Dragon Quest Popularity Ranking
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 3, 2009 06:10 JST
- Tags: Dragon Quest, Nintendo, Rankings, RPG, Square Enix, Statistics
In its glorious 20 year history, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest series of RPGs has captivated RPG fans the world over, mostly on Nintendo platforms. Just how much each title has captivated fans is visible in the ranking below, based on an online survey of Japanese gamers.
The results of the survey:
1. Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e…
2. Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
3. Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi
4. Dragon Quest
5. Dragon Quest II: Akuryo no Kamigami
6. Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi
7. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi
8. Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshi-tachi
9. Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito
Hopefully nostalgia and not any decline in quality is responsible for the high positioning of the older titles…
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You know, I thought Final Fantasy was like the only one with a bunch of games + Roman Numeral.
Now I see this. And immediately half the comments refer to what RPG is better?
Somehow I knew DQ3 would top the list... :x Always liked it the most too :P
its only a shame its worse than FF now adays....thats new FF BTW....
Hmm... FF seemed to suffer a slump after 8 but I think 12 was good :d
Because everyone was like FF7ISBESTOMGIWANNASUCKSEPHIROTHSPENIS
Final Fantasy suffered a slump after VI. FFVII was good but it was a far cry story wise from VI, V, IV, (never really got into II/III) and I was pretty generic.
Glad to see V in 2nd place!
DQV is the best! *O*
I absolutely agree with this list.
dq 3 is 1st because of the main image of this topic
Both FF and DQ are good games,but I can't help but feel DQ being a bit repetitive just like pokemon. However I want to play different RPG like Skies of Arcadia once in a while.
tsk tsk westerners n their FF obsession
enjoying the fail dub too..
Dragon Quest is the shittiest RPG series out there. Not even trolling. It is quite honestly the worst thing that Japan has ever produced.
are you Andrew Vestal?
I also dont get it. After I played FF VII, VIII, IX, Xenogears and Chrono Cross, I did try to play Dragon Quest series, and I even finished DQ VII, hoping it would hook me up, but alas, it had a REALLY poor story and characters, and I put thoose things far above anything esle. I just cannot spent hours on a boring dungeons and grinding if I wont be entertained but some awesome plot twist afterwards, and DQ just dont make it happen.
You're probably a guy that loves all the flash from the newer final fantasies. You graphic whores really crack me up.
I fucking agree to original poster, not your silly dumb ass
$5 your the OP because no one with any brains would agree to that
I certainly wouldn't say it's the shittiest, but I also fail to see why the franchise is so popular. I was more enthralled by the Phantasy Star series than either Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior, as it used to be in the states) during the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, as I felt it had a deeper story and more engrossing gameplay (at the time).
if you don't get it, then you don't know shit about rpgs
I fucking agree
try playing the original, assholes. then compare it to your precious final fantasy 1. note how one doesn't make you want to fall asleep, much like all your characters start to do when you reach the marsh cave. not even they can stand it
grandia 3 has a greater gameplay
bullshit, grandia 3 sucks ass
Grandia 3 had a great system, pity that the writers were probably high when they wrote the story.
Or they didn't hire one. I couldn't tell the difference.
If they revamped the system, and produced a more epic story, I'd replay it any time of the day.
Plus, using the tele-boots together with shining wind had the same effect of making your hero dodge everything using teleportation. It was awesome.
DQ3 FUCK YEAH!
can somone please tell me what so great about Dragon Quest series. I've played DQ VIII, i cannot even finish it.....So Boring......
I also started with VIII, and just got bored out of my mind.
But I thought I'll give the franchise another chance and tried V on the ds, and I must say I really really enjoy that one. Especially spamming the talk to party button all the time ensures enough fun to keep playing ( <3 Debora ).
Wow dragon quest 4 never even made it to the list...
first to fail
Fail from above
Don't confess like that XD
Anyways, DQ is going to be more popular anyways since Illusion use it as their references in their latest eroge release, but i think everyone knows about that already...
You mean Illusions Eroge will be popular because of Dragon Quest right? No one is going to buy the new Dragon Quest game because of the Eroge. Everyone in Japan already has two copies by now anyway even though the game is a pile of shit.
I tought it was the other way around??
why is 3 on there twice?
3 is only on there once
learn how to count roman numerals
it was changed after i posted. notice that i'm not the only one to comment or was reading that far into the comments too much work for you?
Look again.
It's not.
It DESERVES to be, though — it's that good. ;)
1. Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e…
2. Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
3. Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e…
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Spot the error
DQ IV was so good they renamed it DQ III.
DQ IV was so bad they went back and played DQ 3 to forget about it.
Number 3 was so good, they made it twice.
I can understand 3 and 5 scoring so high, but why would 8 be so low? It's leagues above the others.
they're all great games (despite what some faggot trolls are saying on here) so the difference between a high DQ game and a low DQ game isn't much.
The fact that it got overshadowed by Final Fantasy XII.
"In its glorious 20 year history, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest series of RPGs has captivated RPG fans the world over"
You mean japan only. Nobody gives a shit about dragon quest in the west, the americans a little perhaps but DQ8 was a flop in europe.
Still, they had to put a ff12 demo in dq8 to help sales, DQ is not big business outside japan...
because it fucking sucks and feels like playing a shit jrpg from the 1980s!
We are too busy shooting aliens in the head to give a fuck about some Dragon Quest nonsense!
fuck off you dirty westerner
fuck off you oriental monkey
Slime MoriMori (DQH: Rocket Slime in US) > Rest of DQ (only exception being DQH series, especially 2)
Fuck you, Dragon Warrior Monsters>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pokemon Red and Blue
I meant to say DQM. My bad. D: