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| Square Enix brings Dragon Quest to Europe Square Enix, one of the world's leading video game publishers, is releasing Japan's biggest ever selling PlayStation2 game in Europe. Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King will be available exclusively on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system in April 2006. Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King is the first European release of the legendary franchise that has sold over 40 million units worldwide. The game has been updated for its European debut including voice-overs recorded by a British cast, a full-orchestral soundtrack, a completely renovated menu system, new battle abilities, and improved animations. These new additions greatly enhance the gaming experience for the international audience. Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King offers players a huge, epic adventure in a seamless world. Roam as far as the eye can see and battle against a wide variety of unique monsters by deploying spectacular attacks and spells ? all in 3D for the first time ever. Some of the biggest names in the Japanese entertainment industry work on the Dragon Quest series; Akira Toriyama famed for creating Dragon Ball is responsible for character design; Yuji Horii is responsible for the story and script; and Koichi Sugiyama who has composed music for TV and released over 100 soundtracks and orchestral CDs, is responsible for the music. Dragon Quest : The Journey of the Cursed King is by highly respected developer Level-5, Inc. delivers a richly detailed environment, vast enough to house Yuji Horii's sweeping drama, and a cel-shaded graphics engine which perfectly captures the spirit of Akira Toriyama's character designs. The Dragon Quest franchise has been established for 20 years in Japan, and with 27 titles under its belt, is the cornerstone of family entertainment. In addition to being the biggest selling PlayStation 2 game in Japan, Dragon Quest pioneered RPGs for the console platform. Dragon Quest VIII was released in Japan in November 2004 and has sold over 3.6 million copies to date. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Game News :: home page |