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>Dragon Quest I was originally developed for the MSX computer system and later ported to a less advanced system, the NES. No. Dragon Quest was originally developed "Family Computer" in Japan(=NES). after Family Compueter, MSX version was developed.
This is a wide spread myth. While there was no actual law, the Diet DID request that Enix only release new installments on weekends. -DaimaouSaro
Are you serious about it ? Taw 13:20, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
> Yeah, as crazy as it may appear, that's true. The Dragon Quest series is really a major cultural thing in Japan: a new word used in the series was put into japanese dictionnary (can't remember the one though, something like 'hoimi' which means 'Cure'), there is also a story about DQ main theme becoming the Japanese students official anthem or something like that!!
Dragon Quest is my favorite video game series. It has the most personality out of any series I have ever played-- Saro 05:50, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I have never seen any verification for two of the common rumors that are associated with Dragon Quest: 1. "Hoimi" (the name of the first cure spell) appeared in Japanese dictionaries. None of the major Japanese dictionaries I have ever looked at contain this word, and I've never heard any more details of this.
2. It is illegal to release a Dragon Quest game on a weekday. Can someone provide some proof of this? It would be nice to have on the page. Chris Kern 08:00, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure that the thing about Dragon Quests being released only on holidays by law is an urban myth, but it's sort of hard to get information about for whatever reason.
I don't know how this is usually handled for series, but concerning pages for individual entries in the series: are they really necessary? I ask this having created one myself, but it doesn't seem to add anything new, really. I've got two theories about how these pages would be best handled.
A) Merging them with the main DQ article by adding any information they might have that the main article doesn't, then having each different game in the series redirect to the main DQ page.
B) Relocating the information on individual games to their respective articles, so that the main DQ article is concerned mostly with the history, details, etc. of the series as a whole.
I can think of pros and cons for either way. Personally I think the second option is preferable, because just because a game belongs to a larger series doesn't mean it should get a respectable article of its own. But I'd like to see what other people thought about this. Zincomog 13 Apr 2005
I think that we should rename this page to "Dragon Quest series". This page is really about the series and not about the first Dragon Quest game. Of course, "Dragon Quest" should still redirect to "Dragon Quest series", but having the new name on top of the article makes more sense IMO. -- Greyhawk0 08:10, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
Puff-puff is in the later games, and it refers either to rubbing a woman's breasts, or getting two slimes rubbed on your head.
The slimes getting rubbed on your head is a joke specific to DQVIII. The characters don't realize that its only slimes. They think its actually breasts.
"Puff puff" or (as it is known in japanese) "Pafu-Pafu" is a running gag in both Dragon Quest and Dragon Ball that implies touching or rubbing breasts and NOT oral sex.
It is started by Akira Toriyama, the mangaka who wrote the Dragon Ball series (later adopted into the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z animated series), and the character/monster designer for the whole Dragon Quest series. It can be found in the earlier chapters of Dragon Ball with scenes involving Roshi.
EDIT: BTW, an example of this can be found in the japanese version of the Dragon Ball series. There is an old man character named Roshi who often tries to fondle (or as he calls it "pafu pafu") the breasts of female characters in the series.
There's a fair bit of information about the Dragon Quest Slimes on the Slime page. Should the more in-depth information be moved here? Fortis 23:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
I think the page should mention the different classes that come up in the different games. I don't know of any other Rpgs off the top of my head that let you play as a Goof-Off, for example. ( I know the goof-off class appears in 3 and 6 , and probably others, too? )
Only DQIII, DQVI, and DQVII has character classes. They should be mentioned in their respective pages.
Captain N links here. Could someone give more detail how the game apperead/was referenced in that show? Sign your contributions, whoever you are.
An episode of the first season was loosely based on the original Dragon Warrior. Kouban 07:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
I've added this newly announced game to the list of titles, although it might not be a "Flagship title". Feel free to move it to a more appropriate location. jaco♫ plane 22:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Why are the current ones (VI-VII) moved to the Playstation system?
Saying that Yuji Horii created Dragon Quest "in the mid-80s" is a bit vague. When was the first game released? -- Navstar 18:49, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Back during the day, sometime in 1991 or before that, Akira Toriyama created three Dragon- titled anime. Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and Dragon Warrior. Can anybody provide links or information to these? - Izaak -Oh sorry, didn't see the links. - Izaak
Akira Toriyama did not create any of these anime - he created the Dragon Ball manga in 1984, which was later adopted by Toei the anime studio into the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime in later years. The other two based on Dragon Quest have even less involvement from him...he only did the character designs and nothing else. - Aresmo 21:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
The top and middle portions of Basic Gameplay needs to be rewritten, the content is very poorly written, vague and not very accurate. I've cleaned up the lower portion.
