Dragon Quest III

=Dragon Warrior III= From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dragon Warrior III, known in Japan as Dragon Quest III Soshite Densetsu e… (ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ…Doragon Kuesuto Surī - Soshite Densetsu e…?, Dragon Quest III: And Thus Into Legend...), is a console role-playing 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), first released for the Famicomin Japan, and then the NES in North America. The game later was ported as an enhanced remake on the Super Famicom in late 1996 and then on the Game Boy Color in 2001.[2] This game was never released in Europe.

Dragon Warrior III introduces a Class system, which is later seen in Dragon Quest VI and Dragon Warrior VII, that allows the player to customize his or her party. This game remains close to the previous Dragon Quest games, keeping battles turn-based and in first-person.

This is the final game in the Loto trilogy and is the first chronologically.[3] The story follows the traditional Dragon Quest Hero, who is on an adventure to save the world from evil. Putting together a party of assorted classes, the Hero must travel the world, stopping at various towns and other locations, eventually making his or her way to the Demon Lord Baramos's lair. {| class="toc" id="toc" style="font-size: 12px; color: black; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; "

Contents
[hide]*1 Gameplay
 * 1.1 Classes
 * 2 Story
 * 2.1 Plot
 * 2.2 Setting
 * 3 Development
 * 3.1 Remakes
 * 4 Related Media
 * 4.1 Manga
 * 4.2 Soundtracks
 * 5 Reception and sales
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links
 * }

[edit]Gameplay
Dragon Warrior III is noted for greatly expanding upon the original Dragon Warrior and Dragon Warrior II. The game uses basic console role-playing gameconventions, such as leveling up by gaining experience points and equipping items.[4] [5] Battle is turn-based like the other games in the series.

Dragon Warrior III features a class system, in which each character has a certain class. While the Hero always keeps the Hero class, the other characters can choose among the following: Soldier (Warrior in the GBC version), Fighter, Pilgrim (Cleric), Wizard (Mage), Merchant (Dealer), Goof-Off (Jester), Sage, and Thief which was available only in the later versions. The choice of class greatly affects the character's stats and spells he or she can learn.[4] [5] [6] Furthermore, upon reaching experience Level 20, a character has the option of changing classes at the temple of Dhama, found halfway through the game.[7] The game starts with just the Hero in the party, who then is able to recruit a party of three at the local tavern. Unlike most Dragon Quest parties, aside from the Hero, the party is not made up of characters involved in the story. Although only four characters can be in the party at a time, extra members of the party can be kept at the tavern, allowing room for new recruits.[8] Another innovation is an arena where the player can place bets on the outcome of monster battles.[9]

The remakes incorporated some interface changes from later games in the series, such as simplified door opening; the bag, which replaced bank item storage; the item sorting "Tidy Item" and "Tidy Bag" commands; and the "Full HP" command, which can be used outside of combat to automate the process of casting healing and status restoring spells.

[edit]Classes
Dragon Warrior III features a class system. At the start of the game, the player begins as a single hero, male or female.[3] After the quest begins, the player can eventually build up a team of diversified party members through the local tavern in Aliahan. This team can be made up of Wizards, Pilgrims, Goof-offs, Fighters, Soldiers, Merchants, and Thieves (only in the remakes) in either male or female form.[3] The Hero cannot change classes, but all other characters can change classes at Dharma once they have reached experience Level 20, and can change classes any number of times. A character who changes classes has their stats halved and restarts at experience Level 1, retaining their spells and, in the remakes, their personality. This allows a player to create a character that knows Wizard spells, but has the defense of a Soldier.[3]

In the remakes, after selecting a character, the player can change the person's starting abilities with five magical seeds, given by the tavern listrar of heroes.[10] Also new in the remakes, each character has a personality trait, which affects the rate of stat growth. The Hero's personality is determined by the player's choices and actions during a dream sequence at the start of the game, while other characters' personalities are determined by their stats at the end of the character generation process, most personalities are available to both male and female characters, while a few are exclusive to male or female characters. A character's personality can be temporarily changed by equipping certain accessories or permanently changed by using certain consumable books.

