would be displayed as a pillar of light on the screen to notify fellow players. The game ended in one of two ways, if all players were defeated to which they appeared in front of the king admonished them for their failure or congratulated them on their success. Enemies iconic to the series that players faced off against include Slimes , Drackies, Wondering Armors, Chimaera, Dragons, and

644-421: A fantasy series with swords and dungeons, instead of science fiction elements, would become popular in Japan; however, the series has become very popular there. Since then Horii has been the games' scenario director. Dragon Quest was Sugiyama's second video game he had composed for, Wingman 2 being his first. He says it took him five minutes to compose the original opening theme. His musical motifs from

736-405: A five-pointed star in the middle, was introduced; they have nothing to do with winning the game, but they can be traded with a certain character for items. Players collect them throughout the game, primarily by opening chests, breaking pots and barrels, and searching in sacks and drawers. Horii introduced them as he wanted to have something players collected that were similar to the crests and orbs in

828-406: A fresh start and a new story, so it seems too much of a connection between the games in the series. It could be said that the imagination of players has brought the titles together in a certain fashion." In Dragon Quest IV, Zenithia can be accessed by climbing the tower above the entrance to the world of darkness. In Dragon Quest V Zenithia has fallen into a lake south of Lofty Peak (Elheaven in

920-450: A large Golem each with their own strengths and weaknesses that players could exploit to win battles efficiently. Each enemy also had their own unique attacks and behaviors. Dragon Quest VR would be discontinued on March 9, 2019, before the closure of VR ZONE SHINJUKI itself on April 1 in the same year, with the experience also ending at VR ZONE OSAKA on October 25, 2020, and MAZARIA on August 31, 2020, on each respective day. Prices for

1012-402: A mage, and a priest stood and moved around in a 65 x 39 foot playing field with each group of players divided into sperate teams. All players were required to wear a set of personal equipment provided by HTC Vive consisting of the headset with headphones and mics all powered by a MSI gaming laptop backpack , and special controllers specially modeled and fitted to represent each class,

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1104-410: A mini-series called Emblem of Roto Returns . It takes place between Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest I . It was adapted into a comic CD in 1994, and an anime movie based on the manga was released in Japan on April 20, 1996. As of 2019, the series has sold 21   million copies, including 400,000 copies sold overseas. Warriors of Eden consists of eleven volumes, with art by Fujiwara. The series

1196-610: A number of smaller spin-off titles. In two of them, players use their special controllers as a sword, swinging it to slash enemies and objects. Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken is a stand-alone game in which the controller is shaped like a sword, and a toy shield contains the game's hardware. Dragon Quest Swords for the Wii uses the motion sensing Wii Remote as a sword. Another spin-off title, Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest , uses

1288-580: A second-person perspective; the reader determines the next course of action and the stories have multiple endings. Other printed titles released in 1989 include: Dragon Quest Monsters Story ; Dragon Quest Item Story ; the Dragon Quest Perfect Collection series starting with Dragon Quest Perfect Collection 1990 ; and the first two Dragon Quest novels by Takayashiki Hideo. All of these works have had additional titles published for different games by different authors: Hideo wrote

1380-648: A sequel release on July 12, 2019, for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Theatrhythm Dragon Quest is a rhythm game developed for the Nintendo 3DS. Like the Theatrhythm Final Fantasy games before it, the game allows players to play alongside various songs from the Dragon Quest franchise. In September 2019, Dragon Quest Walk , an augmented reality game, was released for Android and iOS mobile phones. Beginning in 1988,

1472-433: A series of then Bandai Namco -owned virtual reality theme park arcades . The brief story that's loosely based on Dragon Quest III began with players receiving a request from a king to embark on a journey along with their assistant Ohealia, a Healslime and character exclusive to this title only, who acted as a guide and narrator throughout the experience with the main goal for each team (to which multiple can play at

1564-437: A small modeled sword and shield for the warriors, and small wands and gloved controllers for the mage and priest. Weapons, armor, skills, and spells were set for each class by default and were determined by each of said class: Each player given their own class could take only a set amount of damage before going down. If the player was at critical health their screen turned black and white, and if damaged further, they would enter