The article flatly stated "There is a Japanese federal law stating that the Dragon Quest games can only be released on Saturday or Sunday, so as to avoid tens of thousands of work and school-related absences nationwide." This statement was backed up using this reference, but IGN is not known for careful research and I see no reason to take its word on Japanese law. This smells fishy; the Japanese Wikipedia says that Dragon Quest is normally sold on weekends but there is no mention of a law enforcing it. Unfortunately I cannot confirm that the law definitively does not exist either, or I would state in the article that the claim is a common urban legend. For now I have deleted it. Redquark 21:19, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I found a source backing up this urban legend [1]. It doesnt mention a law, but it says that, because of complaints, Enix changed its policy. If no one has a problem with it, I'll put it back in the article. Evaunit666 05:51, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Dragon Quest has been founded. I hope many will contribute :) Siyavash 17:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I suggest we mention the various merchandise that were made for Dragon Quest. They range from plushies and keychains, to T-shirts and quilts. Merchandise bear significant impact on the "real world." -- Rika95 01:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Well currently the article doesn't mean anything just a spam-page as of when im typing this someone revert it please 208.192.71.106 13:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I thought it was common practice to use the official english titles within the english wikipedia(section ect), instead of listing the original japanese game title, and then stating the english title. I note this only for Dragon Quest 8, where it seems it's listed as "journey of the cursed king" in both american, and Pal regions. - Dan
According to: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175724 DQ IV, V and VI are being remade for Nintend DS. ( Jon Choo 19:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC))
That tags been there for awhile and no ones said anything. I added some stuff to the torneko page and im still working on it, so i dont think they should be merged. Evaunit 666 04:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
So would anyone mind if i got rid of the tags? Also, one of the Torneko games links back to this page. I was thinking about making a separate page for that game. Any thoughts? Evaunit 666 00:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Dragon Quest e no Michi-anyone heard of that? I'm thinking about putting it in the main article. Evaunit 666 02:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[2]- just something ill add later. Evaunit 666 02:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Close maybe? any suggestions on improving the article would be appreciated! Evaunit 666 03:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
The article is looking good! The editors have done a decent job of noting all of the necessary features in both the original culture and in later ones--there are separate entries for both the original Japanese and the American releases.
Breaking the article into sections for each of the story arcs that is found within the series was also a good idea. That will give readers an idea of the structure of the series, while giving them the opportunity to focus on one or more games as they wish.
A large chunk of the article is a list of the games in the series with their titles in different languages. Breaking this into the story arcs might be a good idea as it will add to the structure of the article. Putting in a small amount of information on each game will help readers to recognize which games they might want to focus on, while not revealing all of the details of each installment; the article does an overall positive job on this task.
Adding sections on the development and reception of the series as a whole adds to the richness of the information, and qualifies it--the article is not just a listing of games for fans, but can be used to critically examine the series's place in two distinct cultures.
There is one small area of concern in the "Loto" section of the page--there is a reference that is throwing off the width of the page. This should be taken care of as soon as possible to minimize the structural issue.
Overall, the article's prose is developed enough to warrant Good Status, though it is not enough to get reach the higher ranks within Wikipedia's guidelines. The editors are advised to check the grammar of the article in certain places, and to use prose that is a bit more accessible to the general public. As a gamer, I can understand the terms in the article, but someone with no outside knowledge of video games might have trouble wading through the information without help.
The article does have a neutral tone, which adds to its scholarly appearance. There do not seem to be any ongoing problems between the article's main editors, or any original research. The article is well-referenced, and there are no visible problems with the validity of the cited information, ie, no made-up citations, etc.
Unless the admin have any particular issues with the article, I think it can be labeled with Good Status, and, pending further development, could reach the higher levels.-- Bakuen Goka 02:40, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
This has been untested, but probably would not pass in a court of law. However the statement makes it sound as though it already has been decided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinnai ( talk • contribs) 05:17, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Now that DQIVDS has been announced for an English release (under the title "Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen"), should we call it "Dragon Quest IV"? - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
On a related note, I've created a Dragon Quest VI: The Realms of Reverie page to make the eventual move easier (it already links to Maboroshi no Daichi). Yellow Mage ( talk) 09:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
It's not really a case of "replacing the series article with the first game", it's more like replacing a redirect to the series article with the first game. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:31, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Does anybody with more knowledge about Itadaki Street want to put in a section about the DQ related Itadaki Street games? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.160.98.31 ( talk) 21:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I added a sentence about Itadaki Street to the end of the first paragraph in the Spinoffs section, with a link to the Itadaki Street page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.160.98.31 ( talk) 16:02, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
There's another way to read the name of the legendary hero, ロト, which has been surprisingly overlooked: it's Lot ( ロト), like the Biblical name. In spite of the official translations, I think this one might make more sense. sanjuro ( talk) 11:30, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I think we should merge/ redirect the article Dragon Quest X with this one. Mostly at the rate the games are actually developed being 95 for 6 2001 for 7 2005 for 8 and 2009 for 9. We are probably looing at 2011+ for X. My point is the only information we have on this game is that they said it will be on the Wii. As to date there is no further information (at least that i could find). And i doubt there will be any time soon aside from some info that could be placed here that may already be here. I dont know the procedure for doing this but if anyone is interested/ want to help i think the proposal has merit. Ottawa4ever ( talk) 16:46, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
If anything a merge is only perferred. for now i dont mind whether we keep or merge the article. A useful discussion though that i think is worth taking a look at is this Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Untitled Zelda Project which was recently decided upon. Under similar circumsatnces to DQ X, the article was deleted and merged to the main series article. Ill argue a slight diference here though is Nintendo power has covered the game in terms of what it would mean to the company and does have a secondary source (Though is this not a regurgitation of the original primary source?). So dont confuse that Im trying to delete that article im not, but its worth reading to get an idea of what content is necessary to keep an article and save it from a merge or deletion. Which if we want to keep the article we need to keep in mind. At this time there is no specific policy that exists that says you have to delete or merge a future video game article. In films theres WP:NFF which doesnt exist for video games. Essentially all you need is primary and suitable secondary sources to keep an article. Providing a game isnt even made an article can still be in existance, See Duke Nukem Forever which has numerous secondary sources. The key is not WP:other stuff exists but is does the article have secondary sources. at least a few things to ponder Ottawa4ever ( talk) 17:00, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
The article currently states the following: "Both games were originally slated to be released in North America, but were later dropped due to technical reasons.", which is implausible for Dragon Quest VI, which was not released in Japan until a month after Enix of America closed. -- Gordon Ecker ( talk) 01:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
I just made the Dragon Quest Monsters article match this one with the games section. I know for the FA, there should be prose instead of the charts and I was thinking we could just move the Spin offs chart info to their respective articles and just sum it up with a few paragraphs and link to the main articles. Ideas? EVAUNIT- 666 13:27, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
I just corrected the anime and manga section of the article. Besides the fact that the existence of manga based on most of the series was confused with anime there was also a strange sentence stating that there was two series based off of III. I can only assume that it is referring to Emblem of Roto besides Legend of Abel. Since Emblem of Roto is not currently mentioned in the article (Something that I intend to correct after I fix up its article a bit) the sentence in the article was misleading as it was since it referred to Abel as "the latter" even though no other title was mentioned, and Abel was created in 1989, while Roto did not start until 1991. If someone wants to change the sentence back to referencing the existence of two series being based off of III than please keep this fact in mind. SMimas ( talk) 04:43, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I've been away for awhile, but to my understanding, if those two pictures are gone, it can be promoted? ? EVAUNIT 神になった人間 03:59, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
I'm interested : ) ? EVAUNIT 神になった人間 20:27, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Overall, the article's main flaw is grammar and flow.
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template, when many other references use similar templates. I suggest going one way or the other to maintain consistency.Currently, I don't think the article is up to A-class standards, mainly for grammar and style concerms. The comments above are examples, and I found more looking through the article. I suggest looking through the article with the suggestions in mind to find similar issues. If you have any questions. Let me know. ( Guyinblack25 talk 22:06, 19 July 2010 (UTC))
Sorry for the delay—real-life has been more pressing. Here are some follow up comments.
This is where I noticed the bulk of the issues. Below are some examples
Overall, I'm still hesitant to support for A-Class. The article certainly has potential, but it's not there yet; primarily for grammar. At this point, however, I suggest closing the review and resubmitting to attract more reviewers. ( Guyinblack25 talk 21:37, 26 October 2010 (UTC))
I don't know if it's okay for me to do this--since I'm not here to review it for A-class--but I thought I'd mention something I noticed. One of your review references for Dragon Quest VIII is from "TotalPlayStation"; having never heard of them in all my time working with WP:VG, I don't think they're considered a reliable source. Over at the online print archive in WP:VG's Reference Library, there are a couple of reliable magazine reviews for the game, which might be usable as replacements. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 21:59, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
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Wai, I don't think that's really important, but DQ VIII wasn't released as "Journey of the Cursed King" in europe. The subtitle was translated in the different languages. I'm German and we only know "Dragon Quest ~ Die Reise des Verwunschenen Königs", yupyup ^o^"
[3] - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 09:35, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is relevant to the Dragon Quest series article (given the current FAC) or more for the Dragon Warrior article, but here's what I have from Nintendo Power (I provided the full citations below for easy copypasting to articles if needed):
“ | In the NES Journal of our first issue of Nintendo Power, we told you about Dragonquest III [sic]. Well, Nintendo's Dragon Warrior is the American version of the original game which inspired it and its sequel Dragonquest II. The Japanese version was the first "role-playing" video game to become a mega hit. E.T.A. is still a ways off. | ” |
It may also be worth mentioning that Dragon Warrior debuted at #7 on Nintendo Power's "Top 30" list in issue #9 (November-December 1989), went up to #5 in issues #10 and #11.
I also believe there was some preview coverage of the first DQ game (i.e. Dragon Warrior) in one of the issues of Nintendo Fun Club News, but I don't have that issue on me at the moment; perhaps later this weekend I can find it. Also remember that NP released two separate strategy guides on Dragon Warrior – one came bundled with Nintendo Power #9, while the other came bundled with the game itself for those who received a copy of the game from Nintendo Power as part of their free giveaway. – MuZemike 06:28, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
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Under the References section, there is a list of all mainline Dragon Quest games that are first released in North America. The list was previously listed as the following:
* Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior. (Nintendo). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1989) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior II. (Nintendo). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1990) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior III. (Nintendo). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1991) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen. (Square Enix). Nintendo DS. (2008) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. (Square Enix). Nintendo DS. (2009) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation. (Nintendo). Nintendo DS. (2011) * Heartbeat/ArtePiazza. Dragon Warrior VII. (Enix). (2001) * Level-5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. (Square Enix). (2005) * Level-5/Square Enix. Dragon Warrior IX: Sentinels of the Starry Sky. (Nintendo). (2010)
There are a few problems with the list (Apart from Dragon Quest IX being incorrectly listed as Dragon Warrior IX).
1. Nintendo only published the original Dragon Warrior for the NES and Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS outside of Japan. Enix had published Dragon Warrior II (NES), Dragon Warrior III (NES), Dragon Warrior IV (NES), and Dragon Warrior VII (PS) in North America. You can go into each game's Wiki entries, GameFAQs entries, and MobyGames entries to verify.
2. The entry for Dragon Warrior III shows the game's North American release on the NES, and does not refer to the game's Gameboy Color remake, published in North America in 2001. Given the case for DQ3, why does DQ4's entry only show its North American remake on the DS, but not the original release, developed by Chunsoft and released for the NES in 1992?
Given the issues raised above, I have corrected the entries as following:
* Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior. (Nintendo). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1989) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior II. (Enix). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1990) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior III. (Enix). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1991) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior IV. (Enix). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1992) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. (Square Enix). Nintendo DS. (2009) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation. (Nintendo). Nintendo DS. (2011) * Heartbeat/ArtePiazza. Dragon Warrior VII. (Enix). PlayStation. (2001) * Level-5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. (Square Enix). PlayStation 2. (2005) * Level-5/Square Enix. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. (Nintendo). Nintendo DS. (2010)
The updated list shows only the initial versions of each of the games that have been released in North America. Since the Super Famicom versions of Dragon Quests V & VI have never been released outside of Japan, their NDS releases are the initial versions that got released in North America. All other entries on the list only show the first releases of the games, for consistency. If there is a reason that the GBC remake of DQ3 cannot make it onto the list but the NDS remake of DQ4 can, please let me know.
