Dragon Quest, previously published as Dragon Warrior in North America until 2005, is a franchise of Japanese role-playing video games created by Armor Project, Bird Studio and Sugiyama Kobo to its publisher Enix, with all of the involved parties co-owning the copyright of the series since then.
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Dragon Warrior Quest has produced a number of smaller spin-off titles.
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Kenshin Dragon Warrior Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken is a stand-alone game in which the controller is shaped like a sword, and a toy shield contains the game's hardware.
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Theatrhythm Dragon Warrior Quest is a rhythm game developed for the Nintendo 3DS.
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In September 2019, Dragon Warrior Quest Walk, an augmented reality game, was released for Android and iOS mobile phones.
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Road to Dragon Warrior Quest is a manga about the creators of Dragon Warrior Quest, published by Enix.
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In most Dragon Quest games, players must visit a church and talk to a priest or nun to save the games' progress; in Dragon Warrior, players had to talk to a king to save their progress, though the first two Dragon Quest titles for Famicom use a password save system.
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Slime, designed by Toriyama for use in Dragon Warrior Quest, has become the official mascot of the Dragon Warrior Quest series.
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In Dragon Quest XI, the player-character is a warrior chosen by the world tree Yggdrasil to save the world of Erdrea from a being of pure evil known as "Calasmos".
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Dragon Warrior chose the Famicom because, unlike arcade games, players would not have to worry about spending more money if they got a "game over", and could continue playing from a save point.
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Dragon Warrior says it took him five minutes to compose the original opening theme.
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Dragon Warrior Quest was not as successful outside Japan, as it was eclipsed by another RPG series, Final Fantasy.
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Games always feature a number of religious overtones; after the first Dragon Warrior game, saving and reviving characters who have died is performed by clergy in churches.
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The theme and other jingles for Dragon Warrior Quest have continued to be used throughout the series.
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