Dragon Quest World - Symphonic Suite "Dragon Quest V" Bride in the Sky
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride[a] is a role-playing video game and the fifth installment in the Dragon Quest video game series, second of the Zenithian Trilogy. Originally developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix Corporation, Dragon Quest V was the first title in the series to be released for the Nintendo Super Famicom (SFC aka SNES) video game console in Japan in September 1992. Dragon Quest V was the first game in the series to not be released outside Japan, as Enix did not want to pay for the cost of the larger cartridge ROMs needed to fit English-language dialog. Poor sales of Dragon Quest II, Dragon Quest III, and Dragon Quest IV in North America were also a factor.
It later had an enhanced remake only in Japan for the PlayStation 2 in 2004; which was developed by ArtePiazza and Matrix Software.[7] Another remake was made for the Nintendo DS, which released in Japan in July 2008 and worldwide in February 2009, marking the first time the game had officially released in English. In addition, ports for Android and iOS were released in Japan in December 2014, and worldwide the following month.
The game takes place over roughly thirty years of the main character's life, from when he is born through to when he gets married and has a family. The title introduced a gameplay dynamic in which monsters from random encounters may offer to join the player's party. This concept was used in later Dragon Quest games, as well as in the Dragon Quest Monsters series as the primary way to form a party. The game's monster-collecting concept has since become influential, appearing in many later franchises such as Pokémon, Digimon and Dokapon.[9] In turn, the concept of collecting everything in a game, in the form of achievements or similar rewards, has since become a common trend in video games. Dragon Quest V has also been credited as the first known video game to feature a playable pregnancy, a concept that has since appeared in later games such as Story of Seasons, The Sims 2 and Fable II.
Dragon Quest V uses basic role-playing video game mechanics seen in the rest of the series, which includes leveling up by gaining experience points through battle, first person turn-based battles, and equipping weapons and armor. Something new to the Dragon Quest series is the ability to tame monsters into the player's party. The monsters can be used in battle and level-up like the human characters. Monsters sometimes request to join the Hero after battles if the party is strong enough. There are a total of 40 monsters that are capable of joining the Hero's party in the Super Famicom version, with 71 in the PlayStation 2 remake.[11][12]
Like IV and VI, this game has a wagon where members of the Hero's party can rest while exploring the world, but in the original Super Famicom version it was only possible to have a maximum of three active party members (those who actively participate in the monster battles), while in IV and VI it was up to four. This was changed in the remakes on the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS to include up to four members in an active party. The tactics system first introduced in Dragon Warrior IV was brought back in this game, but with the added option of controlling allies manually for the entire game (whereas Dragon Quest IV only let you control them for four out of five chapters). It also expanded the tactics system by allowing the artificial intelligence routines to be set individually for each ally rather than for the party as a whole.
After beating the game, players can gain access to the bonus dungeon. Dragon Quest V was the first Dragon Quest game to have a bonus dungeon (although the remakes of Dragon Quest III and IV added bonus dungeons later).
Dragon Quest V begins with a brief scene of the Hero's birth in which the player gives the Hero a name. Afterwards, the Hero, as a child, and his father, Pankraz travel to meet Sancho, an old friend. The Hero meets Bianca and the two explore the haunted Uptaten Towers (レヌール Renūru), where they obtain a mysterious Golden Orb. The next day, the Hero notices a man in the town who looks very similar to him only older. That man asks the Hero to show him the Golden Orb and, after returning it, asks him to take care of his father Pankraz. The first section of the story ends with Pankraz being killed by powerful foes when he tries to protect his son and Prince Harry. They are then both sold into slavery.
The story continues ten years later, and the player finds that the Hero and Harry have grown up working on a giant temple, but escape as the scene opens. The Hero travels to the west to the town of Mostroferrato, where the wealthy nobleman Rodrigo Briscoletti and his daughter Nera live. Rodrigo sends the Hero on a quest to retrieve two magic rings, called the Circle of Fire and the Circle of Water, as a test of his worthiness as a suitor for Nera. The Hero accomplishes this and Rodrigo offers the Hero the chance to marry Nera, but it is also possible for him to marry Bianca or Debora (DS). After the marriage, the Hero travels to his homeland of Gotha, where they make him king. His wife has two children, but is kidnapped by monsters. When the Hero comes to rescue her, both are turned to stone by the monsters.
The Hero is found by his two children eight years later and is revived. Travelling the world to collect the legendary Zenithian armaments for the Legendary Hero, it is discovered that the Hero's son is indeed the Legendary Hero sought by Pankraz almost twenty years ago. During this stage of the journey, the Hero avenges Pankraz by killing Ladja (ゲマ Gema), and restores the Dragon God, as well as Zenithia castle, to their proper homes in the sky. To accomplish this, the Hero has to enter a time warp to retrieve the Golden Orb from his child self.
After returning to the temple the Hero helped build as a slave, the Zenithian armor is found, as well as the statue of his wife. After the final source of evil is eradicated from the world, the party is told that Mada (Martha) remains in the Demon World, and that the final source of evil, Nimzo (ミルドラース Mirudorāsu), is lying in wait for the Legendary Hero. The Hero, his wife, and their children agree not to leave Mada in the demon world, so together they travel there via a portal near Lofty Peak, and reach the Evil Mountain. Mada is found inside, but dies shortly after meeting the Hero and his family. The party continues on to confront and destroy the lord of evil, Nimzo. They return to Gotha, and have a joyful party. As the family celebrates, Pankraz and Mada watch their son and his family from the heavens, happy and content with their progeny.
