Talk:Dragon Quest

message: >Dragon Quest I was originally developed for the MSX computer system and later ported to a less advanced system, the NES.
No. Dragon Quest was originally developed "Family Computer" in Japan(=NES). after Family Compueter, MSX version was developed.
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:The series is very popular in Japan, to the point that queues of people wishing to buy the game could be seen at shops days before the release. As this included children, who skipped school so they could queue for the game, the Japanese Diet passed a bill outlawing the release of Dragon Quest games on days other than a Sunday or a holiday - the fourth, fifth, and sixth installments were released in Japan on holidays. The seventh installment is the first Dragon Quest game to be released in Japan on a Sunday.
This is a wide spread myth.  While there was no actual law, the Diet DID request that Enix only release new installments on weekends.   -DaimaouSaro
Are you serious about it ? Taw 13:20, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: A header

message: There's a fair bit of information about the Dragon Quest Slimes on the Slime page. Should the more in-depth information be moved here? Fortis 23:16, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slimes 

message: Captain N links here. Could someone give more detail how the game apperead/was referenced in that show? Sign your contributions, whoever you are.
An episode of the first season was loosely based on the original Dragon Warrior. Kouban 07:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captain N 

message: I've added this newly announced game to the list of titles, although it might not be a "Flagship title". Feel free to move it to a more appropriate location. jaco♫plane 22:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors 

message: Why are the current ones (VI-VII) moved to the Playstation system?
:It is a business and creative decision. Similar to Final Fantasy series, the PlayStation had a larger user base in Japan and if you have played Dragon Quest/Warrior VII then you know it has spanned to multipie CDs despite having few movie files compare to Final Fantasy VII. Dragon Quest VII was a long game. BTW, Dragon Quest VI was for the Super Famicom/Nintendo. I think you just missed an extra Roman numerial. --Who What Where Nguyen Why 17:28, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nintendo-Playstation 

message: Saying that Yuji Horii created Dragon Quest "in the mid-80s" is a bit vague. When was the first game released? --Navstar 18:49, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exact dates 

message: Back during the day, sometime in 1991 or before that, Akira Toriyama created three Dragon- titled anime. Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and Dragon Warrior. Can anybody provide links or information to these? -Izaak
-Oh sorry, didn't see the links. -Izaak
Akira Toriyama did not create any of these anime - he created the Dragon Ball manga in 1984, which was later adopted by Toei the anime studio into the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime in later years. The other two based on Dragon Quest have even less involvement from him...he only did the character designs and nothing else. - Aresmo 21:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anime 

message: The article flatly stated "There is a Japanese federal law stating that the Dragon Quest games can only be released on Saturday or Sunday, so as to avoid tens of thousands of work and school-related absences nationwide."  This statement was backed up using this reference, but IGN is not known for careful research and I see no reason to take its word on Japanese law.  This smells fishy; the Japanese Wikipedia says that Dragon Quest is normally sold on weekends but there is no mention of a law enforcing it.  Unfortunately I cannot confirm that the law definitively does not exist either, or I would state in the article that the claim is a common urban legend.  For now I have deleted it. Redquark 21:19, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japanese law urban legend 

message: Wikipedia:WikiProject Dragon Quest has been founded. I hope many will contribute :) Siyavash 17:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Dragon Quest founded

message: I suggest we mention the various merchandise that were made for Dragon Quest.  They range from plushies and keychains, to T-shirts and quilts.  Merchandise bear significant impact on the "real world."  --Rika95 01:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merchandise 

message: Well currently the article doesn't mean anything just a spam-page as of when im typing this someone revert it please 208.192.71.106 13:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalized 

message: I thought it was common practice to use the official english titles within the english wikipedia(section ect), instead of listing the original japanese game title, and then stating the english title. I note this only for Dragon Quest 8, where it seems it's listed as "journey of the cursed king" in both american, and Pal regions. - Dan
:That is the english title, the japanese one is "Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi". Icecypher 22:26, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  English titles? 