I have one more question: Why is this list necessary? If so, why wouldn't it show the original Japanese release dates? Or European release dates? Why only North American release dates? 128.253.117.78 ( talk) 01:12, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
The article uses general references as if it was required to use those that are listed as general as inline references it would needlessly bloat the inline citations of the article and signifigantly harm the readability since in many cases there would have to be atleast 3, if not in a number of cases more than 9 references after multiple sentences; and harming the readability of the page has been used to not promote articles in the past. The use of the general references is largely confined to the first section Common elements and Notes and I have done my best to find secondary sources whenever possible to note things and furthermore tried to remove any unsourced claim that could be thought to be a as unsourced commentary. What remains is, as far as I can tell, factual information that can be verified by playing the game. That not everyone has access to those games doesn't matter; we don't apply that standard to books. That I cannot use the citation template to state where exactly is because core has basically done nothing to integrate video game citations into the template and the methods in {{ cite video game}} are lacking at best (and finding someone to code that is difficult).
The claims made are not original research either. It's merely stating that they are common elements throughout the games as can be noted by playing them. That is something that is allowed per stuff WP:CALC (not specifically, but its not using synthesis to advance a position not supported by the games; ie that X are elements reused in multiple games). The rest is with translations; if I were to put the Japanese names in, they'd be translated in a literal manner very similar sounding names.
The bottom line is there is nothing contriversial that does not have inline citations. If you have a specific item you think, given all I said above, is still controversial and uses a general ref (without someone trying to make a point by claiming that everything without an inline citation is controversial), please explain why you feel a general ref isn't appropriate for that statement (noting that general references are allowed as a legitimate citation style and the reason for their use here has already been explained). 陣 内 Jinnai 17:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Moving this here as it'll affect this page. For more info check out List of Dragon Quest media. It lists everything and dates with notes. What you see on the main page for the series is the initial Japanese release.
NOTE: One thing that may simplify things is that we've decided at WP:VG to use NES and SNES for all instances of Famicom/Super Famicom we can (maybe one instance the first time noting the name change), unless its part of a title. This should help clarity things.
DQ was also remade as part of a compilation for the Japanese SNES and a stand-alone title satalite SNES-type system exclusively in Japan. It was later re-released for the Gameboy Color in the same compilation (DQ1&2) format. That version was brought to the US. Since then its also been released on some mobile phone devices. I can only verify the Japanese release, but I've heard it was released in the US by my friend who had it on his. I cannot confirm that though.
Dragon Quest is also the only game without a subtitle to it; all of the other Japanese games have subtitles, but none with the Dragon Warrior name use them.
As mentioned previously it was released with Dragon Quest a couple times as part of a compilation. The title has also been released on mobile phone only in Japan
The game was remade for the Super Nintendo only in Japan and later for the Gamboy Color. That version was translated into English as Dragon Warrior III also. The title has also been released on mobile phone only in Japan.
Later, it was ported to the PlayStation in Japan with an attempted release in the US (it was cancelled during production). It was later re-released on the NDS in Japan and in the US as Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen. It was also released in Europe with the same title except without the "IV".
It was later released for the PS2 in Japan and later still for the NDS in Japan. The NDS title was translated into English as Dragon Quest: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Removal of the roman numeral in Europe again.
Later, an NDS version was released in Japan. This one was eventually released in the US as Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation", although the original planned released subtitle was "Realms of Reverie" (I'll have to find a source for that, but I'm sure one exists).
That is it for the main series. There are some special issues with naming for the spinoffs, but nothing as complicated. 陣 内 Jinnai 03:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
陣 内 Jinnai 19:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi
During the copy-edit a couple of things came to light that may need attention:
Monsters
Erdrick (aka Loto)
Zenithia
Main series
Dragon Warrior, known as Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト?) in Japan, ...[was] published by Enix in Japan in 1986.
As a concession, dying isn't nearly as harsh as other games. Other than a few odd dead end moments found throughout the series, there is no "Game Over" in Dragon Quest. Rather than forcing you to reload a previous save, you're simply transported back to the closest church, with all of the equipment and experience you've gained, but only half your cash.
I think that about covers most of it. I realise there may be some edits that are perhaps going to be of issue, but I hope that they have not changed any context and you can see where I am coming from, especially in considering the whole world rather than just Japan in some of the sweeping claims. Chaosdruid ( talk) 09:12, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
The article mentions Playing Dragon Warrior III with the name "Erdrick" is impossible in the original release and "Loto" in the GBC remake, as the game prevents players from continuing if the name is used. It however does not explain why this is the case (ie is it a glitch, storyline issue etc?) and can be a cause of confusion to people that did not play the game. I think a little more detail would be helpful.-- 70.24.211.105 ( talk) 01:59, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
In accord to the recent edits from the article about Dragon Quest series, I demand that someone also delete the very same references from there: Dragon Quest X. And also every reference from four years ago should be deleted, because they are "too old" as said by the last editor. -- 87.2.246.151 ( talk) 15:03, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
The article states that
But now, Dragon Quest X was released on August 2, 2012, which is a Thursday.
I'm not an experienced Wikipedia editor, but I will change the sentence to
-- Sinni800 ( talk) 22:18, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
introductory blurb says 9 main series titles. was this written before DQX released? romnempire ( talk) 20:02, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
When did Nintendo buys Dragon Quest? How is it a Nintendo franchise, exactly? 2602:306:CE6D:6FB0:DD5F:FC79:4548:311D ( talk) 20:03, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
this article needs an image of a screen shot in it. zeroro (talk) (edits) 23:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
I want to inform anyone who watches this page that I have asked for a discussion to address the redirect Dragon Warrior. Anyone who watches this page might want to participate in the redirect discussion if they have not already done so. Steel1943 ( talk) 18:58, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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This needs to be included under he other spin offs. BrendanKennedy ( talk) 22:16, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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>Dragon Quest I was originally developed for the MSX computer system and later ported to a less advanced system, the NES. No. Dragon Quest was originally developed "Family Computer" in Japan(=NES). after Family Compueter, MSX version was developed.