[edit]Plot
Dragon Warrior III is set many years before the original Dragon Warrior in a world separate from the first two games.[11] A wicked fiend, Baramos, threatens to destroy the world.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[12] The story revolves around the Hero,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DWIIINES_3-2" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[4] son or daughter (the player can choose to be either male or female; the only gameplay effects of gender on a character is that a few items, like the feathered cap, can only be used by female characters and some dialogue changes with the gender) of the legendary and recently deceased Ortega.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[13] On his or her sixteenth birthday, the Hero is summoned to the castle and is given by the King of Aliahan the challenge to follow in his or her father's footsteps to try and rid the world of the evil archfiend Baramos.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[14] The Hero then is able to recruit up to three traveling companions to fight Baramos with.

The Hero leaves his or her home country of Aliahan to travel the world and complete his or her father's quest to defeat Baramos. A major portion of the adventure is the quest to acquire the last two of the three keys needed to open doors throughout the game. After saving two people of the town of Baharata from the rogue Kandar and stealing back the King of Romanly's crown, the Hero receives Black Pepper, which he/she then trades for a sailing ship at Portoga.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[15] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-story_15-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[16] Kandar later appears in the Dark World, in Tantegal's prison, telling the Hero where to find the Sunstones.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[17] With the ship, the Hero acquires the Final Key and the six mystical orbs which are used to revive the legendary bird Ramia (in later versions, Lamia).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[18] Ramia allows the Hero and his party to travel to Baramos's castle, which is surrounded by mountains.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[19]

After defeating Baramos in a ferocious battle and returning to Aliahan, the Hero's celebration is cut off as Zoma, Baramos's master, the true villain, reveals his existence, attacks and opens a pit to the Dark World.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[20] The Dark World is in fact Alefgard (of the previous installments of the series), where the Hero must acquire several of the artifacts that were collected in the original Dragon Warrior, including the Sun Stone and the Rain Staff.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-story_15-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[16] Rubiss, a legendary sage has been turned to stone and is rescued by the Hero. In return, the Hero receives the Sacred Amulet.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[21] These items, as in the original game, create the Rainbow Bridge, which leads the Hero to Zoma's castle for the final confrontation. Along the way, the party must defeat the revived Baramos, turned into Baramos Bomus and Baramos Gonus(shortened to BaraBomus and BaraGonus respectively in the Gameboy Color remake). With the Ball of Light, given by the Dragon Queen, the Hero defeats Zoma.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[22] For his or her bravery, the Hero receives the title of Erdrick (or in later versions, Loto).

[edit]Setting
The game starts in the castle town of Aliahan. Like the rest of the Dragon Quest worlds, this castle is set in a medieval time period, complete with knights and magicians. The party explores several caves, ruins, and castles during the adventure. The geography of Dragon Warrior III largely corresponds to the actual geography of the world,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kurt_2-4" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[3] and many towns correspond to their real-world cultures, including "Romaly" for Rome, "Portoga" for Portugal, "Assaram" near present-day Iraq (perhaps derived from "Assyria"), "Jipang" for Japan and even a "New Town" in eastern North America that experiences a revolution against an overbearing ruler.

[edit]Development
As with the other main games in the Dragon Quest series, Dragon Warrior III's scenario was designed by Yuji Horii,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[23] whereas the artwork was done by Akira Toriyama, of Dragon Ball fame.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[24] Koichi Sugiyama composed all the music for Dragon Warrior III.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[25]