message: According to: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175724 DQ IV, V and VI are being remade for Nintend DS. (Jon Choo 19:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remakes 

message: That tags been there for awhile and no ones said anything. I added some stuff to the torneko page and im still working on it, so i dont think they should be merged. Evaunit666 04:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge with Torneko: the last hope

message: Dragon Quest e no Michi-anyone heard of that? I'm thinking about putting it in the main article. Evaunit666 02:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It covers the development of the first game only, but gets pretty in-depth. I don't have a scanlation or .pdf, sorry.(Fossilgojira (talk) 03:20, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dragon Quest books

message: Close maybe? any suggestions on improving the article would be appreciated! Evaunit666 03:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Good Article?

message: The article is looking good!  The editors have done a decent job of noting all of the necessary features in both the original culture and in later ones--there are separate entries for both the original Japanese and the American releases.
Breaking the article into sections for each of the story arcs that is found within the series was also a good idea.  That will give readers an idea of the structure of the series, while giving them the opportunity to focus on one or more games as they wish.
A large chunk of the article is a list of the games in the series with their titles in different languages.  Breaking this into the story arcs might be a good idea as it will add to the structure of the article.  Putting in a small amount of information on each game will help readers to recognize which games they might want to focus on, while not revealing all of the details of each installment; the article does an overall positive job on this task.
Adding sections on the development and reception of the series as a whole adds to the richness of the information, and qualifies it--the article is not just a listing of games for fans, but can be used to critically examine the series's place in two distinct cultures.
There is one small area of concern in the "Loto" section of the page--there is a reference that is throwing off the width of the page.  This should be taken care of as soon as possible to minimize the structural issue.
Overall, the article's prose is developed enough to warrant Good Status, though it is not enough to get reach the higher ranks within Wikipedia's guidelines.  The editors are advised to check the grammar of the article in certain places, and to use prose that is a bit more accessible to the general public.  As a gamer, I can understand the terms in the article, but someone with no outside knowledge of video games might have trouble wading through the information without help.
The article does have a neutral tone, which adds to its scholarly appearance.  There do not seem to be any ongoing problems between the article's main editors, or any original research.  The article is well-referenced, and there are no visible problems with the validity of the cited information, ie, no made-up citations, etc.
Unless the admin have any particular issues with the article, I think it can be labeled with Good Status, and, pending further development, could reach the higher levels.--Bakuen Goka 02:40, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Good Article Status

message: This has been untested, but probably would not pass in a court of law. However the statement makes it sound as though it already has been decided.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinnai (talk • contribs) 05:17, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: what statement are you refering to, exactly? Evaunit♥666♥ 01:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: First paragraph on "Outside Japan" talks about fan translations. Like I said, the paragraph imo just makes it sound like the matter has already been settled in court, which it hasn't. I have no qualms with a statement that would probably not pass in court. Specifically the part saying it is "technically illegal".Jinnai (talk) 08:38, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I see what you're saying, though I'm not sure what to change it to. I'm thinking you should edit it to what you think sounds right. Evaunit♥666♥ 01:29, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated.. Hope that sounds neutral enough.Jinnai (talk) 04:27, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: looks good to me. Evaunit♥666♥ 01:21, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputing the fanpatch legality 

message: Now that DQIVDS has been announced for an English release (under the title "Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen"), should we call it "Dragon Quest IV"? - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd only use Dragon Quest when talking about the DS version and still use Dragon Warrior for the NES one. Evaunit♥666♥ 01:00, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Final Fantasy community established that the name can change to its current official title based on official re-releases of the game using that title. They aren't separate games - DQIVDS is a straight remake. Ton of expansion, but nothing like Metroid: Zero Mission or Sword of Mana. The official name for this game in the series is now DQIV, so I think the title should reflect as such. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: ALTTP is right, the requirement is that the official title be English, not necessarily that it covers all the different versions. I think the article's name should eventually be Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen... but should we wait for Square Enix's official announcement first? The title has been trademarked and is used by the ESRB, but I don't think the link between the game and that title is official yet (Wikipedia is not a "crystal ball"). Kariteh (talk) 07:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it's a DS game, and regardless, the fact that SE registered DQIV means they intend on using it as the official name. ESRB has been used as a source before. But anyway, I think it should just be Dragon Quest IV, if only to avoid confusion. - A Link to the Past (talk) 19:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What confusion? I think it should be the full title, on the contrary, so as to maintain coherence with the other DQ articles (they all have the full subtitles). Besides, "Chapters of the Chosen" is apparently just a translation of the Japanese subtitle, although not exactly literal. Kariteh (talk) 21:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't agree. In this situation, having been released originally w/o a subtitle would make it confusing to those who played the NES version. - A Link to the Past (talk) 23:58, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're going to change it to Dragon Quest, you might as well put in the full title while you're at it. Why wouldn't you? The other articles have the full titles where applicable and you're trying to keep everything standardized. Evaunit♥666♥ 01:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fine. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Besides, it was released originally with a subtitle, "Michibikareshi Monotachi", so I don't see what's your point exactly. Kariteh (talk) 10:02, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I SAID fine. Is there any reason you're dragging out this ended discussion? - A Link to the Past (talk) 16:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No reason not to be civil : ) We're here because we all like DQ and want to contribute to Wikipedia. Evaunit♥666♥ 00:33, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no reason to continue a completed discussion. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:38, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dragon Warrior IV - Dragon Quest IV? 

