What the hell is Dragon Quest?
Why you should care about this gaming behemoth
It's shifted 40 million units worldwide, second only to Final Fantasy in sales- in Japan it even outsells the global RPG giant. In 1988, so many peopleblew off work and played hooky to line up for Dragon Quest III that a law was promptly introduced banning the release of Dragon Quest titles on a weekday to stop another countrywide bout of sick-leave anarchy.
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