http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/dragon quest http://kotaku.com/tag/dragon quest Dragon Quest X is online—a possible problem for DQ players who either want to play alone or don't have friends to play with. Fret not! The game supports A.I. group characters for online single play. Phew! [DengekiOnline] More »
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What you're looking at is obviously not the official map of The Legend of Zelda; it's what The Legend of Zelda's map looks like to themadjuggler, one of the many contributors to Mapstalgia, a website dedicated to reproducing video game maps from memory. More »
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A few video games have had the honour of being turned into animated series. Zelda and Mario are two of the most prominent, if terrible examples, while Wing Commander is a rarity that got it right. More »
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To mark 25 years of Dragon Quest, Square Enix is releasing this Dragon Quest "Map Diorama Collection Box". More »
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If they've been making versions of the Nintendo Wii's new board game for 20 years, if Nintendo themselves are publishing it—choosing to sell this to us this holiday season instead of other Japanese games still awaiting translation—then surely it must be good and worth buying? More »
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Square Enix is working on a brand new role-playing game that isn't Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. Pointing that out makes it sure seem like Square Enix only makes FF and DQ. It doesn't. More »
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A meat bun shaped like a Dragon Quest Slime went on sale today in Japan. It's probably the grossest thing Square Enix has ever done. Truly, truly horrifying. And yet, people cannot look away—and can't stop playing with the damn things. More »
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Nor is it Dragon Quest. As mentioned in an upcoming issue of Famitsu, the Tokyo-based game company is working on a new action role-playing game. The game currently does not have a title. More »
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Square Enix, the studio behind role-playing games Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, is allowing one of its most iconic characters, a Dragon Quest Slime, to be sold as a meat bun. More »
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Good cosplay isn't only about good costumes. It's about good backgrounds. Kansai-based cosplay collective Akasha-Chronik nails both. More »
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As far as iconic games in Japan go, they don't get any more iconic than Dragon Quest. It's one of those rare games that still ensnares people who don't game as much as they used to or don't game at all. More »
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Ghost towns aren't just found in the Western United States. They're everywhere. Even Japan, where they're slightly more interesting than usual, because they've got dirty old video games (and dirty old video cassettes). More »
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Dragon Quest, one of Japan's most beloved role-playing games, spawned more than sequel after sequel. A manga version ran for around seven years, and there was an anime in the early 1990s. More »
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The idea of raising monsters and then having them fight didn't start with Pokémon. In 1992's Dragon Quest V, players could select monsters and have them duke it out. That was years before Pocket Monsters came out. More »
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In the latest Dragon Quest X trailer, there's a train. It has several headlights and a curved shaft, and it looks like a train in another game. You can see it above. More »
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Japan's love affair for all things Dragon Quest is clearly on display this week, as sales of the Dragon Quest Collection—or if you prefer its Japanese name Famicom & Super Famicom Dragon Quest I, II, III—crack a quarter million. Not too shabby! More »
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　Starting this November, Dragon Quest's cute blue Slime character is getting its own meat buns. The blue buns will go on sale at convenience stores across the country. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5842002&view=rss&microfeed=true According to Square Enix, the first Dragon Quest Monsters (AKA Dragon Warrior Monsters) is being remade for the Nintendo 3DS. [DragonQuest.jp] More »
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Square Enix's wildly popular (in Japan) role-playing game series is coming to the Wii and Wii U as Dragon Quest X. Only this one's an online multiplayer RPG, a decision that's not sitting well with some Dragon Quest fans. Watch some new footage of DQX right here and judge for yourself. More »
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Dragon Quest X was first revealed in December 2008—almost three years ago. If a former Square Enix employee is to be believed, the company has been working on it much longer than that. More »
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Dragon Quest IX was the deal of the century. It had something like seventy hours of single player gameplay, checking off two things that Japanese gamers love: meaty RPGs and playing solo. DQX is a different beast. More »
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The Rocket Slime spin-off was an enjoyable Nintendo DS outing. Its 3DS sequel aims to be the same, but for the 3DS. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5837348&view=rss&microfeed=true Itadaki Street are a series of board game style video games that mix Dragon Quest with Mario. This December, the latest one, Itadaki Street Wii is coming to...guess! [ファミ通] More »
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Everyone loves the Dragon Quest slime. Meat buns are incredibly popular, too. But a meat bun Slime? More importantly, a blue meat bun? More »
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Years in development, and here it finally is, Dragon Quest X. It's an online game. It's for the Wii and Wii U. This is what it looks like. More »
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Dragon Quest X is an online role-playing game. Know what online role-playing games have? Subscription fees, and DQX appears to be no different. More »
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After being MIA for years, Dragon Quest X has resurfaced as an online RPG—for the Wii and the Wii U. More »
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After three hours of baby-interrupted sleep, I trudged across town to Dragon Con 2011 again today, where I occupied a great many benches and attempted to stay awake. I was mostly successful. More »
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To mark Dragon Quest's big anniversary, Square Enix is holding an exhibit of 25 years of DQ at the Mori Arts Center in Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills from October 8 to December 4. If you're in Tokyo, check it out. More »
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Square Enix makes Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Making those games might not be easy. It might be hard. Really hard. No fun hard. More »
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Makes sense! Especially seeing how Layton designer Akihiro Hino is penning the story for new Gundam series, Gundam Age. His studio, Level-5, is also working on a new Gundam RPG for unspecified hardware. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5811265&view=rss&microfeed=true A new Itadaki Street, Square Enix's Dragon Quest meets Mario board game, is headed to the Wii sometime this year in Japan. Pricing is TBA. [Famitsu] More »
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Got too much money? Little sense? Like Dragon Quest? Square Enix has an offer for you! More »
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It has come to my attention that we might, within a few short years, find ourselves living on a planet devoid of Square-Enix. More »
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Actress Keiko Awaji is proof of two things: video games have no age limit and even pretty ladies get old. More »
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This June, actor Takayuki Yamada, known for the Densha Otoko movie, stars in his latest television drama, Yuusha Yoshihiko to Maou no Shiro (Hero Yoshihiko and the Devil King's Castle). More »
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This September, Square Enix is releasing the Famicom and Super Famicom versions of Dragon Quest I, Dragon Quest II, and Dragon Quest III as part of a single set. More »
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That's what Dragon Quest Koichi Sugiyama is shooting for. At a recent Dragon Quest III concert in Japan, Sugiyama said, "I'm aiming for next year and am in the middle of composing music for Dragon Quest." More »
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Bookmark this post. Because, if you ever need proof that Japan loves role-playing games, you'll have this to refer to. More »
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