This is a wide spread myth. While there was no actual law, the Diet DID request that Enix only release new installments on weekends. -DaimaouSaro
Are you serious about it ? Taw 13:20, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
> Yeah, as crazy as it may appear, that's true. The Dragon Quest series is really a major cultural thing in Japan: a new word used in the series was put into japanese dictionnary (can't remember the one though, something like 'hoimi' which means 'Cure'), there is also a story about DQ main theme becoming the Japanese students official anthem or something like that!!
Dragon Quest is my favorite video game series. It has the most personality out of any series I have ever played-- Saro 05:50, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I have never seen any verification for two of the common rumors that are associated with Dragon Quest: 1. "Hoimi" (the name of the first cure spell) appeared in Japanese dictionaries. None of the major Japanese dictionaries I have ever looked at contain this word, and I've never heard any more details of this.
2. It is illegal to release a Dragon Quest game on a weekday. Can someone provide some proof of this? It would be nice to have on the page. Chris Kern 08:00, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure that the thing about Dragon Quests being released only on holidays by law is an urban myth, but it's sort of hard to get information about for whatever reason.
I don't know how this is usually handled for series, but concerning pages for individual entries in the series: are they really necessary? I ask this having created one myself, but it doesn't seem to add anything new, really. I've got two theories about how these pages would be best handled.
A) Merging them with the main DQ article by adding any information they might have that the main article doesn't, then having each different game in the series redirect to the main DQ page.
B) Relocating the information on individual games to their respective articles, so that the main DQ article is concerned mostly with the history, details, etc. of the series as a whole.
I can think of pros and cons for either way. Personally I think the second option is preferable, because just because a game belongs to a larger series doesn't mean it should get a respectable article of its own. But I'd like to see what other people thought about this. Zincomog 13 Apr 2005
I think that we should rename this page to "Dragon Quest series". This page is really about the series and not about the first Dragon Quest game. Of course, "Dragon Quest" should still redirect to "Dragon Quest series", but having the new name on top of the article makes more sense IMO. -- Greyhawk0 08:10, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
Puff-puff is in the later games, and it refers either to rubbing a woman's breasts, or getting two slimes rubbed on your head.
The slimes getting rubbed on your head is a joke specific to DQVIII. The characters don't realize that its only slimes. They think its actually breasts.
"Puff puff" or (as it is known in japanese) "Pafu-Pafu" is a running gag in both Dragon Quest and Dragon Ball that implies touching or rubbing breasts and NOT oral sex.
It is started by Akira Toriyama, the mangaka who wrote the Dragon Ball series (later adopted into the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z animated series), and the character/monster designer for the whole Dragon Quest series. It can be found in the earlier chapters of Dragon Ball with scenes involving Roshi.
EDIT: BTW, an example of this can be found in the japanese version of the Dragon Ball series. There is an old man character named Roshi who often tries to fondle (or as he calls it "pafu pafu") the breasts of female characters in the series.
There's a fair bit of information about the Dragon Quest Slimes on the Slime page. Should the more in-depth information be moved here? Fortis 23:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
I think the page should mention the different classes that come up in the different games. I don't know of any other Rpgs off the top of my head that let you play as a Goof-Off, for example. ( I know the goof-off class appears in 3 and 6 , and probably others, too? )
Only DQIII, DQVI, and DQVII has character classes. They should be mentioned in their respective pages.
Captain N links here. Could someone give more detail how the game apperead/was referenced in that show? Sign your contributions, whoever you are.
An episode of the first season was loosely based on the original Dragon Warrior. Kouban 07:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
I've added this newly announced game to the list of titles, although it might not be a "Flagship title". Feel free to move it to a more appropriate location. jaco♫ plane 22:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Why are the current ones (VI-VII) moved to the Playstation system?
Saying that Yuji Horii created Dragon Quest "in the mid-80s" is a bit vague. When was the first game released? -- Navstar 18:49, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Back during the day, sometime in 1991 or before that, Akira Toriyama created three Dragon- titled anime. Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and Dragon Warrior. Can anybody provide links or information to these? - Izaak -Oh sorry, didn't see the links. - Izaak
Akira Toriyama did not create any of these anime - he created the Dragon Ball manga in 1984, which was later adopted by Toei the anime studio into the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime in later years. The other two based on Dragon Quest have even less involvement from him...he only did the character designs and nothing else. - Aresmo 21:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
The top and middle portions of Basic Gameplay needs to be rewritten, the content is very poorly written, vague and not very accurate. I've cleaned up the lower portion.
The article flatly stated "There is a Japanese federal law stating that the Dragon Quest games can only be released on Saturday or Sunday, so as to avoid tens of thousands of work and school-related absences nationwide." This statement was backed up using this reference, but IGN is not known for careful research and I see no reason to take its word on Japanese law. This smells fishy; the Japanese Wikipedia says that Dragon Quest is normally sold on weekends but there is no mention of a law enforcing it. Unfortunately I cannot confirm that the law definitively does not exist either, or I would state in the article that the claim is a common urban legend. For now I have deleted it. Redquark 21:19, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I found a source backing up this urban legend [1]. It doesnt mention a law, but it says that, because of complaints, Enix changed its policy. If no one has a problem with it, I'll put it back in the article. Evaunit666 05:51, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Dragon Quest has been founded. I hope many will contribute :) Siyavash 17:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I suggest we mention the various merchandise that were made for Dragon Quest. They range from plushies and keychains, to T-shirts and quilts. Merchandise bear significant impact on the "real world." -- Rika95 01:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Well currently the article doesn't mean anything just a spam-page as of when im typing this someone revert it please 208.192.71.106 13:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I thought it was common practice to use the official english titles within the english wikipedia(section ect), instead of listing the original japanese game title, and then stating the english title. I note this only for Dragon Quest 8, where it seems it's listed as "journey of the cursed king" in both american, and Pal regions. - Dan
According to: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175724 DQ IV, V and VI are being remade for Nintend DS. ( Jon Choo 19:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC))
That tags been there for awhile and no ones said anything. I added some stuff to the torneko page and im still working on it, so i dont think they should be merged. Evaunit 666 04:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
So would anyone mind if i got rid of the tags? Also, one of the Torneko games links back to this page. I was thinking about making a separate page for that game. Any thoughts? Evaunit 666 00:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Dragon Quest e no Michi-anyone heard of that? I'm thinking about putting it in the main article. Evaunit 666 02:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[2]- just something ill add later. Evaunit 666 02:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Close maybe? any suggestions on improving the article would be appreciated! Evaunit 666 03:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
The article is looking good! The editors have done a decent job of noting all of the necessary features in both the original culture and in later ones--there are separate entries for both the original Japanese and the American releases.
