The History of Dragon Warrior
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Three years
after the release of Dragon Quest, Nintendo
produced the first Dragon Warrior (under license from Enix), and offered
it as a special promotion for their Nintendo Power magazine.
Dragon Warrior II and III followed, this time produced by Enix's new
American branch, Enix America Corporation.
It was now 1992, and Nintendo had recently released its new system, the Super Nintendo. Enix America Corporation released Dragon Warrior IV in December of this same year. The next Dragon Warrior would not be released for seven years. Dragon Quest V and VI were being translated by Enix America Corporation, in preparation for their anticipated release for the SNES. Then, for some reason, Enix closed its operations in North America. Enix sold hundreds of thousands of Dragon Warrior games, and produced, in my opinion, some of the greatest games available. While Enix Corporation maintains a website, Enix America Corporation had one, or was planning on developing one: www.enix.com. Ten years after the release of Dragon Warrior, Eidos Interactive released Dragon Warrior Monsters, and Enix reestablished offices in North America (Enix America Inc.). On April 18th, 2000, Enix America announced plans to release Dragon Warrior I & II for Game Boy Color, and Torneko: The Last Hope. Dragon Warrior I & II (GBC) was released September 21, 2000, and Torneko: The Last Hope was released November 16, 2000. Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 was announced March 23, 2001, followed by Dragon Warrior III for Game Boy Color, and Dragon Warrior VII for Playstation. When Dragon Warrior III (GBC) was released July 17th, 2001, the number of available Dragon Warrior/Dragon Warrior related titles doubled since the day Enix America Corporation ceased to exist. Soon after, plans to release Dragon Warrior IV (PSX) were cancelled. On January 31, 2003, Enix America Inc. ceased operations in North America. The question remains whether the new SQUARE ENIX Corporation will release additional Dragon Warrior titles. |