1656-427: Is a Japanese video game developer and record label for video game and anime music . It was formed on April 6, 2005, after Chiyomaru Shikura left Scitron to begin the company as its executive director, a position he formerly held until January 2023. The company is divided into two parts, 5pb. Games for the manufacturing of video games, and 5pb. Records for the record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of

1748-479: Is a floating castle that first appears in Dragon Quest IV ; it is used as a descriptor for several elements in Dragon Quest IV , V and VI . Its appearance in all three games has led to the games being described as the Zenithia or Tenkū trilogy, despite different geographical layouts in each of the three games' worlds. Horii explained that a trilogy was never the intention: "Each Dragon Quest title represents

1840-601: Is a prequel to Dragon Warrior VII , following Keifer who is pulled into Torland and must find the six Orbs of Loto in order to return. The release of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker is the first spin-off title to be released in English using the Dragon Quest name; its sequel Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 was released in North America on September 19, 2011. There is also an Android title, Dragon Quest Monsters: Wanted! . Dragon Quest has also produced

1932-465: Is a recurring character who first appears in Dragon Quest IV . A traveling merchant, Torneko's usual goal is to expand the inventory of his shop by procuring rare items, often by traversing dungeons and fighting monsters on his own or with his family. The character's popularity with players led to further appearances or easter egg references in subsequent mainline sequels, as well as a starring role in 1993's Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon ,

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2024-562: Is a retelling of Dragon Quest VII with some minor changes. Maboroshi no Daichi consists of ten volumes. The series is a retelling of Dragon Quest VI with some minor changes. Other shorter manga series have been released including several based on other games, some official 4koma strips, and a manga about the making of the original Dragon Quest game. Dragon Quest: Souten no Soura ( ドラゴンクエスト 蒼天のソウラ , Doragon Kuesuto Sōten no Soura , lit. "Dragon Quest: Blue Sky Soura") , authored by Yuuki Nakashima and supervised by Yūji Horii,

2116-629: Is a sidestory of Dragon Quest X . It was serialized between February 2013 and October 2022, with 19 volumes released through 2022. Hiro Mashima drew the one-shot Dragon Quest XI S Tōzoku-tachi no Banka ( ドラゴンクエストXI S 盗賊たちの挽歌 ) , based on Dragon Quest XI , for the October issue of V Jump , which was released on August 21, 2019. A manga adaptation of Dragon Quest Treasures titled Dragon Quest Treasures: Another Adventure Fadora no Takarajima will begin serialization in V Jump in November 2022. It

2208-679: 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 . Common elements persist throughout the series and its spinoff games: turn-based combat ; recurring monsters, including the Slime , which became the series' mascot; a text-based menu system; and random encounters in most of the main series. All games in the series as of 2024 involve scenario writer and game designer Yuji Horii , and prior to their deaths, character designer Akira Toriyama and music composer Koichi Sugiyama have handled their respective roles on most games in

2300-556: Is presented as a plot twist. The Game Boy Color remakes prevent the use of the name "Loto" for the same reason. In Dragon Quest XI , the player character is a warrior chosen by the world tree Yggdrasil to save the world of Erdrea from a being of pure evil known as "Calasmos". After Calasmos is defeated at the end of the game, Yggdrasil bestows him the title of Erdrick. Torneko ( トルネコ , Toruneko ) , known as Torneko Taloon in North American English localizations,

2392-526: Is written by Masaki Hara with illustrations by Yoichi Amano and supervision by Horii. The Road to Dragon Quest is a manga about the creators of Dragon Quest , published by Enix. The single-volume manga was released in 1990 and produced by Ishimori Productions . It focuses on the creation of the series and features series creator Yuji Horii, programmer Koichi Nakamura , composer Koichi Sugiyama, artist Akira Toriyama, and producer Yukinobu Chida. There are three major television series that were adapted from

