While many western Dragon Quest fans eagerly awaiting the first ever release of SNES RPG game Dragon Quest VI outside of Japan after a 16 year wait, our hearts must go out to the family of one RPG fan who passed away six weeks before the game’s anticipated English release. The saddest part? She once had her letter published in Nintendo Power in 1996 complaining that the lack of SNES release could mean she’ll never play the game in her lifetime.

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Square Enix has a North American website which acts as a hub for three games: Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest V, and Dragon Quest VI. While two of the three websites are closed, the Dragon Quest IV website has a description of the game as well as a release date. If you go to the About section of the website, SE has told us that the game will be hitting North American shelves on September 16, 2008.

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IGN got ahold of some new screens and info about yet another Dragon Quest title. This one will be out July 17 in Japan, so we can probably expect this one (hopefully) in time for the holiday season.

And in case you're confused, the DQ IV remake (also for DS) was released in Japan in November. Gamers here are still awaiting news on a local release, which should be soon. Dragon Quest IX is a brand new title for the DS which developer Level-5 has said it "hopes to finish work on the game some...

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In the recent Famitsu issue here are the top 20 games most wanted from Japan's biggest games magazine. It's a really interesting list as what dominates the list in being No.1 is Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS and then followed by Final Fantasy XIII which was at No.1. Third place comes the highly anticipated Resident Evil 5. A list containing top notch games. Too bad only one game from 360 makes it.

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It's not everyday that an old PS game get's remade for the DS, and it's certainly not everyday that THREE games get remade. Well that is what has happened, as the scans below show, Dragon Quest IV, V and VI, formally for various consoles are being remade for the DS, with god knows what improvements, however, I'm fairly certain that they will certainly have some additional extra's making them worth buying for all Dragon Quest fan and those new to the series.

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