{"id":27289,"date":"2023-02-04T19:06:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/uncategorized\/why-dragon-quest-has-always-been-so-much-more-popular-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2023-02-04T19:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T19:06:41","slug":"why-dragon-quest-has-always-been-so-much-more-popular-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/features\/why-dragon-quest-has-always-been-so-much-more-popular-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dragon Quest Has Always Been So Much More Popular in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/why-dragon-quest-has-always-been-so-much-more-popular-in-japan_63deacc0a8ee3-1000x600.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/why-dragon-quest-has-always-been-so-much-more-popular-in-japan_63deacc0a8ee3-1000x600.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/why-dragon-quest-has-always-been-so-much-more-popular-in-japan_63deacc0a8ee3-400x240.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Buried on YouTube is a grainy video of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AezPcidAyWo&#038;ab_channel=003animetal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese news broadcast<\/a>. Even if you don\u2019t speak Japanese, the footage is clear enough. It\u2019s February 1988, and throngs of people are lining up for the new Famicom video game, <strong><em>Dragon Quest III<\/em><\/strong>. A man with a loudspeaker keeps one line orderly as it twines past trees and storefronts. Frantic shopgirls unbox dozens of copies. A nearby scramble crossing is jam-packed. It\u2019s a video game launch so massive that it spawned a wild urban legend that used to pop up on old GameFAQs forums and schoolyards: The Japanese government had to step in and write a law mandating that future <strong><em>Dragon Quest<\/em><\/strong> games could only be released on the weekend to avoid civil disruption.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/games\/dragon-quest-popularity-japan-explained\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buried on YouTube is a grainy video of a Japanese news broadcast. 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