2484-525: The Wizardry video game series. The contest winners Koichi Nakamura and Yukinobu Chida, together with Horii, released the Enix NES game The Portopia Serial Murder Case . Music composer Sugiyama, known for composing jingles and pop songs, was impressed with the group's work and sent a postcard to Enix praising the game. Enix asked him to compose music for some of its games. The group then decided to make

2576-601: The Dragon Quest franchise became an integral part of the game in its second version, Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sain wa Bara Iro ni . The first Itadaki Street , released by ASCII , did not contain elements from the Dragon Quest franchise. The fourth game in the series, Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special , included characters from the Final Fantasy franchise, and later versions would include characters from Mario . Like

2668-619: The Dragon Quest trademark in the United States for use with manuals, video cassette tapes , and other video game software. On October 8, 2003, Square Enix filed for a more comprehensive Dragon Quest trademark, also on August 2, 2016. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King became the first Dragon Quest game released outside Japan, all previous games having used the Dragon Warrior title. Dragon Quest

2760-603: The Super Famicom : Dragon Quest V in 1992 and Dragon Quest VI in 1995; both have been re-released on newer systems. 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. No official reason was ever given. The Nintendo DS remakes were released in North America with Dragon Quest V also being released in Europe and Australia,

2852-469: The Wii U , with Nintendo 3DS connectivity. It is the first MMORPG in the series, and the only numbered Dragon Quest game not released outside Japan. Dragon Quest XI was released in Japan on July 29, 2017, and worldwide on September 4, 2018. Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate was announced in 2021. According to Horii, the game will have a darker tone, feature more meaningful choices, and overhaul

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2944-469: The 5pb. Games brand is not used anymore, with the Mages brand being the only one used for everything. Chiyo St. Inc., doing business as Chiyomaru Studio ( Japanese : 千代丸スタジオ , Hepburn : Chiyomaru Sutajio ) , is a multimedia concept studio led by Chiyomaru Shikura, the representative director and president of Mages. The company, which was originally named Chrome Edge ( クロウムエッジ , Kuroumu Ejji ) ,

3036-518: The Dragonlord's Castle and confront him. In Dragon Quest II , the heroes are also descendants of Erdrick; they explore the expanded world of Torland that includes the continent of Alefgard. Erdrick's legend in the Dragon Quest series was completed in Dragon Quest III when the King of Alefgard bestowed the "Order of Erdrick", the country's highest honor, upon the hero at the end of the game. Two of

3128-723: The European version came out on July 23, 2010. The tenth installment of the main series was released for the Wii. Nintendo has been a major publisher outside Japan for the main Dragon Quest games, publishing the first Dragon Quest game in North America, and published Dragon Quest IX worldwide outside Japan; the NDS version of Dragon Quest VI is published by Nintendo in North America. Mages (company) Mages Inc. ( 株式会社メージス , Kabushiki gaisha Mējisu , stylized "MAGES.inc") , formerly 5pb. Inc. ( 株式会社5pb. , Kabushiki gaisha 5pb. , short for "The Five powered & basics") ,

3220-588: The Famicom and ported that same year to the MSX ; all four games have been remade for newer systems. Dragon Quest was first released in Japan on May 27, 1986, and in North America as Dragon Warrior in August 1989. Dragon Quest II Akuryō no Kamigami was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1990 as Dragon Warrior II . Dragon Quest III Soshite Densetsu e... was released in Japan in 1989 and North America as Dragon Warrior III in 1992. Dragon Quest IV

3312-597: The Japanese Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road , where players compete for real-life cards with monster data that the arcade game issues to the players through a slot on its front. The latter is the only spin-off series to have none of its titles released outside Japan. The Mystery Dungeon and Itadaki Street series use characters and other elements from Dragon Quest games, and the Mystery Dungeon series has gone on to spawn its own franchise. In 1993, Chunsoft developed

3404-518: The Nintendo DS remakes of Dragon Quest IV , V , and VI for North America and the PAL region , commonly referred to as the "Zenithia" or "Tenku trilogy". With this announcement, all the main Dragon Quest games at the time had been released outside Japan. The ninth installment was released in Japan for Nintendo DS on July 11, 2009. The North American version was released on July 11, 2010, while

