Dragon Quest III

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
Box art of the North American NES release, titled Dragon Warrior III
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Enix (original)
Square Enix (2009–present)
Director(s)Koichi Nakamura
Producer(s)Yukinobu Chida
Designer(s)Yuji Horii
Programmer(s)Kan Naito
Artist(s)Akira Toriyama
Writer(s)Yuji Horii
Composer(s)Koichi Sugiyama
SeriesDragon Quest
EngineUnreal Engine 4 (HD-2D remake)
Platform(s)
Release
February 10, 1988
  • Nintendo Entertainment System
    • JP: February 10, 1988
    • NA: March 1992[1]
    Super Famicom
    • JP: December 6, 1996
    Game Boy Color
    • JP: December 8, 2000
    • NA: July 17, 2001[2]
    Mobile phones
    • JP: November 19, 2009
    Android, iOS
    • JP: September 25, 2014
    • WW: December 4, 2014
    Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4
    • JP: August 24, 2017
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: September 27, 2019
    HD-2D Remake
    Windows, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S
    • WW: November 14, 2024
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation,[a] titled Dragon Warrior III when initially localized to North America, is a 1988 role-playing video game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix. It is the third installment in the Dragon Quest series and was first released for the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan and later for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America. The game saw an enhanced remake for the Super Famicom (the Japanese release of the Super NES) in 1996 and the Game Boy Color in 2001, and a port to mobile phones and the Wii in 2009 and 2011. A version of the game for Android and iOS was released in Japan on September 25, 2014,[3] and worldwide as Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation on December 4, 2014. It was the first time the game was given an official English subtitle. Later in 2021, another remake of the game titled Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake,[b] based on Octopath Traveler's style, was announced during the franchise's 35th anniversary livestream, and later confirmed in the June 2024 Nintendo Direct to be released in November that same year for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S.[4]

The first three Dragon Quest games are part of the same story, and Dragon Warrior III is the first game chronologically, as well as the third game that features the hero Erdrick (Loto in the Japanese releases and Game Boy Color localization). The story follows "the Hero" who is tasked with saving the world from the archfiend Baramos. Gathering a group of companions into a party, the Hero must travel the world, stopping at various towns and locations, and make their way to the Demon Lord Baramos' lair.

  1. ^ "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "Dragon Warrior III Ships for GBC". July 17, 2001. Archived from the original on July 24, 2001. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "SQUARE ENIX announces DRAGON QUEST titles including DRAGON QUEST VIII for smartphones (For Japan)" (in Japanese). Square Enix. 2013-10-08. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  4. ^ Andrew Kiya (May 27, 2021). "Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake in Development". SiliconEra. Retrieved May 27, 2021.


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