message: It's not really a case of "replacing the series article with the first game", it's more like replacing a redirect to the series article with the first game. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:31, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not see any reason not to do this. Sgetz (talk) 18:01, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move Dragon Warrior Monsters (video game) to Dragon Warrior Monsters. 

message: Does anybody with more knowledge about Itadaki Street want to put in a section about the DQ related Itadaki Street games?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.160.98.31 (talk) 21:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That is something to look into. Is anyone knowledgable on the series? Evaunit♥666♥ 23:52, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Itadaki Street? 

message: I think we should merge/ redirect the article Dragon Quest X with this one. Mostly at the rate the games are actually developed being 95 for 6 2001 for 7 2005 for 8 and 2009 for 9. We are probably looing at 2011+ for X. My point is the only information we have on this game is that they said it will be on the Wii. As to date there is no further information (at least that i could find). And i doubt there will be any time soon aside from some info that could be placed here that may already be here. I dont know the procedure for doing this but if anyone is interested/ want to help i think the proposal has merit.Ottawa4ever (talk) 16:46, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, even though I wish it would come out sooner. Evaunit♥666♥ 14:53, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Support — I think it can better be covered in the context of the main article. With the verifiable sources being based on speculation with little else known for anything past one or two encyclopedic sentences, it should probably go into the Dragon Quest article under the Development section. MuZemike (talk) 22:15, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Oppose — I came here today looking specifically for DQX info, and the separate page is exactly what is needed. More info on DQX will trickle out over the next year, and a new page will just have to be made soon enough. I say keep it because it is a major franchise, and the fact that DQX is coming to the Wii is a major development. You also say that you "doubt" there will be any new info any time soon, but that is incorrect based on the recent more accelerated publishing schedule of DQ. As soon as DQIX is released in Japan in March, SquareEnix will turn towards DQX and releasing information on that game. I would guess a 2010 release is not out of the question, though early 2011 is probably more likely. 71.193.200.106 (talk) 22:46, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wouldn't it make more sense to merge it now and they split the article again when more info comes. As it stands now there is not that much to say. --76.66.187.241 (talk) 04:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Redirection is fine too. One thing that is important to regard is that information on the game is not available at this point aside from one sentance being uttered at a press conference. If more information comes available that an article could be developed on then it would be fine to grow an article around. The key information is that there is no information, and no soucres beyond the murmered conference blip. There is no indication to where in the development the game actually is. Many games have been annouced for a system and have turned up on another system as well. At this point (and likely in the next few years) information may be sparse to non existant. One could argue for the last 2 years at least that the number 9 article should have been a redirect. But with the game's actual release date announced finally information is finally trickling into suitable references to make an article (Dragon Quest IX) that isnt based on one sentance uttered in a press conference. There is no more detail in the dragon quest X article than this page at this time and very likely in the months to come, a redirection i think is the best course Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:46, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Leaning towards Oppose now Information is starting to come out, at least enough to not have a merge, in my opinion. Evaunit♥666♥ 04:22, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  The only additional information that has come out is a nintendo executive saying the series as a whole needs more support in north america. Something that would fit very well in the main series article. Bottom line is no info about the game.Ottawa4ever (talk) 23:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Oppose Regardless if there is not enough info to create a good full article, I think every game in a long-running series deserves its own space. We would have to write about every other game in the series, making the article larger and more difficult to read, as people can go to individual pages for the entry they are interested in. --Darkeagle7x (talk) 06:23, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Although I will admit that information released for the game in the next few months will be erratic, I think it would be easier to just keep the article and continue to update it as more information is released. Adding information to the main article is always a good idea, too, though. Evaunit♥666♥ 01:45, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: theres a line to be drawn (according to some) on wether an article is notable or not. But In my belief consensus is the way to go. Providing you guys are up to date finding information as it comes, and unless anyone else has a problem with removing the merge tags, it should be okay to take them down, thanks for the input.Ottawa4ever (talk) 18:44, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I came accross this interesting read today may not be entirely notable, But wouldnt it be funny if the press conference was actually about a wii version of Dragon Quest IX not actually X. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/12/rumor-dragon-quest-ix-coming-to-wii.ars . Though the source is funny it would be interesting to see if this is the case considering DQ IX has been delayed yet again until July. Lets see if this plays out Ottawa4ever (talk) 01:22, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering that this is now almost three months old I think we would have heard something more concrete by now. --70.24.180.231 (talk) 19:32, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Nothing except the press release from december (around the time of DQ X announcement). In fact both bits of info (DQ Ix on wii and DQ X on wii) have had nothing really develop since then (aside from people thinking its great). I still bet its going be dragon quest IX that shows up on the wii, and X will never see the light of day on wii, but the next generation after this. In fact you could argue that FF XIV and FFXV are more confirmed than DQ X as square has taken out the web domains already for these games. Anyway for now I see the discussion closed on merging and deletion, give it some time, lets see what happens with both games Ottawa4ever (talk) 02:32, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I highy doubt that IX would be moved to the Wii. Since numerous screenshots have already been released and it has a release date. Granted it got pushed back but the time frame IMO would not be enough to change systems. Even if they did change It would more likely be moved to the DSI than anything else.--76.65.140.147 (talk) 21:57, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at the aricle more closely shows that it was the the release date was moved form March.28 to July. 11. Changing platforms to the Wii would likely take much longer than three and a half months to finish. --76.65.140.147 (talk) 22:03, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: To be fair, at the rate the dragon quest games are developed, your probably right lol (stupid delays) Ottawa4ever (talk) 00:04, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