3496-557: The Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows release of Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate would not be released by Aksys but by their subsidiary. This table lists video games published internationally by Spike Chunsoft's American subsidiary Spike Chunsoft, Inc. since its foundation on December 1, 2017. Outside of titles from Spike Chunsoft in Japan, the company publishes titles from Mages (which

3588-492: The TYO Group until Shikura purchased the remaining rights from the TYO Group on April 15, 2009. Shikura co-owns 5pb. with AGOne, an affiliate of Dwango Japan . Staff members include scenario writer Naotaka Hayashi, artist Yukihiro Matsuo, and producer Tatsuya Matsuhara. In April 2011, a group of companies consisting of Arkray, Seed Project, Dwango Creative School, Animelo Summer Life, 5pb. Records, and 5pb. Games merged under

3680-475: The Wanderer established the company's good reputation. Nakamura himself had to move away from programming in order to run the company. For a time, the company's products were considered mediocre, but 3-Nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei: Densetsu no Kyoudan ni Tate! was a hit that showed signs of recovery. During the development of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team , Kouji Malta, one of

3772-533: The battle and statistics-oriented Wizardry screens to create the gameplay of Dragon Quest . Dragon Ball creator and manga artist Akira Toriyama , who knew of Horii through the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump , was commissioned to illustrate the characters and monsters to separate the game from other role-playing games of the time. The primary game designs were conceived by Horii before being handed to Toriyama to re-draw under Horii's supervision. When Horii first created Dragon Quest many people doubted that

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3864-591: The brand does not exist anymore, with the Mages brand being the only one used for everything. 5pb. Games was a division of Mages, which dealt with video game development. The brand was originally named Five Games Kid, or 5gk. for short, but the name was changed in December 2007 to coincide with the name of 5pb's record label 5pb. Records. Some of 5pb. Games' developers arrived from KID , Tonkin House and Scitron , such as with Takeshi Abo in December 2006. Since 2019,

3956-405: The concept work is done by Chiyomaru Studio, they work together with Mages to develop video games using the concepts, and with Kadokawa Corporation to print books and produce anime and manga. The studio includes staff members from Mages, who communicate through instant messaging ; as of 2015, Shikura was the only on-site staff. The first new intellectual property developed by Chiyomaru Studio

4048-424: The first four volumes spanning the first three games; Kumi Saori authored ten volumes comprising the next three games; and Hiroyuki Domon wrote three volumes for Dragon Quest VII . Starting with Shinsho Shousetsu Dragon Quest I in 2000, a new series by all three authors began publication. The authors wrote new stories for their respective series, three stories for Hideo, nine for Saori, and three for Domon; with

4140-569: The first game have remained relatively intact. The first six Dragon Quest stories are divided into two trilogies. The first three games of the series tell the story of the legendary hero known as Roto (Erdrick or Loto in some versions). Dragon Quest IV - VI are based around a castle in the sky called Zenithia, referred to as the Tenku in Japan, meaning "heaven". Games in the main series from Dragon Quest VII onwards are stand-alone games. The early Dragon Quest games were released under

4232-640: The first monsters the players encounter. The Slime's popularity has netted it the Slime spin-off series on handheld consoles. Erdrick, known as Loto ( ロト , Roto ) in Japanese and in the North American remakes of the Game Boy Color versions of the first three games, is the title given to a legendary hero in the Dragon Quest series. The first three Dragon Quest games, all connected to

4324-485: The first time. Horii's company, Armor Project, is in charge of the script and design of Dragon Quest games that were published by Enix and Square Enix. In 1982, Enix sponsored a video game programming contest in Japan which brought much of the Dragon Quest team together, including creator Yuji Horii. The prize was a trip to the United States and a visit to AppleFest '83 in San Francisco, where Horii discovered

