dragon quest

The popular Dragon Quest series of role playing video games was known in North America as "Dragon Warrior" in the late 80s and early 90s. They also bred a couple of Pokémon-style games for Game Boy called Dragon Warrior Monsters. Originating before Final Fantasy but after Ultima, the series has always been more popular in Japan than it was in North America.

But thanks to the Internet, the popularity of Dragon Quest can be joined at the global seams. Blogospherical discussion has, like any other video game, revolved around how to beat the game more easily. How can you learn eight spells for the Hero quickly in Dragon Warrior III? How do you forge the Liquid Metal Sword in Dragon Warrior VIII? And so forth.

But it's not all tip-sharing, map-raking and cheat-swapping. Sometimes, Dragon Quest fans just come up with the silliest ideas and make slimes, the series' signature enemy peon, out of snow.

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• Metal Slime Speaker Stand now available for pre-order

  
  Tiny Cartridge — Authority: 636
  Metal Slime Speaker Stand now available for pre-order : Yessss! Eric posted this Metal Slime version of Hori’s delightful Slime Speaker Stand the other day, but it wasn’t available for sale anywhere in the US yet. Now NCSX has announced pre-orders for it, at a price of $60.90. It’ll ship January 28. In ...
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• Life Of An Xbox 360 Kiosk In Japan

  
  Siliconera — Authority: 698
  A retrospective of Yodobashi Cameras Xbox 360 display in Akihabara.
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• Maybe, Dragon Quest Will Find A Few More Fans

  
  Siliconera — Authority: 698
  Dragon Quest doesn’t have the kind of reception here as it does in Japan. The series could use a boost and Square Enix might have Walmart to thank for one.
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• Ichimura On Why Dragon Quest IX Is So Successful

  
  DailyGamesNews.com — Authority: 457
  Dragon Quest IX producer Ryutaro Ichimura recently gave a talk at the Promotion, Advertising & Media Forum 2009 in Japan and commented on the games incredible success throughout the country. Ichimura noted the games extended playtime through downloadable quests for up to a year after release and its multiplayer ...
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• Square Enix Trademarks Possible US Dragon Quest IX Sub-Title

  
  DailyGamesNews.com — Authority: 457
  Remember last week we told you that Square Enix had trademarked a sub-title for Dragon Quest IX in Europe? Well no US gamers can get excited as the publisher has also registered the sub-title for a possible Dragon Quest IX release in North America. Heres hoping the West will see the game release as Dragon ...
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• Square Enix Protects Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies In North America Too

  
  Siliconera — Authority: 698
  So, you know, don’t fret that Dragon Quest IX won’t come to North America.
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• The Secret Of Dragon Quest IX’s Success

  
  Siliconera — Authority: 698
  The two major points Ichimura touched upon were "extended play" and "play with everyone," which refers to the games multiplayer and communication features.
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• Dragon Quest VI gets Dragon Quest IX’s ‘Surechigai’ wi-fi feature

  
  Games Blog — Authority: 169
  Dragon Quest VI’s DS remake is getting the same treatment as Dragon Quest IX, in some regards. Square-Enix has confirmed that the Dragon Quest IX ‘Surechigai’ wi-fi feature will be included in Dragon Quest VI as wel. Here are some specific details…- exchange data with other real-world players- DS can be ...
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• Dragon Quest VI: new scan, 35 screens, King Slime shows up

  
  RPG Land: RPG reviews, wallpapers, news and more since 1999. — Authority: 477
  Sources: Weekly Famitsu magazine and GPara
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• Mass Media 12/05/09

  
  RandomNPC - Video Game RPG Reviews, Editorials, and Features — Authority: 131
  Max Talbot is a hilarious human being. Classic Dungeon Source: Dengeki ...
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• Hori’s Metal Slime DS Speaker Stand! It’s identical...

  
  Tiny Cartridge — Authority: 636
  Hori ’s Metal Slime DS Speaker Stand! It’s identical the standard blue Slime accessory, except with higher defense and a much bigger XP reward if you beat the Dragon Quest enemy without scaring it away. Neither NCSX or Play Asia have the product yet, but expect the import shops to list it for around $50-60 when ...
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• Dragon Quest Papercraft: Slime Knight

  
  Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models — Authority: 139
  The Slime knight is a rank D slime from the Dragon Quest video game series. Dragon Quest Papercraft: Slime Knight
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• Mass Media 12/03/09

  
  RandomNPC - Video Game RPG Reviews, Editorials, and Features — Authority: 131
  Feel good! Tales of Graces Source: Dengeki ...
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• Square-Enix trademarks Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies (DS) for Europe

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 162
  Square Enix has not officially announced that Dragon Quest IX will be released outside of Japan but some recent trademarks for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies show otherwise.  The full list of Europe trademarks for Dragon Quest IX include: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry SkiesDragon Quest IX: ...
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• Trademark suggests upcoming European release for Dragon Quest IX

  
  Smash Gamers — Authority: 151
  While we wait for the real, official announcement we so desperately need to hear from Square Enix, another hint has been dropped about a Western release for Dragon Quest IX . Square Enix has filed a series of trademarks for the phrase "Sentinels of the Starry Skies" in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and ...
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• Trademark suggests upcoming European release for Dragon Quest IX

  
  Gaming Rover - The News You Want — Authority: 460
  While we wait for the real, official announcement we so desperately need to hear from Square Enix, another hint has been dropped about a Western release for Dragon Quest IX . Square Enix has filed a series of trademarks for the phrase "Sentinels of the Starry Skies" in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and ...
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• Possible New Hints At Dragon Quest IX Western Release

  
  DailyGamesNews.com — Authority: 457
  Dragon Quest IX sold like crazy in Japan on the DSi and while no announcement of a Western release has yet been made, weve all presumed it will release outside of Japan at some point. Well more fuel was added to the fire following the trademark of a new sub-title for the game in Europe, as Square Enix trademarked ...
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• Sort Of Announcing Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies

  
  Siliconera — Authority: 698
  Square Enix and Nintendo dropped hints that Dragon Quest IX would be released internationally, not that we’ve ever doubted that sort of thing. Now we have another promising sign, a localized subtitle.
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• The Games of Google’s Zeitgeist

  
  GameLife — Authority: 642
  As a major player in global entertainment, videogames were sure to pop up in Google’s annual Zeitgeist, an analysis of the billions of queries that web users made this year. But you may be surprised at which games were the top queries and which games saw their fortunes fall. Rock Band enjoyed a spike in searches ...
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• Necrosaro Stitching!

  
  Sprite Stitch — Authority: 128
  The final boss of Dragon Warrior IV (or Dragon Quest IV) has now been stitched by Fro . Free Pattern! (pattern by servotron) via [ The Sprite Stitch Forums ]
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