Dragon Quest (series)

The Dragon Quest series was Enix’s most successful RPG series before the company merged with former competitor Square. It is best known for its traditional RPG gameplay, not straying too far off into bizarre ideas as the Final Fantasy series tends to do. Since its initial release on the Famicom in 1986, the series has been most loved by Japanese gamers. The PS2 video game Dragon Quest VIII alone is the best selling PS2 video game in Japan, selling over 3 million copies in its first week on sale. Outside of Japan, however, the series doesn’t fare nearly as well. Only two of the series’ multiple titles have been released in Europe, and as one could expect neither did favorably well over there. It is notably more successful in America than in Europe, though Japanese sales will more than likely always dwarf everyone else’s combined.