4416-527: The franchise was released in Japan on May 27, 1986, titled with the name "Dragon Quest" followed by a Roman numeral. Since 1986, the franchise has featured eleven games within the main series, as well as several spin-off games, and also two animated productions. The first four Dragon Quest installments were released for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan and North America, respectively. The first two installments were released in Japan on

4508-400: The franchise, with nearly every game in the main series having a related adaptation. The series introduced a number of features to the genre and has had a significant impact on the development of other role-playing games. Installments of the series have appeared on various computers, consoles, handheld devices, and mobile phones. Early in the series, the Dragon Quest games were released under

4600-610: The game from Mages in 2018; they have since continued publishing further games in the Science Adventure series, including Steins;Gate 0 and Chaos;Child . On July 16, 2020, NIS America announced that Danganronpa games on the Playstation Store will be removed. Spike Chunsoft subsequently announced on July 22, 2020 that they will take on publishing the Danganronpa series outside of Japan. Similarly,

4692-462: The game's popular slime monster as the protagonist, and its sequel, Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime , has been translated into English. There is also a downloadable DSiWare turn-based strategy game, Dragon Quest Wars and other titles have been released in Japan for cellphones. Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below , a PlayStation 3 and 4 game featuring

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4784-647: The gameplay of the Dynasty Warriors series by Koei Tecmo , was released in Japan on February 26, 2015, and in North America and Europe in October 2015 as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. It later had a sequel that released on May 17, 2016, in Japan, and later came out in North America and Europe in April 2017 to the PlayStation 4 as well as PC. Dragon Quest Builders for the PS4 was released in 2016. It later had

4876-481: The games. Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel ( ドラゴンクエスト ～勇者アベル伝説～ , Doragon Kuesuto Yūsha Aberu Densetsu ) was produced by Studio Comet and aired from December 2, 1989, to April 5, 1991, 43 episodes were broadcast before the series ended. It was supervised by Horii, with a story loosely based on Dragon Quest III . The first 13 episodes of the series were translated into English by Saban Entertainment under

4968-463: The inaugural entry of the long-running Mystery Dungeon video game series by Spike Chunsoft . The character's other video game appearances include two direct sequels to Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon , the 2016 video game Dragon Quest Heroes II , and the Itadaki Street series. Zenithia, also called Zenith Castle, Zenith, or Tenkū-jō ( 天空城 , "Heaven Castle") in Japanese,

5060-587: The latter without the numbering. One game was released for the PlayStation: Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshi-tachi in 2000 in Japan and 2001 in North America under the title Dragon Warrior VII . 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. Dragon Quest VIII

5152-485: The latter's works featuring illustrations by Daisuke Torii. Several standalone titles and audiobook titles have also been released. Dragon Quest manga began publication in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1989. Based on the world of Dragon Quest , Riku Sanjo and Koji Inada 's Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai ( ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険 , Doragon Kuesuto: Dai no Daibōken , lit. Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai)

5244-536: The legend of Erdrick, comprise the Erdrick or Loto trilogy. Also known as Arusu, he is known as the hero who freed the Kingdom of Alefgard from the darkness. The chronological order of the first three Dragon Quest games is: Dragon Quest III , Dragon Quest , and Dragon Quest II . In the first Dragon Quest game, the hero, the player character , is a descendant of Erdrick who follows in his footsteps to reach

5336-566: The main series, Dragon Quest Monsters was originally released under the Dragon Warrior name in the US. The next game, Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 , is the only game to be split into two versions, Cobi's Journey ( Ruka's Journey in Japan) and Tara's Adventure ( Iru's Adventure in Japan ), named after the main player characters . Each version has slight differences, such as the monster that appear in them. Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

5428-427: The media franchise expanded into other media, with a number of anime , manga, and light novel adaptations. Following the success of a Dragon Quest III light novel, Enix began publishing more volumes starting from the first game in sequential order. Enix published titles from every main series game previously released by March 23, 1995, as well as the first Torneko's Mystery Dungeon game. The titles are written from

