History YMMV / DragonQuest

** The movie ''Dragon Quest: Your Story'' has also come under fire. The trailers seemed like a straight adaptation of VideoGame/DragonQuestV, and the movie did very well in its first weekend. [[spoiler: However, it turns out that the subtitle for the movie, Your Story, is quite literal, in that the movies plot ends up being nearly identical to the infamous Plot Twist of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime", in which the movie is actually about a kid from the real world entering the video game world of Dragon Quest V. Not only was this [[TrailersAlwaysLie not implied in any of the marketing for the movie]] but it ruined the reputation for the movie as a whole, and with V being seen as one of the most iconic entries in the series next to III, fans were '''not''' happy, to say the least.]] The movie itself would go on to tank in Box office sales in the following weekend onwards. It didn't help that movie's director said this was put in because of the increasing popularity of {{Isekai}} stories in Japan and abroad, hoping it would give the movie more of a Global appeal. Despite their being no plans to release the movie outside of Japan...

** The movie ''Dragon Quest: Your Story'' has also come under fire. The trailers seemed like a straight adaptation of VideoGame/DragonQuestV, and the movie did very well in its first weekend. [[spoiler: However, it turns out that the subtitle for the movie, Your Story, is quite literal, in that the movies plot ends up being nearly identical to the infamous Plot Twist of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime", in which the movie is actually about a kid from the real world entering the video game world of Dragon Quest V. Not only was this [[TrailersAlwaysLie not implied in any of the marketing for the movie]] but it ruined the reputation for the movie as a whole, and with V being seen as one of the most iconic entries in the series next to III, fans were '''not''' happy, to say the least.]] The movie itself would go on to tank in Box office sales in the following weekend onwards.

** Unfortunately, as time has gone on, Koichi Sugiyama's [[https://kotaku.com/5901590/the-sad-story-of-a-japanese-gaming-legend-who-pretends-war-crimes-never-happened vociferous support of denial of the Nanking Massacre]] (going so far as to buy an ad in ''The Washington Post'' about it), as well as [[https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/415401-anti-lgbt-dragon-quest-composer-spurs-square-enix-response his support for homophobia]], has come to somewhat overshadow other aspects of the franchise outside of Japan, and has led to calls for him to be dropped as composer (even if that means losing the old themes) and questions as to why he keeps getting hired.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Unfortunately, as time has gone on, Koichi Sugiyama's [[https://kotaku.com/5901590/the-sad-story-of-a-japanese-gaming-legend-who-pretends-war-crimes-never-happened vociferous support of denial of the Nanking Massacre]] (going so far as to buy an ad in ''The Washington Post'' about it), as well as [[https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/415401-anti-lgbt-dragon-quest-composer-spurs-square-enix-response his support for homophobia]], has come to somewhat overshadow other aspects of the franchise outside of Japan, and has led to calls for him to be dropped as composer (even if that means losing the old themes) and questions as to why he keeps getting hired.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The games released since Dragon Quest 8 have actually been blessed with a remarkably coherent localization, but contrary to popular belief the HurricaneOfPuns, AddedAlliterativeAppeal, and general silliness of the franchise are actually taken from the Japanese originals.

** The movie ''DragonQuest: Your Story'' has also come under fire. The trailers seemed like a straight adaptation of VideoGame/DragonQuestV, and the movie did very well in its first weekend. [[spoiler: However, it turns out that the subtitle for the movie, Your Story, is quite literal, in that the movies plot ends up being nearly identical to the infamous Plot Twist of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime", in which the movie is actually about a kid from the real world entering the video game world of Dragon Quest V. Not only was this [[TrailersAlwaysLie not implied in any of the marketing for the movie]] but it ruined the reputation for the movie as a whole, and with V being seen as one of the most iconic entries in the series next to III, fans were '''not''' happy, to say the least.]] The movie itself would go on to tank in Box office sales in the following weekend onwards.

* CultClassic: Dragon Quest, despite being the seminal [=JRPGs=], wasn't really able to gain a foothold in America during the 90s. It fared much better during the revival in the oughties, but not enough to convince Square-Enix to continue localizing much past ''IX'' and the remake of ''VI''. The localization of ''Heroes'' and ''VII'' and ''VIII'' remakes may be an opportunity for further Western releases.

