Reminiscing about developing the Dragon Quest series, Horii said in the early days memory was often an issue. Fitting maps and music into a game was kind of like a fun puzzle.

Bianca from Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is going to visit the world Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies via a content download.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride and Dissidia: Final Fantasy were Square Enix’s big sellers racking up over two million units sold in Japan alone. In North America its a different story.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is much like the other games in the Dragon Quest series. You fight slimes in random battles using a turn based combat system, trod through dungeons, and even revisit some old locations.   Dragon Quest V simply sticks to the Dragon Quest formula. You either love its [...]

In just a few days Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride crosses oceans. In the beginning of the game the hero is a young boy traveling with his father. As the tale progresses players watch him grow from rescuing monsters as a youth to becoming a father. The way Dragon Quest V: Hand [...]

Not just any clips, English Dragon Quest V clips of the hero battling mimics, befriending slimes, and earning badges. Let’s begin with this movie with the nameless hero riding a mine cart in Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride.     Did you notice the hero was still marching in place even though [...]

Finished Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen yet? Better get working on it. Chrono Trigger comes out in November and shortly afterwards Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Classic RPG fans can look forward to an English release on February 17, 2009.   The story in Dragon Quest V: Hand in the [...]

There was an eight month interval between the release of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen and Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride in Japan. North America might not have to wait as long for the next game in the Zenithia trilogy since Dragon Quest V: Hand in the Heavenly Bride was [...]

It is a bit uncommon to see a videogame embrace the theme of playing through various generations of the protagonist’s life. Such a mechanic allows us to literally grow with and build a symbolic relationship with the character; and in the larger scope of things, this overarching theme of the transition from innocence to experience [...]