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Dragon Quest EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Dragon Quest IX becomes best selling game in the world 26 During the third quarter, Dragon Quest IX not only managed to be the best selling DS game in the world, but the best selling game, period. When you consider the fact that the RPG has not even bee... The Memory Card .66: Taloon the merchant 23 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.For years, role-playing games have ... McDonalds Dragon Quest game going well 13 A while ago, McDonalds in Japan teamed up with Square Enix to create a downloadable game called McDonalds Travelers. It's an ingenius marketing scheme that exploits Japan's love of Dragon Quest a... Want Dragon Quest IX over here? Maybe in April, says Wada 15 Now, I'm no analyst but I bet Square Enix is tickled pink that Dragon Quest IX is selling oodles of copies in its native Japan, a few dismissed Amazon complaints aside. Given that Square loves ma... Dragon Quest IX gets torn apart, Square Enix shrugs it off 29 You'd think the Dragon Quest series could do no wrong, but despite DQIX's ridiculously huge Japanese success, there are haters. Japanese consumers have been ripping the game a new arsehole on Ama... Who the hell is buying Dragon Quest IX? 8 [Japan correspondent 50ft. Samurai breaks down who is buying all of those Dragon Quest XI's.] You’ve all read about how Dragon Quest IX has invaded Japan and is selling like the proverbial ... Rumortoid: Dragon Quest IX getting DLC 11 You know what DSiWare means? It means that DS games can finally enjoy the fun-filled world of downloadable content! A rumor from NeoGAF hints that this potential will soon be realized by Square E... RapeLay devs announce a game, lift Dragon Quest designs 14 Capitalizing on the Dragon Quest fever that is currently spreading through Glorious Nippon, RapeLay developer Illusionsoft has announced an H-game suggestively titled Yuusha kara wa Nigerarenai (... Shocker: Dragon Quest IX sells a lot in Japan 15 Who would have thought that Dragon Quest IX would be such a popular game in Japan? Well, anybody who knows anything about Japan, really, so it shouldn't come as a shock to learn that in just two ... Dragon Quest IX is too big for more than one save slot 18 The other day we talked about how Dragon Quest IX was only getting one save slot to a cartridge, and openly wondered what Square Enix's motivation was for the relatively unique decision. The just... Dragon Quest IX is going to be the hardest DQ ever 17 Being a European means my ability to play Dragon Quest games have always been rather limited. However, we Brits did manage to get our hands on Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King and al... Dragon Quest IX only has one save slot: Everyone PANIC! 23 Here's a bit of odd news for you. Usually, you can expect three save slots for almost every DS game out there, but it's become apparent that Square Enix's Dragon Quest IX will only allow you to h... Crazy Dragon Quest IX commercial is disturbingly truthful 13 I have absolutely no idea what is going on here. Normally you can kind of derive some semblance of understanding out of a commercial or television program just by watching it, but I have no clue ... Dragon Quest IX's co-op will be local wireless, not WiFi 12 A few days ago, I posted a seven-minute trailer for Square Enix's upcoming hand-held phenom, Dragon Quest IX: Protectors of the Starry Sky. In the article, I mentioned that I had some questions a... Dragon Quest IX gets a new, seven-minute trailer 18 If this isn't the very first time you've ever read an article about videogames, then you already know that Dragon Quest is one of the industry's oldest and most successful franchises. You might a... Dragon Quest meets Hawaiian apparel? Yep, you heard me 21 I love Dragon Quest, and I have to admit I have quite a bit of Dragon Quest merchandise around the house. My absolute favorite item is my Hori controller, which I rarely use because I don't want ... Dragon Quest Wars announced for DSiWare 7 Could it be true? Could it be that DSiWare might finally be getting a game worth downloading? Square Enix is certainly hoping so, as it has today revealed Dragon Quest Wars as a 500 Point downloa... Dragon Quest IX delayed to July for the Japanese market 7 If you've been waiting patiently for Dragon Quest IX to come out in Japan feeling that it means we're that much closer to the North American release, I'm afraid I have to be the jerk who pees in ... Captain Obvious: Famitsu Editor-in-Chief thinks Dragon Quest IX will sell 18 In a brilliant flash of almost Nostradamus-like insight, Famitsu Editor-in-Chief Hirokazu Hamamura has come out and announced that he believes that the upcoming Dragon Quest IX will sell faster t... Nintendo wants to make Dragon Quest a Western hit 16 In Japan, Dragon Quest is one of the most popular franchises ever, a title that you cannot fail to hear about. Its success is not aped in the West, where it has a following, but is completely ove... Dragon Quest X announced for Wii 44 It would seem that Nintendo's platforms have become the official home for Dragon Quest, unwilling as the series is to yet grace the Xbox 360 and PS3. Punctuating that, our community blogs have re... Ballet meets videogames: The Dragon Quest ballet 10 By now, we've seen a lot of ways videogames have been brought into our everyday lives. Why just yesterday, Dale posted a video of a guy driving a go-cart in the streets of France mimicking Mario ... Dragon Quest V DS screenshots, also European release date 10 What a boring headline, I do apologize. Anyway, here are ten new screens for Square Enix's latest portable Dragon Quest revival, Dragon Quest V. DQIV was a solid DS remake, although I do still ne... Dragon Quest V, Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume confirmed for America 19 Sqaure-Enix announced that two titles were be coming to North America today, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (this marks its US premiere) and tri-Ace's tactical RPG Valkryie Profile: C... Is that really a DS game? Dragon Quest IX TGS trailer impresses 33 Ah, that music -- that glorious music. It’s like comfort food to me.Last week during TGS, Square Enix showed off a new trailer for upcoming DS game Dragon Quest IX. For some reason it was n... Destructoid review: Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen 37 Don't ask me what it