text: Weak Oppose. I don't see how merging this with the series article when they have semi-solid release date and a lot more insignificant titles with less info are separate. In addition, I do not see how merging a GA level article will enhance the series page, unless you believe it might be able to get it to FA.陣内Jinnai 16:36, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

text: Semi Oppose. I just see that the article will be deleted, and then in a few months it will be recreated. I am not sure we gain much be killing it to bring it back again, and why having people redirect to here would help. 72.237.4.150 (talk) 19:27, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging article of Dragon Quest X with the series article 

message: The article currently states the following: "Both games were originally slated to be released in North America, but were later dropped due to technical reasons.", which is implausible for Dragon Quest VI, which was not released in Japan until a month after Enix of America closed. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 01:35, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Cartidge size is the main reason for both. I believe in both cases Nintendo denied them larger rom sizes for NA release (though I don't know for certain on that part). Like the other statements, such as DQ4 PS1 remake issue, I'm attempting to find sources for that they were originally considered for NA release (i believe there may be some ads in old Nintendo Powers for DQ5).陣内Jinnai 02:13, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: cart size had nothing to do with it. DQ5 was very sloppily coded, and attempts at localization came out too buggy. They decided DQ6 would be localized as DQ5 instead (source, an old Enix newsletter). Then the American office closed before they could finish. ROM size was never cited as an issue in any of this.76.226.216.165 (talk) 19:46, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reason for DQV and DQVI not being localized in North America 

message: I just made the Dragon Quest Monsters article match this one with the games section. I know for the FA, there should be prose instead of the charts and I was thinking we could just move the Spin offs chart info to their respective articles and just sum it up with a few paragraphs and link to the main articles. Ideas? EVAUNIT-666 13:27, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Should we do a timeline for the original releases?陣内Jinnai 21:44, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I was actually wondering about that myself. For the DQM article, I used the North American dates for the timeline and wasn't sure if I should be using the Japanese ones. I think it'd be too much with two though. EVAUNIT神の人間の殺害者 01:15, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Spin offs section

