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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 title 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 latter appears 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.
Regional Releases
As of now, only one game was able to receive an official translation and port in North America, which is World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope. The other games have remained in Japan due to the series' popularity in Japan, being more important than overseas.
| Game | Japan | North America |
|---|---|---|
| Torneko's Great Adventure | ✓ | ✗ |
| Torneko: The Last Hope | ✓ | ✓ |
| Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance | ✓ | ✗ |
| Torneko's Great Adventure 3 | ✓ | ✗ |
| Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance | ✓ | ✗ |
| Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon | ✓ | ✗ |
Releases
| Cover Arts | Titles | Original release dates | Release years by system | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Torneko's Great Adventure Cover Art.png | トルネコの大冒険 不思議のダンジョン Toruneko no Daibōken Fushigi no Danjon Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon |
WW | 1993 - Super Famicom | Torneko 1 TMD 1 Torneko SFC |
World of Dragon Warrior: Torneko: The Last Hope |
WW | 1999, 2000 - PlayStation 2001 - Game Boy Advance |
Torneko 2 TMD 2 Torneko 2 Advance The Last Hope | |
ドラゴンクエストキャラクターズ トルネコの大冒険2アドバンス 不思議のダンジョン | ||||
ドラゴンクエスト・キャラクターズ トルネコの大冒険3 ～不思議のダンジョン～ |
WW | 2002 - PlayStation 2 2004 - Game Boy Advance |
Torneko 3 TMD 3 Torneko 3 Advance | |
ドラゴンクエストキャラクターズ トルネコの大冒険3アドバンス 不思議のダンジョン | ||||
| File:Dragon Quest- Young Yangus cover Art.jpg | ドラゴンクエスト 少年ヤンガスと不思議のダンジョン Doragon Kuesuto Shōnen Yangasu to Fushigi no Danjon Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon |
WW | 2006 - PlayStation 2 | Young Yangus YMD |
Demos
| Cover Arts | Titles | Original release dates | Release years by system |
|---|---|---|---|
| WW | PlayStation |
Mobile Phone Titles
| Cover Arts | Titles | Release years by system | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
ドラゴンクエスト不思議のダンジョンMOBILE Doragon Kuesuto Fushigi no Danjon MOBILE Dragon Quest Mystery Dungeon Mobile
WW |
2006 - Android | |
 |
ドラゴンクエスト もっと不思議のダンジョンMOBILE Doragon Kuesuto Motto Fushigi no Danjon MOBILE Dragon Quest More Mystery Dungeon Mobile
WW |
2009 - Android |
Fan translations
| Game | Console | English | Chinese | Korean | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exist? | Ref. | Exist? | Ref. | Exist? | Ref. | ||
| Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon | 
|
✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Torneko: The Last Hope | 
|
Official | Enix | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
 |
✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Torneko's Great Adventure 3 | |
— | [n 1] | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
Links
In other languages
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Torneko's Great Adventure | |
| Japanese | トルネコの大冒険 | |