[edit]Remakes
Comparison of graphics from original, Super Famicom, and Game Boy Color Version. Hero outside of AliahanThe Super Famicom version, released in late 1996, during the last days of the SNES in North America, was never brought to North America, due toEnix America Corporation's closure in 1993. By the time Enix of America returned, the SNES had left the North American market. In 2009, it wasunofficially translated into English.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fan_translation_25-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[26] However, the next remake, for the Game Boy Color, was released in both Japan and the US.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-data_1-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[2] The Game Boy Color version is based on the Super Famicom version. For the North American release of the Dragon Warrior III Game Boy Color remake, Enix decided to give the packaging an anime feel, due to fan demand on Enix's message boards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[27] Both remake versions of Dragon Quest III offer many new features and changes. No version of Dragon Quest III was released in Europe and Square-Enix has not yet made any announcement for future planned releases of any version of this game. Battle from the enhanced Super Famicom version.Many of the names of the classes were changed in the English localization of the Game Boy Color version, such as Soldier to Warrior, and a new class, the Thief, was added to the roster. Also, in the new versions was the ability to change into the Jester class at Dhama, which was not allowed in the original.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DWIIINES_3-3" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[4] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DWIIIGBC_4-2" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[5] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pgclasses_5-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[6]

New mini-games were added to the remakes, including Pachisi (called Suguroku in Japan), which is a giant board game style adventure from which the player can win items.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pgminigames_8-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[9] This game is based on Horii's series Itadaki Street.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ign_27-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[28] The Tiny Medal system, which lets players collect hidden medals to gain new items, seen in later Dragon Quest games (it originated in Dragon Quest IV), was added.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pgminigames_8-2" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[9] Another medal system, Monster Medals, lets players collect medals from fallen enemies, was also added. In the Game Boy Color version, two players could trade Monster Medals via a Game Link Cable.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[29] Two bonus dungeons become available after the main quest is over.

The remakes feature updated graphics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ign_27-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[28] An overhauled introduction for the game was made, similar to the one in the original Dragon Warrior III, which included Ortega's battle with a dragon. Monster and attack animation in battles were added,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-brad_10-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[11] a feature first introduced in Dragon Quest VI.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[30]

A personality system was added to the remakes of Dragon Quest III. A pre-game sequence in which the player answers moral dilemmas similar to that in Ultima IVdetermines the Hero's personality. The personality of the other members of the party is determined by the stat-raising seeds that the player gives them during the character generation process. Personalities determine which stats increase when a character levels up.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[31] The personalities may be changed by use of special items and books.

[edit]Related Media
Dragon Warrior has spawned some related media, notably a manga series and video game soundtracks.

[edit]Manga
The manga series, Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō (ドラゴンクエスト列伝 ロトの紋章<sup style="line-height: 1em; ">?, Dragon Quest Saga: Roto's Emblem), was written by Chiaki Kawamata and Junji Koyanagi with artwork by Kamui Fujiwara and was published in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 1991 through 1997.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[32] The series was later compiled into for 21 volumes published by Enix;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[33] in 1994 it was released on CD and was released on December 11, 2009 on the PlayStation Portable as part of manga distribution library.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[34] In 1996 an anime movie based on the manga was released on video cassette.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[35] A sequel series, Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō ~Monshō o Tsugumono-tachi e~ (ドラゴンクエスト列伝 ロトの紋章 ～紋章を継ぐ者達へ～<sup style="line-height: 1em; ">? , Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō - To the Children Who Inherit the Emblem), published by Square-Enix started in 2005 and is still ongoing; nine volumes have been released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Roto9_35-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[36] The first four volumes were written by Jun Eishima and the last five volumes written by Takashi Umemura. All of them have been supervised by Yuji Horii with artwork done by Kamui Fujiwara.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[37]

Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō is meant to take place between Dragon Warrior III and Dragon Warrior. After monsters possessed the Carmen's king for seven years, the kingdom fell to the hordes of evil. The only survivors were Prince Arus and an army General's daughter, Lunafrea. Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Loran, a child by the name of is born with the name Jagan per the orders of Demon Lord Imagine. As Loto's descendant, Arus, along with Lunafrea, set out to defeat the monsters and restore peace to the world.

Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō ~Monshō o Tsugumono-tachi e~ takes place 25 years after the events in Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō. The world is once again in chaos and a young boy, Arosu (アロス<sup style="line-height: 1em; ">? ), sets out gathering companions to once again save the world from evil.

[edit]Soundtracks
Koichi Sugiyama composed and the music for the game. Dragon Warrior III's music is featured on Dragon Quest Game Music Super Collection Vol. 1, Dragon Quest Game Music Super Collection Vol. 2, andDragon Quest Game Music Super Collection Vol. 3, each album a compilation of music from the first six Dragon Quest games.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[38] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[39] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[40] This game's music has also been featured on other Dragon Questcompilation albums, such as Dragon Quest on Piano Vol. II, which was released in 1990,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[41] and Dragon Quest Best Songs Selection ~Loula~, released in 1993.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[42]

A compilation of Dragon Warrior III's music was put on Dragon Quest III ~And Into the Legend…~ Remix Symphonic Suite which charted 16 times on Oricon's list topping at number 2.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[43] The album was published by Sony Records in 1996.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[44]

All songs written and composed by Koichi Sugiyama.

[edit]Reception and sales
Dragon Quest III sold over 3.8 million copies in Japan.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[48] It is often mistakenly known as being the game that in 1988 caused the Japanese government to outlaw further releases of Dragon Quest games on school days. In truth, Enix themselves decided to hold off the release of future Dragon Quest games until weekends.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[49] A survey conducted by the magazine Famitsu in early 2006 among its readers placed Dragon Quest III as the third most favorite game of all time, being preceded by only Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VII,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[50] and the best game on Famicom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-history_50-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[51] In Japan, the Super Famicom remake sold 1.4 million units, with nearly 720,000 units sold in 1996 alone.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[52] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[53] The Game Boy Color version sold a lower 604,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2001.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[54] However, together, with the sales of the remakes, Dragon Quest III is the most successful title in the series and one of the best selling role-playing games in Japan.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[55]

The North American release of Dragon Warrior III did not meet as much success. Considered an improvement over the first two games, Dragon Warrior III "kept the same ugly graphical style and clumsy interface", explained Kurt Kalata of Gamasutra.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kurt_2-5" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[3] North American's poor sales are also partly due to the fact that the game was released after the release of 16-bit gaming systems, making it seem even more archaic to gamers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kurt_2-6" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[3] Critics found the new day/night system and the addition of an in-game bank praiseworthy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kurt_2-7" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[3]

As is the case with other early North American releases of the series, Dragon Warrior III did not come close to meeting the success of its Japanese counterpart, although the Game Boy Color remake received very good reviews from critics. GameSpot gave the Game Boy Color version a "good" 7.6/10, saying that "DWIII is a worthy port of its old NES ancestor, but its firm grounding in the RPG old-school means that only the hard-core need apply."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-brad_10-3" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[11] Nintendo Power gave the remake a respectable 4/5, while IGN gave the game a perfect 10/10.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-IGNReview_46-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[47] Dragon Warrior III was 176 on Nintendo Power's Top 200 Games list.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[56]

Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō - To the Children Who Inherit the Emblem has sold well in Japan. For the week of August 26 through September 1, 2008, volume 7 was ranked 9th in Japan having sold 59,540 copies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[57] For the week of February 24 through March 2, 2009, volume 8 was ranked 19th in Japan having sold 76,801 copies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[58] For the week of October 26 through November 1, 2009, volume 9 was ranked 16th in Japan having sold 40,492 copies for a total of 60,467.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Roto9_35-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[36]

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[edit]External links
Categories: 1988 video games | Chunsoft games | Dragon Quest games | Game Boy Color games | Mobile phone games | Nintendo Entertainment System games | Super Nintendo Entertainment System games | Video game prequels
 * Official Dragon Warrior III GBC Website
 * Dragon Warrior III at MobyGames
 * Dragon Warrior III at GameFAQs
 * Dragon Warrior III at GameFAQs (GBC)