5520-737: The merger. Chunsoft was founded by Koichi Nakamura , a video game designer and programmer who had worked with Enix , including the popular Dragon Quest franchise until Dragon Quest V . The "Chun" in the company name is from the first kanji Naka ( 中 ) of the company founder's name; Naka is read as "Chun" in Japanese Mahjong . This name would also appear in Nakamura's first work with Enix, titled Door Door in 1983. Otogirisō marked Chunsoft's debut brand. Following that, successive genre-trailblazing titles Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon , Kamaitachi no Yoru , and Shiren

5612-439: The monsters by winning the battle, each party member gains experience points in order to reach new levels. When a character gains a new level, the statistics (stats) of the character are upgraded. Winning battles also rewards players with gold which can be used to purchase items. In addition to the experience points and gold awarded for successfully defeating monsters, occasionally, items will be dropped as well that are added to

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5704-718: The nearest save location where the hero is revived; players must then pay a priest or nun to revive their party members. Dragon Quest features " Puff Puff " – massage girls that the player can hire with text describing their actions in some of the games; it is a pun on a Japanese onomatopoeia for a girl rubbing her breasts in someone's face, which can also be used for the general term of a girl jiggling her own breasts. in later games gags were used since breasts could not be displayed. The text descriptions were removed from some North American translations. In Dragon Quest III , Dragon Quest VI , Dragon Quest VII , and Dragon Quest IX , several character classes can be chosen for

5796-547: The new company would be called Spike Chunsoft. In 2017, Spike Chunsoft established a North American subsidiary based in Long Beach, California to carry out localization and publishing of its own games, in addition to games by its sister company 5pb./Mages under a newly formed partnership. Their first game under the Mages partnership was the Microsoft Windows version of Steins;Gate , taking over publishing of

5888-404: The official mascot of the Dragon Quest series. Series designer Yuji Horii cited the monster as an example of Toriyama's skills, claiming it took "[artistic] power to take something like a pool of slime and use his imagination to make it a great character." A Slime is a small blue blob, shaped like a water droplet, with a face. It has appeared in every Dragon Quest game and it is usually one of

5980-503: The one-time experience fee was 3,200 yen and a separate facility entrance fee was required. The experience took approximately 15 minutes. Yuji Horii in an interview with UploadVR has expressed the possibility of future titles based on the franchise being released in or with VR support commercially at a later time and date. In most Dragon Quest games, players control a character or party of characters that can walk into towns and buy weapons, armor, and items to defeat monsters outside of

6072-584: The original release), until the Golden Orb is returned leaving the castle able to move freely in the sky. In Dragon Quest VI Zenithia is sealed by Demon Lord Dhuran, and a large hole is left in its place in the "Dream World". When the Dream World returns to its natural state in Dragon Quest VI , Zenithia is the only part that remains, floating above the "real" world. In addition to the trilogy,

6164-499: The parent company Mages. Inc. led by executive director Chiyomaru Shikura. In July 2019, Mages was acquired by Shikura's concept studio Chiyomaru Studio, with the goal of being more flexible and fast in its decisions as a company independent from their parent company Dwango and from the Kadokawa group. With that said, while Mages would no longer be a part of Kadokawa Group following the management buyout, it still expected to maintain

6256-408: The party encounters monsters the view switches perspective and players are presented with several options on a menu ; these turn-based menu-driven battles have become a staple of the series. Players use the menus to select weapons, magic, and other items used to attack and defeat the monsters, or can attempt to flee the fight; though characters cannot flee during a boss battle. Once the party defeats

6348-594: The party members. Each game has its particular set of classes with typical options, including the Cleric , Fighter , Jester, Thief , Warrior , and Mage . All the aforementioned games also include advanced classes such as the Sage. In addition, Dragon Quest VI and VII include monster classes. In Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen , a new collectible item known as mini medals, resembling small gold coins with

6440-405: The player character's three highest-level armaments are named "Erdrick's Sword" and "Erdrick's Armor" in Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest II . Playing Dragon Quest III with the name "Erdrick" is impossible in the original release, as the game prompts the player to choose a different name for the hero. This is because the status of III in the chronological order as a prequel of the first two titles