Breaking the article into sections for each of the story arcs that is found within the series was also a good idea. That will give readers an idea of the structure of the series, while giving them the opportunity to focus on one or more games as they wish.
A large chunk of the article is a list of the games in the series with their titles in different languages. Breaking this into the story arcs might be a good idea as it will add to the structure of the article. Putting in a small amount of information on each game will help readers to recognize which games they might want to focus on, while not revealing all of the details of each installment; the article does an overall positive job on this task.
Adding sections on the development and reception of the series as a whole adds to the richness of the information, and qualifies it--the article is not just a listing of games for fans, but can be used to critically examine the series's place in two distinct cultures.
There is one small area of concern in the "Loto" section of the page--there is a reference that is throwing off the width of the page. This should be taken care of as soon as possible to minimize the structural issue.
Overall, the article's prose is developed enough to warrant Good Status, though it is not enough to get reach the higher ranks within Wikipedia's guidelines. The editors are advised to check the grammar of the article in certain places, and to use prose that is a bit more accessible to the general public. As a gamer, I can understand the terms in the article, but someone with no outside knowledge of video games might have trouble wading through the information without help.
The article does have a neutral tone, which adds to its scholarly appearance. There do not seem to be any ongoing problems between the article's main editors, or any original research. The article is well-referenced, and there are no visible problems with the validity of the cited information, ie, no made-up citations, etc.
Unless the admin have any particular issues with the article, I think it can be labeled with Good Status, and, pending further development, could reach the higher levels.-- Bakuen Goka 02:40, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
This has been untested, but probably would not pass in a court of law. However the statement makes it sound as though it already has been decided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinnai ( talk • contribs) 05:17, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Now that DQIVDS has been announced for an English release (under the title "Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen"), should we call it "Dragon Quest IV"? - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
On a related note, I've created a Dragon Quest VI: The Realms of Reverie page to make the eventual move easier (it already links to Maboroshi no Daichi). Yellow Mage ( talk) 09:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
It's not really a case of "replacing the series article with the first game", it's more like replacing a redirect to the series article with the first game. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:31, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Does anybody with more knowledge about Itadaki Street want to put in a section about the DQ related Itadaki Street games? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.160.98.31 ( talk) 21:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I added a sentence about Itadaki Street to the end of the first paragraph in the Spinoffs section, with a link to the Itadaki Street page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.160.98.31 ( talk) 16:02, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
There's another way to read the name of the legendary hero, ロト, which has been surprisingly overlooked: it's Lot ( ロト), like the Biblical name. In spite of the official translations, I think this one might make more sense. sanjuro ( talk) 11:30, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I think we should merge/ redirect the article Dragon Quest X with this one. Mostly at the rate the games are actually developed being 95 for 6 2001 for 7 2005 for 8 and 2009 for 9. We are probably looing at 2011+ for X. My point is the only information we have on this game is that they said it will be on the Wii. As to date there is no further information (at least that i could find). And i doubt there will be any time soon aside from some info that could be placed here that may already be here. I dont know the procedure for doing this but if anyone is interested/ want to help i think the proposal has merit. Ottawa4ever ( talk) 16:46, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
If anything a merge is only perferred. for now i dont mind whether we keep or merge the article. A useful discussion though that i think is worth taking a look at is this Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Untitled Zelda Project which was recently decided upon. Under similar circumsatnces to DQ X, the article was deleted and merged to the main series article. Ill argue a slight diference here though is Nintendo power has covered the game in terms of what it would mean to the company and does have a secondary source (Though is this not a regurgitation of the original primary source?). So dont confuse that Im trying to delete that article im not, but its worth reading to get an idea of what content is necessary to keep an article and save it from a merge or deletion. Which if we want to keep the article we need to keep in mind. At this time there is no specific policy that exists that says you have to delete or merge a future video game article. In films theres WP:NFF which doesnt exist for video games. Essentially all you need is primary and suitable secondary sources to keep an article. Providing a game isnt even made an article can still be in existance, See Duke Nukem Forever which has numerous secondary sources. The key is not WP:other stuff exists but is does the article have secondary sources. at least a few things to ponder Ottawa4ever ( talk) 17:00, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
The article currently states the following: "Both games were originally slated to be released in North America, but were later dropped due to technical reasons.", which is implausible for Dragon Quest VI, which was not released in Japan until a month after Enix of America closed. -- Gordon Ecker ( talk) 01:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
I just made the Dragon Quest Monsters article match this one with the games section. I know for the FA, there should be prose instead of the charts and I was thinking we could just move the Spin offs chart info to their respective articles and just sum it up with a few paragraphs and link to the main articles. Ideas? EVAUNIT- 666 13:27, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
I just corrected the anime and manga section of the article. Besides the fact that the existence of manga based on most of the series was confused with anime there was also a strange sentence stating that there was two series based off of III. I can only assume that it is referring to Emblem of Roto besides Legend of Abel. Since Emblem of Roto is not currently mentioned in the article (Something that I intend to correct after I fix up its article a bit) the sentence in the article was misleading as it was since it referred to Abel as "the latter" even though no other title was mentioned, and Abel was created in 1989, while Roto did not start until 1991. If someone wants to change the sentence back to referencing the existence of two series being based off of III than please keep this fact in mind. SMimas ( talk) 04:43, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I've been away for awhile, but to my understanding, if those two pictures are gone, it can be promoted? ? EVAUNIT 神になった人間 03:59, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
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I'm interested : ) ? EVAUNIT 神になった人間 20:27, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Overall, the article's main flaw is grammar and flow.
