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The Dragon Slayer series includes about 20 games, most of them designed by Yoshio Kiya. Only a few of the games in the series were ported or released on Nintendo systems.
The series consists of very different games, belonging to at least three different genres. Several titles spawned spin-off games or even their own sub-series.
The games Dragon Slayer, Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II, and Hydlide are notably the precursors of all action-based role-playing games. In particular, The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link are both heavily based on Xanadu.
Game list[]
| Sub-series | Nintendo games |
|---|---|
| 1. Dragon Slayer | Dragon Slayer Gaiden (Game Boy, Japan only) |
| 2. Xanadu | Faxanadu (NES) |
| 3. Romancia | Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia (Famicom, Japan only) |
| 4. DraSle[1] Family | Legacy of the Wizard (NES) |
| 5. Sorcerian | Sorcerian (Wii Virtual Console and G-Mode Archives) |
| 6. The Legend of Heroes | Dragon Slayer VI: The Legend of Heroes (SFC, Japan only) Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II (Super Famicom, Japan only) |
| 7. Lord Monarch | Lord Monarch (Super Famicom, Japan only) |
| 8. Tokyo Xanadu | Tokyo Xanadu eX+ |
- ↑ DraSle is an abbreviation of Dragon Slayer.
Legacy and influence[]
At least three NES games are based on Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II and its spin-off Faxanadu:
- The Legend of Zelda (dungeons only: top-down, room-based)
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (role-playing game with platformer side-view)
- Battle of Olympus (role-playing game with platformer side-view)
The sixth entry spawned a series called The Legend of Heroes with the third entry separating completely from the Dragon Slayer series. The modern incarnation of the series is connected via the Trails subtitle with each set of games telling an arc of the interconnected story.
| Dragon Slayer series | |
|---|---|
| Main series | Dragon Slayer • Romancia • Legacy of the Wizard • Sorcerian • Lord Monarch • The Legend of Xanadu • The Legend of Xanadu II |
| The Legend of Heroes series | The Legend of Heroes • The Legend of Heroes II • Trails from Zero • Trails to Azure Trails of Cold Steel • Trails of Cold Steel II • Trails of Cold Steel III • Trails of Cold Steel IV • Trails into Reverie Trails through Daybreak • Trails through Daybreak II |
| Spin-offs | Dragon Slayer Gaiden • Faxanadu • Tokyo Xanadu eX+ |
| Related | Nihon Falcom • Hudson Soft • Sega • Ys |