6532-423: The player to recruit monsters to fight alongside them. In Dragon Quest IV , a Healer monster called "Healie" can be recruited for the first chapter. Dragon Quest V and VI monsters can be selected by the player to join the player's party and fight in battles. In Dragon Quest VIII players can defeat and recruit monsters to fight in an arena. The Slime, designed by Toriyama for use in Dragon Quest , has become

6624-479: The player's inventory. In most Dragon Quest games, players must visit a church (known as a House of Healing in the NES translations) and talk to a priest or nun to save the games' progress; in Dragon Warrior , players had to talk to a king to save their progress, though the first two Dragon Quest titles for Famicom use a password save system . If the party dies in battle the group loses half of its gold and warps to

6716-424: The previous Dragon Quest games, but did not want to repeat the necessity for players having to collect a certain number of them before they could complete the game. The Dragon Quest series features several recurring monsters, including Slimes , Drackies, Skeletons, Shadows, Mummies, Bags o' Laughs, and Dragons. Many monsters in the series were designed by Akira Toriyama . Several Dragon Quest games allow

6808-480: The programmers for these two games, and contributed previously on EarthBound and Shiren the Wanderer 2 , stated the company went through bad business performance, as employees from Chunsoft would leave the company progressively due to this issue. The game's success not only helped giving more popularity in the Mystery Dungeon franchise, it also helped Chunsoft from avoiding bankruptcy. Later in 2005, it

6900-749: The same favorable relationship with the Group that it had so far. Along with this buyout, the company intended to strengthen its branding by consolidating the 5pb. brand into Mages. In March 2020, Colopl acquired Mages from Chiyomaru Studio for ¥1.612 billion (approximately US$ 14.92 million). In December 2022, it was reported that Mages would enter insolvency as a result of financial losses of ¥613 million (approximately $ 4.6 million). In January 2023, Chiyomaru Shikura announced via Twitter that he would resign as company Chairman and Executive Director, but stated that he would still be part of Mages as an Executive Producer. Previously called 5pb. Records, since 2019

6992-768: The same manga also produced by Toei Animation aired from October 3, 2020, to October 22, 2022. On April 20, 1996, a film titled Dragon Quest Saga – The Crest of Roto was released. It was produced by Nippon Animation . A 3DCG movie based on Dragon Quest V , Dragon Quest: Your Story , was released in Japan in August 2019. Dragon Quest VR (ドラゴンクエストVR) was a virtual reality team-based only arcade-style roleplaying game first released at VR ZONE SHINJUKI in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, then later hosted at VR ZONE OSAKA on September 13, 2018, and finally MAZARIA in Sunshine City, Ikebukuro, Tokyo on July 12, 2019,

7084-461: The same time in each of their own sessions, all as a team in one session, or a combination of the between) to fight through a series of battles in increasing difficulty before facing the powerful Zoma , a guest character who is also the main antagonist from the same game and was responsible for terrorizing the land. Gameplay took place in open arenas (such as forests, caves, and, castles) in-game while players working in teams of four as two warriors,

7176-516: 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

7268-462: The series. The original concepts, used since the first game, took elements from the Western role-playing games Wizardry and Ultima . A core philosophy of the series is to make the gameplay intuitive so that players can easily start playing the games. The series features a number of religious overtones which were heavily censored in the NES versions outside of Japan. The first installment of

7360-406: The title Dragon Warrior in North America to avoid trademark conflict with the pen-and-paper role-playing game Dragon Quest , which was published by Simulations Publications in the 1980s until the company's 1982 bankruptcy and acquisition by TSR, Inc. TSR continued publishing the line as an alternative to Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D ) until 1987. On July 23, 2002, Square Enix registered

7452-406: The title Dragon Warrior in North America to avoid trademark conflict with the unrelated tabletop role-playing game DragonQuest . Square Enix did not register the Dragon Quest trademark for use in the United States until 2002. The basic premise of most Dragon Quest games is to play a hero (actually named "Hero" in spinoff fiction, but in all games, the player is able to name their hero) who