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Sorry for the delay—real-life has been more pressing. Here are some follow up comments.
This is where I noticed the bulk of the issues. Below are some examples
Overall, I'm still hesitant to support for A-Class. The article certainly has potential, but it's not there yet; primarily for grammar. At this point, however, I suggest closing the review and resubmitting to attract more reviewers. ( Guyinblack25 talk 21:37, 26 October 2010 (UTC))
I don't know if it's okay for me to do this--since I'm not here to review it for A-class--but I thought I'd mention something I noticed. One of your review references for Dragon Quest VIII is from "TotalPlayStation"; having never heard of them in all my time working with WP:VG, I don't think they're considered a reliable source. Over at the online print archive in WP:VG's Reference Library, there are a couple of reliable magazine reviews for the game, which might be usable as replacements. JimmyBlackwing ( talk) 21:59, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
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Wai, I don't think that's really important, but DQ VIII wasn't released as "Journey of the Cursed King" in europe. The subtitle was translated in the different languages. I'm German and we only know "Dragon Quest ~ Die Reise des Verwunschenen Königs", yupyup ^o^"
[3] - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 09:35, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is relevant to the Dragon Quest series article (given the current FAC) or more for the Dragon Warrior article, but here's what I have from Nintendo Power (I provided the full citations below for easy copypasting to articles if needed):
“ | In the NES Journal of our first issue of Nintendo Power, we told you about Dragonquest III [sic]. Well, Nintendo's Dragon Warrior is the American version of the original game which inspired it and its sequel Dragonquest II. The Japanese version was the first "role-playing" video game to become a mega hit. E.T.A. is still a ways off. | ” |
It may also be worth mentioning that Dragon Warrior debuted at #7 on Nintendo Power's "Top 30" list in issue #9 (November-December 1989), went up to #5 in issues #10 and #11.
I also believe there was some preview coverage of the first DQ game (i.e. Dragon Warrior) in one of the issues of Nintendo Fun Club News, but I don't have that issue on me at the moment; perhaps later this weekend I can find it. Also remember that NP released two separate strategy guides on Dragon Warrior – one came bundled with Nintendo Power #9, while the other came bundled with the game itself for those who received a copy of the game from Nintendo Power as part of their free giveaway. – MuZemike 06:28, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
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Under the References section, there is a list of all mainline Dragon Quest games that are first released in North America. The list was previously listed as the following:
* Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior. (Nintendo). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1989) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior II. (Nintendo). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1990) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior III. (Nintendo). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1991) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen. (Square Enix). Nintendo DS. (2008) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. (Square Enix). Nintendo DS. (2009) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation. (Nintendo). Nintendo DS. (2011) * Heartbeat/ArtePiazza. Dragon Warrior VII. (Enix). (2001) * Level-5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. (Square Enix). (2005) * Level-5/Square Enix. Dragon Warrior IX: Sentinels of the Starry Sky. (Nintendo). (2010)
There are a few problems with the list (Apart from Dragon Quest IX being incorrectly listed as Dragon Warrior IX).
1. Nintendo only published the original Dragon Warrior for the NES and Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS outside of Japan. Enix had published Dragon Warrior II (NES), Dragon Warrior III (NES), Dragon Warrior IV (NES), and Dragon Warrior VII (PS) in North America. You can go into each game's Wiki entries, GameFAQs entries, and MobyGames entries to verify.
2. The entry for Dragon Warrior III shows the game's North American release on the NES, and does not refer to the game's Gameboy Color remake, published in North America in 2001. Given the case for DQ3, why does DQ4's entry only show its North American remake on the DS, but not the original release, developed by Chunsoft and released for the NES in 1992?
Given the issues raised above, I have corrected the entries as following:
* Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior. (Nintendo). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1989) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior II. (Enix). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1990) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior III. (Enix). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1991) * Chunsoft. Dragon Warrior IV. (Enix). Nintendo Entertainment System. (1992) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. (Square Enix). Nintendo DS. (2009) * ArtePiazza. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation. (Nintendo). Nintendo DS. (2011) * Heartbeat/ArtePiazza. Dragon Warrior VII. (Enix). PlayStation. (2001) * Level-5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. (Square Enix). PlayStation 2. (2005) * Level-5/Square Enix. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. (Nintendo). Nintendo DS. (2010)
The updated list shows only the initial versions of each of the games that have been released in North America. Since the Super Famicom versions of Dragon Quests V & VI have never been released outside of Japan, their NDS releases are the initial versions that got released in North America. All other entries on the list only show the first releases of the games, for consistency. If there is a reason that the GBC remake of DQ3 cannot make it onto the list but the NDS remake of DQ4 can, please let me know.