is, but I love to play RPGs on my handheld gaming systems. Maybe it's because I can take it then along on a long plane ride to help the time pass, or maybe I just like the id... What if: Pokemon characters as Dragon Quest monsters 14 Over at Japanator, we're always checking out cool things, and so in my usual perusal of the Japanese blogocube, I came across this little video originally from Nico Nico Douga of what Pokemon mon... Dragon Quest V Japanese trailer is Japanese ... and a trailer 22 If there's one thing I could always want more of on the DS, it's a good RPG, and Square Enix looks like it's going to have me sorted out for a good while yet. This Japanese trailer for Dragon Que... Dragon Quest IX coming to the U.S. in November 36 When Square Enix announced that the Zenithia trilogy would be coming stateside, responses seemed mixed: among the shouts of joy were a few lonely curmudgeons wondering if a release date for Drago... Dragon Quest Zenithia trilogy coming stateside, subtitles in tow 13 A long time ago, when men were men and subtitles still didn't make sense, Dale brought us news that remakes of Dragon Quests IV, V, and VI were on their way. Today, Square Enix seems to be making... Dragon Quest Swords date moves up a week 20 Get ready to kill some slime earlier than expected, Dragon Quest fans! Square Enix has officially moved the release date the upcoming Dragon Quest title, Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Que... Dragon Quest V site live for your perusal 11 I've been enjoying Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker on my DS recently and thinking that the series is near perfect in my eyes, especially in the last few incarnations. I love the art style, story and... Dragon Quest Swords gets a North American release date 22 Ah, it seems like we've been talking about Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors for forever, and now, more than half a year after the Japanese release, we finally have a... Captian Obvious: Dragon Quest IV is big in Japan 8 Japan has always had mad love for their Doragon Kuesuto games, so it should be no surprise to anyone that the newly released DS remake of the 1990 Famicom title has sold out in some locations, an... LARPish Japanese Dragon Quest IV commercial 10 Dragon Quest and live-action weirdness go together like pancakes and peanut butter -- the combination isn't necessarily obvious, but the two fit nicely when you put them together.This time aroun... Dragon Quest Monsters trailer: Gotta catch a slime! 13 Okay, okay, it's quite obvious that Dragon Quest Monsters is an amalgam of the Pokémon and Dragon Quest universes but based on the above clip and how utterly difficult it would be for Sq... New Dragon Quest IX scans have come to massage your eyeballs seductively 16 JeuxFrance have been on one of their secret sneaking missions again, this time liberating a bunch of new Dragon Quest IX shots previously imprisoned within the pages of the brutal Shonen Jump reg... RPG fans rejoice! New screenies for upcoming Square Enix DS titles 28 Thanks to NeoGaf, all you RPG fanboys and girls waiting impatiently for more DS RPGs (ahem, like ME) will be very happy today. Attached you will find scans from upcoming Square Enix titles Dragon... Final-ly! The North American Square Enix store opens 39 A release from Square Enix brings good news for Square-heads and Fantasy-fanboys: no longer will fans of Square Enix games have to resort to travel or importing to get their hands on related merc... Dragon Quest IV, V, VI are in the works for DS 11 The Nintendo DS is looking to be the system to have for fans of RPG upgrade/remakes. We already have the brilliantly retooled Final Fantasy III, and we know that Final Fantasy IV is getting a sim... The ultimate map app for RPGs 19 Google took maps, directions, and satellite photos and made them hip again - or at least as hip as anything can be on the internet. Google Maps' easy to use, clickable, zoomable, interface ha... Dragon Quest Swords TV ad; why is there no Sexy Slime? 12 Siliconera -- a site originally founded by William Randolph Hearst to track Kick The Can futures -- brings us the above video, the Japanese TV ad for Dragon Quest Swords . We've been looki... Dragon Quest remakes coming; Kreskin baffled ... 27 According to IGN, via the magically delicious Siliconera, Squenix, the corporate megalith that brought you such games as Final Fantasy LMV: Numeric Strife and Dragon Quest Heroes: A Hard Day'... Bargain Bin Laden #13: Dragon Quest VIII 30 This week's selection ain't exactly obscure, but it is one of the best RPGs ever made. If you haven't already played Dragon Quest VIII, it's likely that you've spoken with som... Square Enix Party '07 confirms company's terrifying omnipresence 10 While we've already reported on a couple of Square Enix's latest plans for parting you from your cash, a report at Japanator on the Square Enix Party '07 reveals a nefarious multi-f... Kooky Japanese marketing strikes again via Square Enix 6 Japan is the mother of the whore we call merchandising, and Square Enix its squalling child. You want a Buster Sword? King Slime ashtrays? Neon FF7 logo sign for your bar? All these items and mor... Squenix party swag & new site launch 11 The jealousy burns! I'm not sure why I want a Dragon Quest neckband or an  otherwise cheesy looking Ivalice Alliance clock, but I must have them! These items are given to attendants of t... More reasons to make love to your DS: new Dragon Quest IX scans 18 JeuxFrance acquired a set of scans revealing fresh details of Dragon Quest IX: a game given a new release date every time we hear about it.  The big news is the changes in the combat syste... Live action Dragon Quest from Japan 8 If you actually thought the slimes from Dragon Quest games were cute, wait until you see their live action version. They look like creepy marshmallows covered in hair gel. The music and setting... Dragon Quest Monsters looks so delicious that I might try to eat it 22   God, I love the DS. I love it. I love it. I'm not sure I have ever purchased as many games in a mad white heat as I have for the little portable Ninty. See above for some footage ... New goodies for Dragon Quest Swords 6 For all the Dragon Quest fans awaiting Dragon Quest Swords on the Nintendo Wii, check out the newest trailer for the upcoming game. Also, Square Enix has launched the official Web site for th... 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