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'''Dragon Quest''' (ドラゴンクエスト ''Doragon Kuesto'') is a series of role-playing games made by [[Yūji Horii]], [[Akira Toriyama]], [[Koichi Sugiyama]] and [[Square Enix]] (originally [[Enix]]) for a variety of video game platforms. 30 years after its debut, it is the all-time best-selling video game series in Japan, and enjoys decent popularity elsewhere as well. | '''Dragon Quest''' (ドラゴンクエスト ''Doragon Kuesto'') is a series of role-playing games made by [[Yūji Horii]], [[Akira Toriyama]], [[Koichi Sugiyama]] and [[Square Enix]] (originally [[Enix]]) for a variety of video game platforms. 30 years after its debut, it is the all-time best-selling video game series in Japan, and enjoys decent popularity elsewhere as well. | ||
Each game in the main series of games it titled with the name 'Dragon Quest' followed by a roman numeral. | Each game in the main series of games it titled with the name 'Dragon Quest' followed by a roman numeral. Since 1986, which marked the release of the original ''[[Dragon Quest]]'', ''Dragon Quest'' has so far featured 11 games within the main series, as well as several spin off games. It has also featured two animated productions. | ||
''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. | ||