I have one more question: Why is this list necessary? If so, why wouldn't it show the original Japanese release dates? Or European release dates? Why only North American release dates? 128.253.117.78 ( talk) 01:12, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
The article uses general references as if it was required to use those that are listed as general as inline references it would needlessly bloat the inline citations of the article and signifigantly harm the readability since in many cases there would have to be atleast 3, if not in a number of cases more than 9 references after multiple sentences; and harming the readability of the page has been used to not promote articles in the past. The use of the general references is largely confined to the first section Common elements and Notes and I have done my best to find secondary sources whenever possible to note things and furthermore tried to remove any unsourced claim that could be thought to be a as unsourced commentary. What remains is, as far as I can tell, factual information that can be verified by playing the game. That not everyone has access to those games doesn't matter; we don't apply that standard to books. That I cannot use the citation template to state where exactly is because core has basically done nothing to integrate video game citations into the template and the methods in {{ cite video game}} are lacking at best (and finding someone to code that is difficult).
The claims made are not original research either. It's merely stating that they are common elements throughout the games as can be noted by playing them. That is something that is allowed per stuff WP:CALC (not specifically, but its not using synthesis to advance a position not supported by the games; ie that X are elements reused in multiple games). The rest is with translations; if I were to put the Japanese names in, they'd be translated in a literal manner very similar sounding names.
The bottom line is there is nothing contriversial that does not have inline citations. If you have a specific item you think, given all I said above, is still controversial and uses a general ref (without someone trying to make a point by claiming that everything without an inline citation is controversial), please explain why you feel a general ref isn't appropriate for that statement (noting that general references are allowed as a legitimate citation style and the reason for their use here has already been explained). 陣 内 Jinnai 17:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Moving this here as it'll affect this page. For more info check out List of Dragon Quest media. It lists everything and dates with notes. What you see on the main page for the series is the initial Japanese release.
NOTE: One thing that may simplify things is that we've decided at WP:VG to use NES and SNES for all instances of Famicom/Super Famicom we can (maybe one instance the first time noting the name change), unless its part of a title. This should help clarity things.
DQ was also remade as part of a compilation for the Japanese SNES and a stand-alone title satalite SNES-type system exclusively in Japan. It was later re-released for the Gameboy Color in the same compilation (DQ1&2) format. That version was brought to the US. Since then its also been released on some mobile phone devices. I can only verify the Japanese release, but I've heard it was released in the US by my friend who had it on his. I cannot confirm that though.
Dragon Quest is also the only game without a subtitle to it; all of the other Japanese games have subtitles, but none with the Dragon Warrior name use them.
As mentioned previously it was released with Dragon Quest a couple times as part of a compilation. The title has also been released on mobile phone only in Japan
The game was remade for the Super Nintendo only in Japan and later for the Gamboy Color. That version was translated into English as Dragon Warrior III also. The title has also been released on mobile phone only in Japan.
Later, it was ported to the PlayStation in Japan with an attempted release in the US (it was cancelled during production). It was later re-released on the NDS in Japan and in the US as Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen. It was also released in Europe with the same title except without the "IV".
It was later released for the PS2 in Japan and later still for the NDS in Japan. The NDS title was translated into English as Dragon Quest: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Removal of the roman numeral in Europe again.
Later, an NDS version was released in Japan. This one was eventually released in the US as Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation", although the original planned released subtitle was "Realms of Reverie" (I'll have to find a source for that, but I'm sure one exists).
That is it for the main series. There are some special issues with naming for the spinoffs, but nothing as complicated. 陣 内 Jinnai 03:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
陣 内 Jinnai 19:45, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi
During the copy-edit a couple of things came to light that may need attention:
Monsters
Erdrick (aka Loto)
Zenithia
Main series
Dragon Warrior, known as Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト?) in Japan, ...[was] published by Enix in Japan in 1986.
As a concession, dying isn't nearly as harsh as other games. Other than a few odd dead end moments found throughout the series, there is no "Game Over" in Dragon Quest. Rather than forcing you to reload a previous save, you're simply transported back to the closest church, with all of the equipment and experience you've gained, but only half your cash.
I think that about covers most of it. I realise there may be some edits that are perhaps going to be of issue, but I hope that they have not changed any context and you can see where I am coming from, especially in considering the whole world rather than just Japan in some of the sweeping claims. Chaosdruid ( talk) 09:12, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
The article mentions Playing Dragon Warrior III with the name "Erdrick" is impossible in the original release and "Loto" in the GBC remake, as the game prevents players from continuing if the name is used. It however does not explain why this is the case (ie is it a glitch, storyline issue etc?) and can be a cause of confusion to people that did not play the game. I think a little more detail would be helpful.-- 70.24.211.105 ( talk) 01:59, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
In accord to the recent edits from the article about Dragon Quest series, I demand that someone also delete the very same references from there: Dragon Quest X. And also every reference from four years ago should be deleted, because they are "too old" as said by the last editor. -- 87.2.246.151 ( talk) 15:03, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
The article states that
But now, Dragon Quest X was released on August 2, 2012, which is a Thursday.
I'm not an experienced Wikipedia editor, but I will change the sentence to
-- Sinni800 ( talk) 22:18, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
introductory blurb says 9 main series titles. was this written before DQX released? romnempire ( talk) 20:02, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
When did Nintendo buys Dragon Quest? How is it a Nintendo franchise, exactly? 2602:306:CE6D:6FB0:DD5F:FC79:4548:311D ( talk) 20:03, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
this article needs an image of a screen shot in it. zeroro (talk) (edits) 23:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
I want to inform anyone who watches this page that I have asked for a discussion to address the redirect Dragon Warrior. Anyone who watches this page might want to participate in the redirect discussion if they have not already done so. Steel1943 ( talk) 18:58, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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This needs to be included under he other spin offs. BrendanKennedy ( talk) 22:16, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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Dragon Quest (TV series), Dragon Quest: Souten no Soura, and Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō don’t have enough reliable sources in English or Japanese to constitute anything other than permanent Start level articles, paragraphs of unsourced and thinly sourced materials. Better that any references they may have reside here, and if ever the materials exist for their independence are found, they can be recreated. Judgesurreal777 ( talk) 16:01, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
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