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Square Enix released a PlayStation 2 enhanced remake of ''Dragon Quest V'' on March 25, 2004, with first day sales of 722,000. As of April 2004, the game has sold over 1.5 million copies making it the top selling ''Dragon Quest'' remake game of all-time, and is available in Japan as a [[Square Enix Ultimate Hits]] title. The remake was developed by ''Dragon Quest VII'' art directors, [[Artepiazza]], who would go on to supervise remakes of nearly each title in the series. It features 3D graphics that are similar in style to ''Dragon Quest VII'', but it utilizes the extra PlayStation 2 graphical capabilities. The Hero and his companions have to fight more monsters per battle in the PlayStation 2 remake than they did in the Super Famicom original, but the character limit on the party has been increased from three to four. Also, there were only 40 monsters available to the player's party in the Super Famicom version of ''Dragon Quest V'' due to [[Read-only memory|ROM]] limitations. The PlayStation 2 remake, however, does not suffer from this restriction. The music is performed by the [[NHK Symphony]]. | Square Enix released a PlayStation 2 enhanced remake of ''Dragon Quest V'' on March 25, 2004, with first day sales of 722,000. As of April 2004, the game has sold over 1.5 million copies making it the top selling ''Dragon Quest'' remake game of all-time, and is available in Japan as a [[Square Enix Ultimate Hits]] title. The remake was developed by ''Dragon Quest VII'' art directors, [[Artepiazza]], who would go on to supervise remakes of nearly each title in the series. It features 3D graphics that are similar in style to ''Dragon Quest VII'', but it utilizes the extra PlayStation 2 graphical capabilities. The Hero and his companions have to fight more monsters per battle in the PlayStation 2 remake than they did in the Super Famicom original, but the character limit on the party has been increased from three to four. Also, there were only 40 monsters available to the player's party in the Super Famicom version of ''Dragon Quest V'' due to [[Read-only memory|ROM]] limitations. The PlayStation 2 remake, however, does not suffer from this restriction. The music is performed by the [[NHK Symphony]]. | ||
Another new feature in the remake is the "[[ | Another new feature in the remake is the "[[Knick-knackatory]]," where the player has to collect local specialties from all around the world, return the items back to a character named "[[Yuuji]]," and receive rewards for them. The ''Dragon Quest V'' remake is the third ''Dragon Quest'' release in the Square Enix name (after ''[[Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken|Kenshin Dragon Quest]]'' and ''[[Slime Morimori Dragon Quest]]''). Lastly, a ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' preview video disc is included in the Japanese release of ''Dragon Quest V'' remake. | ||
A [[fan translation]] of the PS2 version was completed by [[DQ Translations]]. | A [[fan translation]] of the PS2 version was completed by [[DQ Translations]]. | ||