message: I've been away for awhile, but to my understanding, if those two pictures are gone, it can be promoted?   ?EVAUNIT神になった人間 03:59, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Walsh would be ok (image-wise) if they're gone, or if the two suddenly became critical to understanding (doubtful).  I think they should go too (see thread above) but I wasn't really Opposing by the FAC's end anyway and I don't think I'll Oppose in a later FAC.  I don't know if Malleus still wants the text cleaned up, or if Walsh or Malleus or $WIKIPEDIAN_NAME would recheck those or other stuff and Oppose.  So I'd say maybe.--an odd name 09:50, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

text: (There's also that whole "merge" tag thing, which should get resolved first to have it stable for 1e.)  --an odd name 09:57, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: removed it because he did not leave any  pages discussing reasons and it had already been decided by local  consensus before to keep as there was enough info to pass the GNG and it  will be expanded as more info comes out in the future.陣内Jinnai 20:54, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: I don't know if it's okay for me to do this--since I'm not here to review it for A-class--but I thought I'd mention something I noticed. One of your review references for Dragon Quest VIII is from "TotalPlayStation"; having never heard of them in all my time working with WP:VG, I don't think they're considered a reliable source. Over at the online print archive in WP:VG's Reference Library, there are a couple of reliable magazine reviews for the game, which might be usable as replacements. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 21:59, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment by JimmyBlackwing 

message: Lead
*Doesn't mention when the first game was released
*No mention of how many games the main series has
*No mention of a general plot of the series
**Completed all of these.陣内Jinnai 04:47, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Kaguya-chan (talk) 21:51, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments by Kaguya-chan

message: * I Support A-Class. --JDC808 ♫ 23:44, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: A-Class assessment #2

message: Wai, I don't think that's really important, but DQ VIII wasn't released as "Journey of the Cursed King" in europe. The subtitle was translated in the different languages. I'm German and we only know "Dragon Quest ~ Die Reise des Verwunschenen Königs", yupyup ^o^"
:It's interesting but not really necessary as 'Journey of the Cursed King' was the name it was released in in English in Europe and this is the English language Wikipedia. It makes sense that the subtitle would be translated for other languages. eyeball226 (talk) 15:59, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Titles 

message: - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 09:35, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Already used that. There wasn't much as it was mostly about Horii.陣内Jinnai 16:46, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Series interview 

message: I'm not sure if this is relevant to the Dragon Quest series article (given the current FAC) or more for the Dragon Warrior article, but here's what I have from Nintendo Power (I provided the full citations below for easy copypasting to articles if needed):
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**That was one of the main features in that NP issue, featuring over 11 pages on the game (obviously geared toward those who are not familiar with RPG video games)
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**More in-depth coverage of the game, but only up to where the player visit's Erdrick's Cave and Garinham.
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**Basically a fun little text adventure (i.e. pick a path and go to a certain page or, in this case, another numbered text box) of the first part of Dragon Warrior. It should also be mentioned that this issue features a full map of Alefgard in its insert.
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**This was NP's preview of Dragon Warrior.
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**A mention of Dragon Warrior in its "Pak Watch" section, which previewed future NES games. It mentions the relation to the first three Dragon Quest games which were already released in Japan. Here's the brief excerpt:
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**This talks about the release of Dragon Quest III in Japan, to much speculation by Enix with regards to sales and by Nintendo with regards to potentially bringing it to America.
It may also be worth mentioning that Dragon Warrior debuted at #7 on Nintendo Powers "Top 30" list in issue #9 (November-December 1989), went up to #5 in issues #10 and #11.
I also believe there was some preview coverage of the first DQ game (i.e. Dragon Warrior) in one of the issues of Nintendo Fun Club News, but I don't have that issue on me at the moment; perhaps later this weekend I can find it. Also remember that NP released two separate strategy guides on Dragon Warrior – one came bundled with Nintendo Power #9, while the other came bundled with the game itself for those who received a copy of the game from Nintendo Power as part of their free giveaway. –MuZemike 06:28, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice collection of sources above. I believe the August 1991 issue deals a great deal with DQ2 and DQ3 as well. Though my memorey may be foggy.... Ottawa4ever (talk) 08:19, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Nintendo Power]] sources 

