Happy 35th anniversary Dragon Quest

[vnisanian2001]

The original genre-pioneering Dragon Quest was released in Japan 35 years ago. The dynamic trio of Yuji Horii, Akira Toriyama, and Koichi Sugiyama have been on board since the very beginning. Toriyama and Sugiyama were already established stars, with Horii becoming one as a result of the success of the original game. Sales of the original game were initially slow, but soon picked with subsequent write-ups in Jump Magazine. Today, there have been 11 main-line games, with a 12th one one the way. Not to mention the numerous spin-offs.

So happy 35th anniversary to Japan's favorite, Dragon Quest. Thank you Toriyama for your artwork, thank you Sugiyama for all your memorable music, and thank you Horii for your leadership that helped shape this franchise into what it is today.

[lurker]

Also...

[mainpatr]

Anybody remember Dragon Quest Swords for Wii?

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Obligatory reminder that Sugiyama is a homophobe who laughs at LGBT suicides and also a war crime denier. He is undeserving of any praise or admiration.

As far as the anniversary, I thought I'd share a few pictures of my journey through Dragon Quest XIS from last year. I had a wonderful time with it.

May 27, 2021 0:51:49 GMT -5 mainpatr said:

Anybody remember Dragon Quest Swords for Wii?

I have it, but only put a short time into it after finding the introduction very wordy. Does it get better?

[dsparil]

Also announced were an offline version of X and a DQXII. I wonder if offline X will get localized since the series is still somewhat patchy with them. I'm still shocked that Switch DQ Heroes pack hasn't been released outside Japan.

[spanky]

The original Dragon Quest is such a pure experience, I love it.

[🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀]

Happy 35th DQ. A very simple but effective and addictive game. Now that I have some more experience with 8-bit RPGs, I can say that despite its simplicity, it's very well designed.

I wish the original versions of the older DQ games would get rereleased some time, but other than that the franchise seems to be in a pretty good state. Tons of games getting released and western releases are now the norm. We're even getting some orchestral music in-game here and there.