7544-438: The title Dragon Warrior . Due to its early time slot, it was not renewed. The series was released on DVD in Japan in October 2006, with its nine volumes selling about 90,000 units by February 2007. A second anime series, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai , based on the manga of the same name, was produced by Toei Animation . It ran for 46 episodes from October 17, 1991, to September 24, 1992. A second anime adaptation of

7636-426: The towns: on the world map or in a dungeon. However, in the original Dragon Quest , there was only one character walking on the map. In most of the games, battles occur through random monster attacks and improving the characters' levels requires players to grind . The series uses cursed items, difficult dungeons where players need to use their resources wisely to complete them, and difficult boss battles. When

7728-494: The traditional Dragon Quest turn-based combat. Dragon Quest XII will also be the first mainline title released after the deaths of series music composer Koichi Sugiyama and character designer Akira Toriyama who had been involved with the series since its inception. The franchise includes several spin-off games, including the Dragon Quest Monsters RPG. The series has also inspired arcade games such as

7820-516: Was also part of Spike Chunsoft's parent company Dwango until July 2019) and from other companies. Dragon Quest 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 (Armor Project), character designer Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio), and composer Koichi Sugiyama (Sugiyama Kobo) and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix ). Since its inception, development of games in

7912-557: Was bought by Dwango and became a subsidiary of the company. Before the project, Sega were helping Chunsoft in developing and releasing their games for the Dreamcast . From 2005 to 2010, Sega have made a collaboration with Chunsoft titled "SEGA×CHUN PROJECT". Their goal was to provide support and sales for development funds, such as the Nintendo DS remake of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer or 428: Shibuya Scramble . In 2012, Chunsoft merged with its sister company Spike and

8004-738: Was created as a two-chapter short-story entitled Derupa! Iruiru! . Its success led to the three-chapter sequel, Dai Bakuhatsu!!! , which set the framework for a later serialization spanning 37 volumes. Several manga based on the games have been published. The longest-running of these, Dragon Quest Biography: Emblem of Roto ( ドラゴンクエスト列伝 ロトの紋章 , Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō ) , Warriors of Eden , and Maboroshi no Daichi , were published in Monthly Shōnen Gangan . Emblem of Roto , by Chiaki Kawamata and Junji Koyanagi, with art by Kamui Fujiwara , consists of twenty-one volumes published between 1991 and 1997. In 2004 Young Gangan ran

8096-416: Was founded separately from Mages for the purpose of managing the copyrights to the media projects Shikura works on, including the Science Adventure , and for creating stories for use in various media. In July 2019, Chiyomaru Studio made a management buyout of Mages, acquiring all shares held by its former parent company Dwango; the following year, Chiyomaru Studio sold all Mages shares to Colopl. While

8188-490: Was not as successful outside Japan, as it was eclipsed by another RPG series, Final Fantasy . Because of Enix's closure of its North American branch in the mid-1990s, Dragon Quest V and Dragon Quest VI were not officially released in North America. No games were released in Europe prior to the spin-off Dragon Quest Monsters . With the merger of Square and Enix in 2003, Dragon Quest games were released in numerous markets. In May 2008 Square Enix announced localizations of

8280-486: Was released in Japan and the United States. The gameplay is similar to the first game, though Torneko: The Last Hope is considered easier to play. The game sold enough copies in Japan to allow development of the second direct sequel on the PlayStation 2, Fushigi no Dungeon 3 Torneko no Daibouken . The second and third Torneko games have had remakes for the Game Boy Advance (GBA). A later game featured Yangus,

8372-425: Was released in Japan in 1990 and in North America in 1992 as Dragon Warrior IV . A 2001 Japanese PlayStation remake of Dragon Warrior IV scheduled for the North American market was never released. 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. Two games were released for

8464-496: Was the first game in the series to be released in North America under the title of Dragon Quest , and the first European release of a main series game. Dragon Quest IX , 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 X was announced for the Wii in December 2008. In September 2011, Square Enix announced that Dragon Quest X would also be released on

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