message: The article uses general references as if it was required to use those that are listed as general as inline references it would needlessly bloat the inline citations of the article and signifigantly harm the readability since in many cases there would have to be atleast 3, if not in a number of cases more than 9 references after multiple sentences; and harming the readability of the page has been used to not promote articles in the past. The use of the general references is largely confined to the first section Common elements and Notes and I have done my best to find secondary sources whenever possible to note things and furthermore tried to remove any unsourced claim that could be thought to be a as unsourced commentary. What remains is, as far as I can tell, factual information that can be verified by playing the game. That not everyone has access to those games doesn't matter; we don't apply that standard to books. That I cannot use the citation template to state where exactly is because core has basically done nothing to integrate video game citations into the template and the methods in  are lacking at best (and finding someone to code that is difficult).
The claims made are not original research either. It's merely stating that they are common elements throughout the games as can be noted by playing them. That is something that is allowed per stuff WP:CALC (not specifically, but its not using synthesis to advance a position not supported by the games; ie that X are elements reused in multiple games). The rest is with translations; if I were to put the Japanese names in, they'd be translated in a literal manner very similar sounding names.
The bottom line is there is nothing contriversial that does not have inline citations. If you have a specific item you think, given all I said above, is still controversial and uses a general ref (without someone trying to make a point by claiming that everything without an inline citation is controversial), please explain why you feel a general ref isn't appropriate for that statement (noting that general references are allowed as a legitimate citation style and the reason for their use here has already been explained).陣内Jinnai 17:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  General ref speech for FAC 

message: Moving this here as it'll affect this page. For more info check out List of Dragon Quest media. It lists everything and dates with notes. What you see on the main page for the series is the initial Japanese release.
NOTE: One thing that may simplify things is that we've decided at WP:VG to use NES and SNES for all instances of Famicom/Super Famicom we can (maybe one instance the first time noting the name change), unless its part of a title. This should help clarity things.
*Dragon Quest' was released in 1986 in Japan for MSX and NES. It was later released (1989) in the US under the title Dragon Warrior. Between that time, yes, 2 other DQ games were released in Japan.DQ was also remade as part of a compilation for the Japanese SNES and a stand-alone title satalite SNES-type system exclusively in Japan. It was later re-released for the Gameboy Color in the same compilation (DQ1&2) format. That version was brought to the US. Since then its also been released on some mobile phone devices. I can only verify the Japanese release, but I've heard it was released in the US by my friend who had it on his. I cannot confirm that though.Dragon Quest is also the only game without a subtitle to it; all of the other Japanese games have subtitles, but none with the Dragon Warrior name use them.
*Dragon Quest II was released in 1987 in Japan and 1990 in the US as Dragon Warrior II. Both for the NES.As mentioned previously it was released with Dragon Quest a couple times as part of a compilation. The title has also been released on mobile phone only in Japan
*Dragon Quest III was released in Japan in 1988 and the US in 1991, again both for the NES.The game was remade for the Super Nintendo only in Japan and later for the Gamboy Color. That version was translated into English as Dragon Warrior III also. The title has also been released on mobile phone only in Japan.
*Dragon Quest IV is where things start getting complicated. DQ4 was released in Japan in 1990 and in 1992 in English as Dragon Warrior IV.Later, it was ported to the PlayStation in Japan with an attempted release in the US (it was cancelled during production). It was later re-released on the NDS in Japan and in the US as Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen. It was also released in Europe with the same title except without the "IV".
*Dragon Quest V was released for the SNES in Japan. There was an attempt to release it in the US for the SNES, but that was cancelled.It was later released for the PS2 in Japan and later still for the NDS in Japan. The NDS title was translated into English as Dragon Quest: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Removal of the roman numeral in Europe again.
*Dragon Quest VI was initially released for the SNES in Japan. No English release planned.Later, an NDS version was released in Japan. This one was eventually released in the US as Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation", although the original planned released subtitle was "Realms of Reverie" (I'll have to find a source for that, but I'm sure one exists).
*Dragon Quest VII is was released for the PS1 in Japan and later released in the US as Dragon Warrior VII. This is the last main-series title to be released under that name. It was released before the remakes of 4, 5 and 6. There have been no remakes/releases, thus the oddball in the naming sequence.
*Dragon Quest VIII was released for the PS2 in Japan and as Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King in the US. The European released removed the roman numeral. This is the first main-series title to be released outside Japan with a DQ title.
*DQ9, ditto DQ8 except for its name. It was released in Europe with the roman numeral.
That is it for the main series. There are some special issues with naming for the spinoffs, but nothing as complicated.陣内Jinnai 03:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to clarify, for the Game Boy Color (re, Jinnai's 2nd paragraph in the first bullet), the compilation was known as Dragon Warrior I & II in North America in 2000, though it was known as Dragon Quest I + II in Japan in 1999. As before, I prefer the versions which are more known to the English audiences, which in most cases would be Dragon Warrior up until the 8th installment in the series (excluding 5 and 6, which were Japan-only, and in which 6 has since been released in North America as Dragon Quest VI). However, we can make an exception for 4, as 4 was not very well known on the NES, as it was released very late in the console's history (December 1992), and it was quickly drowned out by the flood of SNES, Sega Genesis, and TurboGrafx-16 titles in the market easily; more would likely recognize the recent Nintendo DS remake of Dragon Quest IV as a result. –MuZemike 06:50, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To make it even more clear as far as the conversation on my talk page is concerned, Dragon Warrior is the game itself, while Dragon Quest encompasses the entire series of games. The above explains (hopefully good enough by Jinnai and myself) why the games were named as they were. –MuZemike 06:58, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