** The movie ''DragonQuest: Your Story'' has also come under fire. The trailers seemed like a straight adaptation of VideoGame/DragonQuestV, and the movie did very well in its first weekend. [[spoiler: However, it turns out that the subtile for the movie, Your Story, is quite literal, in that the movies plot ends up being nearly identical to the infamous Plot Twist of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime", in which the movie is actually about a kid from the real world entering the video game world of Dragon Quest V. Not only was this [[TrailersAlwaysLie not implied in any of the marketing for the movie]] but it ruined the reputation for the movie as a whole, and with V being seen as one of the most iconic entries in the series next to III, fans were '''not''' happy, to say the least.]] The movie itself would go on to tank in Box office sales in the following weekend onwards.

** The movie ''DragonQuest: Your Story'' has also come under fire. The trailers seemed like a straight adaptation of VideoGame/DragonQuestV, and the movie did very well in its first weekend. [[spoiler: However, it turns out that the subtile for the movie, Your Story, is quite literal, in that the movies plot ends up being nearly identical to the infamous Plot Twist of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime", in which the movie is actually about a kid from the real world entering the video game world of Dragon Quest V. Not only was this [[TrailersAlwaysLie not implied in any of the marketing for the movie]] but it ruined the reputation for the movie as a whole, and with V being seen as one of the most iconic entries in the series next to III, fans were '''not''' happy, to say the least.]]

** The movie ''DragonQuest: Your Story" has also come under fire. The trailers seemed like a straight adaptation of VideoGame/DragonQuestV, and the movie did very well in its first weekend. [[spoiler: However, it turns out that the subtile for the movie, Your Story, is quite literal, in that the movies plot ends up being nearly identical to the infamous Plot Twist of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheendOfTime, in which the movie is actually about a kid from the real world entering the video game world of Dragon Quest V. Not only was this [[TrailersAlwaysLie not implied in any of the marketing for the movie]] but it ruined the reputation for the movie as a whole, and with V being seen as one of the most iconic entries in the series next to III, fans were '''not''' happy, to say the least.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/DragonQuestV Bishop Ladja]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestVI Mortamor]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestVIII Rhapthorne]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestIX King Godwyn]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestXI The Gloomnivore]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/DragonQuestV Bishop Ladja]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestVI Mortamor]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestVIII Rhapthorne]];[[YMMV/DragonQuestIX King Godwyn]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestXI The Gloomnivore]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/DragonQuestV Bishop Ladja]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestVI Mortamor]]; [[YMMV/DragonQuestVIII Rhapthorne]]. See those pages for details.

* UnknownRival: It's not necessarily a rivalry, but some Western ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' fans won't give ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' the attention they probably should. Try to explain to one of them why they should try playing a ''Dragon Quest'' game. They just scoffed and ignored you, didn't they?

** The ''Dragon Quest'' series was the first console RPG game. Due to bad localization timing, everybody outside of Japan thinks ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' came first.

* CompleteMonster: [[VideoGame/DragonQuestV Bishop Ladja]]; [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVI Mortamor]]; [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII Rhapthorne]].

* UnknownRival: It's not necessarily a rivalry, but some Western FinalFantasy fans won't give ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' the attention they probably should. Try to explain to one of them why they should try playing a ''Dragon Quest'' game. They just scoffed and ignored you, didn't they?

CompleteMonster: [[VideoGame/DragonQuestV Bishop Ladja]]; [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVI Mortamor]]; [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII Rhapthorne]].

* ''YMMV/DragonQuestHeroesTheWorldTreesWoeAndTheBlightBelow

* CompleteMonster: [[VideoGame/DragonQuestV Bishop Ladja]]; [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVI Mortamor]]; [[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII Rhapthorne]].

* TheScrappy: Charmles may very well be the most hated character in the entire series. He pronounces his name "[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY Charm-LAY]]", but many ''[=DQ8=]'' fans have much less kind names to use for him.

* HellIsThatNoise: Put a piece of cursed equipment on, or have a save file erased in one of the NES games for failing to hold down the reset button while turning the power off, and you get treated to a creepy low-volume ScareChord.

** "A Slime approaches. Command?_"