Comments on: Nintendo just found a boatload of money and it’s called Dragon Quest X

By: Austyn

Austyn — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:34:08 +0000

Haven’t listened to the link yet, so it may mention this, but in the USA, Dragon Quest 1-4 was called “Dragon Warrior”. As of Dragon Quest 7 (I think that was the number) for PS2, it used the original name here in the US. 5 and 6 have been/are scheduled for release respectively here in the US via DS. We got screwed out of those games for WAY too long) Anyways, back in the days of the NES, Nintendo even gave away copies of Dragon Warrior with Nintendo Power subscriptions. It’s a pretty cool series, but it’s almost a religion over in Japan. I’m not sure if it’s still true, but at one time, the release of a Dragon Warrior game was considered a national holiday over there.

By: Nicholas Deleon

Nicholas Deleon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:08:09 +0000

What you said, it’s a character from the series.

By: Edymnion

Edymnion — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:42:29 +0000

The picture is of one of the monsters from the Dragon Quest game series, a “Metal Slime”. A Slime is basically the Dragon Quest version of Pikachu, just one of many different monsters you fight that became “the one” to represent the entire game.

By: Riles

Riles — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:49:53 +0000

I didn’t frame my question very well, I really meant how and/or why did that make the association with a post on Dragon Quest. As in where the hell did the idea to use that photo come from? A little window into your creative process. I completely understand that the answer may be “random flikring.”

By: Nicholas Deleon

Nicholas Deleon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:32:53 +0000

Flickr. (That’s why I put “Flickr’d” under the photo.) http://flickr.com/photos/oguogu/2813231251/

By: Riles

Riles — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:05:07 +0000

I am not familiar with Dragon Quest, but the image you used for this article is simply awesome. Where the hell did it come from?