text: Thanks for that, it has helped a lot during the copy-edit, though Jinnai's edits pre-copyedit also helped to remove a large amount of the confusion :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 09:23, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
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message: The article mentions Playing Dragon Warrior III with the name "Erdrick" is impossible in the original release and "Loto" in the GBC remake, as the game prevents players from continuing if the name is used.
It however does not explain why this is the case (ie is it a glitch, storyline issue etc?) and can be a cause of confusion to people that did not play the game. I think a little more detail would be helpful.--70.24.211.105 (talk) 01:59, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
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message: In accord to the recent edits from the article about Dragon Quest series, I demand that someone also delete the very same references from there: Dragon Quest X. And also every reference from four years ago should be deleted, because they are "too old" as said by the last editor. --87.2.246.151 (talk) 15:03, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: "Demanding" will not get you very far on Wikipedia. You used a reference that supports the game being in development for the Wii as support for the statement that it is in development for the Wii U. That latter statement is not supported by the reference from 2008. Feel free to add a reference that supports Wii U development, and all is fine. Nczempin (talk) 15:10, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
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message: The article states that
:However, the Japanese release of every Dragon Quest title continues to be on a Saturday and each new launch is widely anticipated.
But now, Dragon Quest X was released on August 2, 2012, which is a Thursday.
I'm not an experienced Wikipedia editor, but I will change the sentence to 
:However, the Japanese release of every Dragon Quest title continued to be on a Saturday until the release of [Dragon Quest X], which was released on Thursday, August 2, 2012. Nevertheless, each new Dragon Quest launch is widely anticipated.
--Sinni800 (talk) 22:18, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
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message: introductory blurb says 9 main series titles.  was this written before DQX released?  romnempire (talk) 20:02, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
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message: When did Nintendo buys Dragon Quest? How is it a Nintendo franchise, exactly? 2602:306:CE6D:6FB0:DD5F:FC79:4548:311D (talk) 20:03, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
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message: this article needs an image of a screen shot in it.zeroro(talk)(edits) 23:23, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It does, there is an image of the battle screen from the third game.--174.93.160.57 (talk) 19:04, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
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message: I want to inform anyone who watches this page that I have asked for a discussion to address the redirect Dragon Warrior. Anyone who watches this page might want to participate in the redirect discussion if they have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 18:58, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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message: This needs to be included under he other spin offs. BrendanKennedy (talk) 22:16, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
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message: Dragon Quest (TV series), Dragon Quest: Souten no Soura, and Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō don’t have enough reliable sources in English or Japanese to constitute anything other than permanent Start level articles, paragraphs of unsourced and thinly sourced materials. Better that any references they may have reside here, and if ever the materials exist for their independence are found, they can be recreated. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 16:01, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Support - Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō has literally 3 sentences of sourced information, and the rest is scant plot summary; Dragon Quest (TV series) is about the same but with a few more unsourced sentences. Both are basically just puffed up catalog listings and have been for 14 years; sources have not been found after searching in Japanese-language media, and they can't really support themselves as notable outside the series itself. --PresN 16:10, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

text: Support. I tried my best and couldn't find anything solid in Japanese. Axem Titanium (talk) 20:46, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
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