The two competed for more or less the same market until the companies' merger in 2003, at which point Dragon Quest became the main financial pillar of the company amidst wavering popularity and unreliable sales of the Final Fantasy series. Although the Dragon Quest series started before Final Fantasy, it continues to release titles at a slower paces within the main series (11 versus 16 total games).
It has also featured several animated productions.ĭragon Quest is often compared with the Final Fantasy series, created by SquareSoft. Since 1986, which marked the release of the original Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest has so far featured eleven games within the main series, as well as several spin off games. 30 years after its debut, it is the all-time best-selling video game series in Japan, and enjoys increasing worldwide popularity through a stronger international marketing push with the merger of Enix and Square.Įach game in the main series of games is titled with the name Dragon Quest followed by a roman numeral. Dragon Quest (ドラゴンクエスト Doragon Kuesto) is a series of role-playing games made by Yuji Horii, Akira Toriyama, Kōichi Sugiyama and Square Enix (originally Enix) for a variety of video game platforms.
