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{{Game
|completion=4
|image=Dragon Warrior III boxart (jp).jpg
|title=Dragon Warrior III
|title=Dragon Warrior III
|image=Dragon Warrior III boxart (jp).jpg
|japanese=ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ…
|developer=[[Chunsoft]]
|developer=[[Chunsoft]]
|publisher={{co|Enix|jp}}{{co|Nintendo|us}}
|publisher={{colist|Enix|Nintendo}}
|japanese=ドラゴンクエスト ''(Dragon Quest)''
|year=1988
|systems={{syslist|nes}}
|title1=Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e…
|developer1={{colist|Heartbeat|ArtePiazza}}
|publisher1=[[Enix]]
|year1=1996
|systems1={{syslist|snes}}
|title2=Dragon Warrior III
|developer2=[[TOSE]]
|publisher2=[[Enix]]
|year2=2000
|systems2={{syslist|gbc}}
|ratings2={{ESRB|T}}
|title3=Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
|developer3=[[Matrix Software]]
|publisher3=[[Square Enix]]
|year3=2014
|systems3={{syslist|ios|android|3ds|ps4|switch}}
|ratings3={{CERO|A}}{{ESRB|T}}{{PEGI|12}}{{USK|12}}{{ACB|M}}
|genre=[[RPG]]
|genre=[[RPG]]
|systems=[[NES]], [[SNES]], [[Game Boy Color]]
|released={{sys|nes}}{{jp|1988|February 10}}{{us|1992|March 1}}{{sys|snes}}{{jp|1996|December 6}}{{sys|gbc}}{{jp|2000|December 8}}{{us|2001|July 16}}
|players=1
|players=1
|ratings={{ESRB|T|GBC}}
|modes=[[Single player]]
|preceded by=[[Dragon Warrior II]]
|preceded by=[[Dragon Warrior II]]
|followed by=[[Dragon Warrior IV]]
|followed by=[[Dragon Warrior IV]]
|series=Dragon Quest
|series=Dragon Quest
}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Dragon Quest III Soshite Densetsu e…'''|ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ…||lit. Dragon Quest III: And thus into Legend…}} was localized outside Japan as '''Dragon Warrior III'''. It's a role-playing video game developed by [[Chunsoft]] and published by [[Enix]] (now [[Square Enix]]). It is the third installment in the [[:Category:Dragon Quest|Dragon Quest series]] (known as Dragon Warrior in North America at the time of its original release), first released for the [[Famicom]] in Japan, and then the [[NES]] in North America. The game later was ported as an enhanced remake on the [[Super Nintendo]] in late [[1996]] and then on the [[Game Boy Color]] in 2001.


'''Dragon Warrior III''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''Dragon Quest III Soshite Densetsu e…'''|ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ…||lit. Dragon Quest III: And Thus Into Legend…}}, is a role-playing video game developed by [[Chunsoft]] and published by [[Enix]] (now [[Square Enix]]). It is the third installment in the [[:Category:Dragon Quest|Dragon Quest series]] (known as Dragon Warrior in North America at the time of its original release), first released for the [[Famicom]] in Japan, and then the [[NES]] in North America. The game later was ported as an enhanced remake on the [[Super Nintendo]] in late [[1996]] and then on the [[Game Boy Color]] in 2001.  This game was never released in Europe.
This is the final game in the Erdrick trilogy and is the first chronologically. The story follows the traditional Dragon Quest Hero, who is on an adventure to save the world from evil. Putting together a party of assorted classes, the Hero must travel the world, stopping at various towns and other locations, eventually making his or her way to the Demon Lord Baramos's lair.
 
This is the final game in the Loto trilogy and is the first chronologically. The story follows the traditional Dragon Quest Hero, who is on an adventure to save the world from evil. Putting together a party of assorted classes, the Hero must travel the world, stopping at various towns and other locations, eventually making his or her way to the Demon Lord Baramos's lair.
 
