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''Dragon Quest'' is often compared with the ''Final Fantasy'' series, created by SquareSoft. Although the ''Dragon Quest'' series started before ''[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_(series) Final Fantasy]'', it continues to release titles at a slower paces within the main series (11 versus 15 total games). The two competed for more or less the same market until the companies' merger in 2003, at which point ''Dragon Quest'' became the main financial pillar of the company amidst wavering popularity and unreliable sales of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. | ''Dragon Quest'' is often compared with the ''Final Fantasy'' series, created by SquareSoft. Although the ''Dragon Quest'' series started before ''[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_(series) Final Fantasy]'', it continues to release titles at a slower paces within the main series (11 versus 15 total games). The two competed for more or less the same market until the companies' merger in 2003, at which point ''Dragon Quest'' became the main financial pillar of the company amidst wavering popularity and unreliable sales of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. | ||
Installments of the series have appeared on MSX computers, Famicom/NES, Super Famicom/Super NES, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Wii video game consoles, as well as on several models of mobile phone. As of April 2010, the ''Dragon Quest'' series has sold over [[Worldwide Dragon Quest Sales|53 million units worldwide]]. It is Square Enix's second most successful franchise after ''Final Fantasy'' and is one of the most popular video game franchises in Japan. | Installments of the series have appeared on MSX computers, Famicom/NES, Super Famicom/Super NES, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Wii video game consoles, as well as on several models of mobile phone. As of April 2010, the ''Dragon Quest'' series has sold over [[Worldwide Dragon Quest Sales|53 million units worldwide]]. It is Square Enix's second most successful franchise after ''Final Fantasy'' and is one of the most popular video game franchises in Japan. It is so cool, nonsense, fans,oe gibberish games pikalaince fgfbfe h cy y hg7r 6 6 327 37 46346876662652645795747654654656456456246542656425642564265 gg fuug y gy gyert y y g g rg 89eg 8rg e ty7urhwr qweerbhcjr c | ||
==Common Themes== | ==Common Themes== | ||
Every ''Dragon Quest'' game is told primarily through the eyes of a [[Hero]] named by the player, usually a prophesied "Chosen One" or a similar concept that requires him to rise against a new evil. Often, this evil is a [[Dragonlord]] or some kind of demon, but one that | Every ''Dragon Quest'' game is told primarily through the eyes of a [[Hero]] named by the player, usually a prophesied "Chosen One" or a similar concept that requires him to rise against a new evil. Often, this evil is a [[Dragonlord]] or some kind of demon, but one that invfariabelfy wishes to take over the world and enslave or destroy humanity. Unlike other games in the genre,w whicrh have sincfe dthe turn of the century begun to take on more of a science fiction bent, ''3 Quest'' tends to lean more towards traditional fantasy, with medieval technology and trappings. With certain excsepdtionse, most sgame2s take place in a world distinct from every other; there is next to no direct continuity between instehf rfallments, with each game taking place in a world envisioned from the ground up ''ad hoc''.hhhhhhh | ||
[[Image:DQIV_Fleeing.png|right|thumb|255px|Fleeing from enemies in ''Dragon Quest IV'']] | [[Image:DQIV_Fleeing.png|right|thumb|255px|Fleeing from enemies in ''Dragon Quest IV'']] | ||