  dragon quest iii, known in japan as  and previously released as dragon warrior iii in north america, is a role-playing video game developed by chunsoft and published by enix (now square enix). it is the third installment in the dragon quest series (known as dragon warrior in north america at the time of its original release) and the first released for the famicom in japan and later for the nintendo entertainment system in north america. the game saw an enhanced remake for the super nintendo in 1996 and the game boy color in 2001, and a port to mobile phones and the wii in 2009 and 2011. a version of the game for android and ios was released in japan on september 25, 2014, and worldwide on december 4, 2014 as dragon quest iii: the seeds of salvation. the first three dragon quest games are part of the same story, and dragon warrior iii is the first game chronologically, 
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