While the combat system remains close to the previous Dragon Quest games, keeping battles turn-based and in first-person, Dragon Warrior III expanded on the open world and nonlinear gameplay of its predecessors, and introduced innovations such as a persistent world with its own day-night cycle, and an innovative class-changing system, which is later seen in [[Dragon Quest VI]], [[Dragon Warrior VII]], and [[Dragon Quest IX]]. This class system allows the player to customize his or her party by changing character classes during the game, and keep a character's stats and skills learned from previous classes. Dragon Quest III's class-changing system shaped the gameplay of future RPGs, especially the [[:Category:Final Fantasy|Final Fantasy series]], while a similar class-changing system later also appeared in [[Wizardry VI]] and [[Wizardy VII]].


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While the combat system remains close to the previous Dragon Quest games, keeping battles turn-based and in first-person, Dragon Warrior III expanded on the open world and nonlinear gameplay of its predecessors, and introduced innovations such as a persistent world with its own day-night cycle, and a class-changing system inspired by Wizardry, which is later seen in [[Dragon Quest VI]], [[Dragon Warrior VII]], and [[Dragon Quest IX]]. This class system allows the player to customize his or her party by changing character classes during the game, and keep a character's stats and skills learned from previous classes. Dragon Quest III's class-changing system influenced future Japanese RPGs, especially the [[:Category:Final Fantasy|Final Fantasy series]].


==Story==
==Story==
Dragon Warrior III follows the adventures of the son (or daughter) of Ortega, a valiant warrior who fell trying to defeat the Archfiend, Baramos. On the hero's sixteenth birthday, the King of Aliahan sends you out on a journey to finish what your father started. The hero and his three companions will travel across, over, and under the entire world, save two lands from evil, and become legends.
Dragon Warrior III follows the adventures of the son (or daughter) of Ortega, a valiant warrior who fell trying to defeat the Archfiend, Baramos. On the hero's sixteenth birthday, the King of Aliahan sends you out on a journey to finish what your father started. The hero and his three companions will travel across, over, and under the entire world, save two lands from evil, and become legends.


== Gallery ==
; Game title
NOTE: the original Japanese NES title screen is just ''Dragon Quest III'' in white letters on a black screen.
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Dragon Warrior III boxart.jpg|NES boxart (US)
File:DW3 title screen.jpg|Localized NES title
Image:Dragon Warrior III boxart (jp snes).jpg|Super Famicom boxart (JP)
File:DW3 title SNES J.png|SNES title
Image:Dragon Warrior III boxart (us gbc).jpg|GBC boxart (US)
File:DW3 title GBC J.png|GBC original title
Image:Dragon Warrior III boxart (jp gbc).jpg|GBC boxart (JP)
File:DW3 title GBC U.png|GBC localized title
Image:DW3 title screen.jpg|Title screen
</gallery>


; Game box
<gallery>
File:Dragon Warrior III boxart.jpg|Localized NES box
File:Dragon Warrior III boxart (jp snes).jpg|Original Super Famicom box
File:Dragon Warrior III boxart (jp gbc).jpg|Original GBC box
File:Dragon Warrior III boxart (us gbc).jpg|Localized GBC box
</gallery>
</gallery>
== Versions ==
Note that the original title is '''Dragon Quest III: And thus into Legend...''' (literal translation from Japanese).
{| {{prettytable|notwide=1|sortable=1}}
! Year !! System !! Notes
|-
| 1988 || NES || Localized as '''Dragon Warrior III'''.
|-
| 1996 || SNES || '''Japan only;''' it includes an extra dungeon (Sky World), the Small Medals sub-quest and five Pachisi Tracks.
|-
| 2000 || GBC || Localized as '''Dragon Warrior III'''; it includes another extra dungeon (Ice Cave).
|-
| 2009 || Phones || '''Japan only.'''
|-
| 2011 || Wii || '''Japan only;''' part of ''Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Collection''.
|-
| 2014 || Phones || Localized as '''Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation'''.
|-
| 2017 || PS4/Nintendo 3DS || Japan only.
|-
| 2019 || Nintendo Switch || Localized as '''Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation'''.
|}
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[[Category:Dragon Quest|3]]
[[Category:Chunsoft]]
[[Category:TOSE]]
[[Category:Matrix Software]]
[[Category:Enix]]
[[Category:Enix]]
[[Category:Nintendo]]
[[Category:Square Enix]]
[[Category:RPG]]
[[Category:RPG]]
[[Category:Single player]]
[[Category:Single player]]
[[Category:NES]]
[[Category:Game Boy Color]]
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