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Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト, Doragon Kuesuto^?), published as Dragon Warrior in North America until the 2005 release of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, is a series of role-playing games produced by Enix (now Square Enix). Installments of the series have appeared on MSX computers, Famicom/NES, Super Famicom/Super NES, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 video game consoles, as well as on several models of mobile phone. Two future installments are in the works, one slated to appear on Nintendo's Wii and the other for the Nintendo DS. As of 2006, the Dragon Quest series has sold over 40 million units worldwide, as stated by Square Enix in the E3 conference. It is Square Enix's most successful franchise after Final Fantasy, although Dragon Quest is more popular than Final Fantasy inside Japan.

Dragon Quest's North American name was changed due to a trademark conflict with the role-playing game DragonQuest, which was published by veteran wargame publisher SPI in the 1980s until the company's bankruptcy in 1982 and purchase by TSR, which then published it as an alternate line to Dungeons & Dragons until 1987. In 2003, Square Enix registered the Dragon Quest trademark in the US, signalling the end of the Dragon Warrior moniker.

Overview

During the mid-1980s, Dragon Quest was created by Yuji Horii. The series monster and character designs were by famed Dragon Ball manga artist, Akira Toriyama. Most of the music for the Dragon Quest series has been composed by Koichi Sugiyama.

The Dragon Quest series stories are divided into trilogies. The first three games of the series tell the story of the legendary hero known as Roto (also known as Erdrick in the American version). Dragon Quest IV-VI are based around a castle in the sky called Zenithia. Dragon Quest VII and Dragon Quest VIII are independent of each other and stand alone stories.

The official mascot of the Dragon Quest series is the Slime. A Slime is a small blob with a face, shaped like an onion or Hershey's Kiss. It has appeared in every Dragon Quest game and it is usually one of the first monsters the player encounters (usually the Blue Slime). There are several varieties of Slimes in the Slime family, including the King Slime which is formed by a group of Slimes merging into one. The Slime's popularity has netted it a spinoff, Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest. They also make a significant showing in the Japanese manga and two-episode anime Dragon Half.

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