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==Topics==
==Topics==
===Audio===
===Audio===
:''See also: {{Dragon Quest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Audio}}.''
:''See also: {{DragonQuest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Audio}}.''
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===Games and Demos===
===Games and Demos===
:''See also: {{Dragon Quest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Video Games}}.''
:''See also: {{DragonQuest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Video Games}}.''


There is a total of eight games in the ''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon'' series. As of now, only ''{{Torneko2|World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope}}'' was able to receive an official translation and port in North America. The other games have remained in Japan due to the series' popularity in Japan, being more important than overseas between the '90s and the early 2000s.
There is a total of eight games in the ''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon'' series. As of now, only ''{{Torneko2|World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope}}'' was able to receive an official translation and port in North America. The other games have remained in Japan due to the series' popularity in Japan, being more important than overseas between the '90s and the early 2000s.
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===Books===
===Books===
====Guide Books====
====Guide Books====
:''See also: {{Dragon Quest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Major Characters}}.''
:''See also: {{DragonQuest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Guide Books}}.''
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====Manga====
====Manga====
:''See also: {{Dragon Quest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Manga}}.''
:''See also: {{DragonQuest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Manga}}.''
There is a total of fifteen manga in the ''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon'' series.
There is a total of fifteen manga in the ''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon'' series.


====Novellas====
====Novellas====
:''See also: {{Dragon Quest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Novellas}}.''
:''See also: {{DragonQuest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Novellas}}.''
There is only one novel in the ''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon'' series, being ''{{Novel|Novel Torneko's Great Adventure: Mysterious Dungeon Enix Bunko}}''.
There is only one novel in the ''Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon'' series, being ''{{Novel|Novel Torneko's Great Adventure: Mysterious Dungeon Enix Bunko}}''.


===Major Characters===
===Major Characters===
:''See also: {{Dragon Quest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Major Characters}}.''
:''See also: {{DragonQuest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Major Characters}}.''
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===Merchandise===
===Merchandise===
:''See also: {{Dragon Quest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Merchandise}}.''
:''See also: {{DragonQuest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Merchandise}}.''
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===Monsters===
===Monsters===
:''See also: {{Dragon Quest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Monsters}}.''
:''See also: {{DragonQuest|List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Monsters}}.''
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Revision as of 06:20, 6 August 2022

Releases
1993 Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999 Torneko: The Last Hope
2000
2001
2002 Torneko's Great Adventure 3
2003
2004
2005
2006 Young Yangus and the Mystery Dungeon
Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Mobile
2007
2008
2009 Dragon Quest More Mystery Dungeon Mobile
Rereleases and Remakes
2000 Torneko: The Last Hope (USA)
2001 Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance
2002
2003
2004 Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance


Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon began with Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon, the first entry into the Mystery Dungeon franchise and the first to use a crossover with another series, being the Dragon Quest franchise. The titles are primarily centered around Torneko, the merchant first met in Dragon Quest Ⅳ: Chapters of the Chosen.

The Mystery Dungeon series first began with the Torneko's Great Adventure trilogy, as a spin-off of Dragon Quest Ⅳ: Chapters of the Chosen, known as Dragon Warrior Ⅳ in North America. Torneko would later appear as a cameo in the spin-off and prequel of Dragon Quest Ⅷ: Journey of the Cursed King, Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon, which marks the first and only game to control a different character, being Young Yangus in that case.

About

After the launch of the Super Famicom and finishing development for Dragon Quest V, the company ceased working on the Dragon Quest series and began working on the Mystery Dungeon series.[1] The series was based on the 1980's game Rogue, which has spawned its own genre called roguelike.[1] For a week Koichi Nakamura, founder of Chunsoft and co-creator of the Dragon Quest series, played Rogue at the recommendation of a colleague, Seiichiro Nagahata, trying to understand the game's appeal, and concluded the high degree of challenge made the game very rewarding. While working on a roguelike game for the Super Famicom, the team decided to use characters from a recognizable franchise in Japan. Koichi Nakamura has asked Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest series, about the possibility to add characters and items from the Dragon Quest franchise, and Torneko, the merchant appearing in Chunsoft's previous work Dragon Quest IV, only to have the permission accepted soon after.[2][1] Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon was published in 1993 and became the first video game to bear the "Mystery Dungeon" moniker.[3] Even if it sold less than the series' main titles, the game has sold over 800,000 copies. Koichi Nakamura conceived the series as Chunsoft's first original work.[1] The game spawned two sequels starring Torneko, Torneko: The Last Hope in 1999 and Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 in 2002, and a follow-up, Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon in 2006, where Torneko would appear as a cameo instead of the protagonist. And indeed, the game became the first of the over thirty Mystery Dungeon rogue-like series.[4]

Other characters other than Torneko would become playable throughout the titles: Torneko's own son Tipper in Template:Torneko3 and Young Yangus in the spin-off and prequel of Dragon Quest Ⅷ: Journey of the Cursed King, Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon.

Topics

Audio

See also: List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Audio.

Games and Demos

See also: List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Video Games.

There is a total of eight games in the Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon series. As of now, only Template:Torneko2 was able to receive an official translation and port in North America. The other games have remained in Japan due to the series' popularity in Japan, being more important than overseas between the '90s and the early 2000s.

Books

Guide Books

See also: List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Guide Books.

Manga

See also: List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Manga.

There is a total of fifteen manga in the Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon series.

Novellas

See also: List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Novellas.

There is only one novel in the Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon series, being Template:Novel.

Major Characters

See also: List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Major Characters.

Merchandise

See also: List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Merchandise.

Monsters

See also: List of Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Monsters.

In Other Languages

Language Name
English Torneko's Great Adventure
Japanese トルネコの大冒険

See Also

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References