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below[1][a] is a hack-and-slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. It was released in Japan and Asia in February 2015,[2][3] and in North America, Australia and Europe only for PlayStation 4 in October 2015. It was later released via Steam for Microsoft Windows in December 2015 for North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. The game received generally positive reviews, with a sequel Dragon Quest Heroes II being released in Japan during May 2016. Dragon Quest Heroes would later be released with the sequel in a compilation for Nintendo Switch in Japan.Dragon Quest Heroes mixes the hack-and-slash combat of Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors series of video games with the characters, monsters, universe, and lore from Square Enix's Dragon Quest series. The game is much more heavy on RPG elements than most of Omega Force's other titles. The game has a roster of 13 characters that the player can choose from, each having unique weapons and abilities, some of these characters are fan favourite Dragon Quest characters but many other characters show up as NPCs.The game is set in the Kingdom of Arba, where mankind and monsters live peacefully. One day, monsters began to attack mankind suddenly leading the captains of the Royal Guard, Luceus and Aurora, to recover the hearts of monsters.[7] The nefarious Velasco schemes to plunge the world into darkness by taking control of all the monsters in order to release the darkness dragon Shadroth: Lord of the Night.
When a dark shockwave sweeps through the city of Arba, the monsters that once lived alongside the people in peace are driven into a frenzied rage. As either the hero Luceus or the heroine Aurora, the player joins forces with a cast of fan favorites from previous DRAGON QUEST titles, such as Alena, Bianca and Yangus, to bring the rampaging hordes of monsters to their senses and restore order to the kingdom.
Dragon Quest Heroes was developed by Omega Force, who are better known for their hack and slash Dynasty Warriors franchise, and published by Square Enix.
At a Sony Computer Entertainment Japan press conference on September 1, 2014, the game was announced by Yuji Horii.[2] As a promotion, a special edition PlayStation 4, featuring the metal slime from Dragon Quest, was released on December 11, 2014, selling 38,000 units in its first week.
『ドラゴンクエスト』（英語: DRAGON QUEST ）は、1986年（昭和61年）5月27日にエニックス（現: スクウェア・エニックス）より発売されたファミリーコンピュータ（ファミコン、FC）用ロールプレイングゲーム。通称は『ドラゴンクエストI』（ドラゴンクエストワン）。
日本では同年内にMSX、MSX2にも移植された。その後、リメイク版としてスーパーファミコン（以下SFC）用ソフト『ドラゴンクエストI・II』、ゲームボーイ（以下GB）用ソフト『ゲームボーイ ドラゴンクエストI・II』に収録されている。2000年代以降にはフィーチャーフォン用アプリ（iアプリ、EZアプリ、S!アプリ）、スマートフォンアプリ（Android、iOS）としての配信も行われるようになった。2011年（平成23年）9月15日に発売されたWii用ゲームソフト『ドラゴンクエスト25周年記念 ファミコン&スーパーファミコン ドラゴンクエストI・II・III』に、FC版がSFC版『I・II』などと共に収録されている。2017年8月10日にはPlayStation 4、ニンテンドー3DS版もダウンロードで配信開始された。また2018年7月7日に発売されたニンテンドークラシックミニ ファミリーコンピュータ 週刊少年ジャンプ50周年記念バージョンにはFC版が収録されている。
北米では、1989年5月にNESで『Dragon Warrior』として任天堂から発売され、後にGB版『Dragon Warrior I & II』にも収録されている。
以降、特記がない限りはオリジナルのファミリーコンピュータ版について述べる。
家庭用ゲーム機では初となるオリジナルタイトルのロールプレイングゲーム。のちに続編が次々と発売され、『ドラゴンクエストシリーズ』と呼ばれるようになった。本作の正式タイトルは『ドラゴンクエスト』であるが、続編が発売されて以降、本作はシリーズ第1作であることから便宜上『ドラゴンクエストI』（ドラゴンクエストワン）と呼ばれることもある（リメイク版では正式に『ドラゴンクエストI』の呼称が使用されている）。キャッチコピーは「今、新しい伝説が生まれようとしている」。
山形交響楽団（やまがたこうきょうがくだん、Yamagata Symphony Orchestra）は、山形県山形市を本拠とする日本のオーケストラ、通称山響（やまきょう）。日本オーケストラ連盟正会員。運営法人名は、公益社団法人山形交響楽協会。
創立名誉指揮者である村川千秋の「ふるさとの山形にオーケストラを」の情熱の下、1972年1月に発足。山形新聞グループの他、県下有力企業の支援を得て、演奏レベルの高さでは全国的にも定評がある楽団に成長した。
しかし、リーマンショック後の景況の悪化や、東日本大震災からの復旧優先によるピーク時4千万円の収入となった東北電力主催の「依頼公演」のゼロ化などから、演奏収入の潤沢な確保が困難となり、2014年度には、楽団員と事務局員に対する夏季・冬季の賞与を全額カットするなどリストラをすすめた他、翌15年度には定期演奏会を8回、計11公演に減らし、経費をさらに節減するとしている。
これら状況を受け、運営法人である山形交響楽協会に山響活性化委員会が設置され、赤字体質からの脱却へ向け検討が重ねられた。2015年3月4日には、理事会において委員会から中間報告が行われ、来場者を増やすための施策の構築や、理事会とは別に経営委員会を設置することが提言された。また同4月から楽団員の65歳定年制を実施する他、山響の苦境を知った地元関係者が動き、協会会長に幅広い人脈を持つ三井嬉子（スペシャルオリンピックス日本会長）を招いた。また山形放送社長を経て理事長に就任した園部稔は無給で再生へ向け奔走している。同10月1日、山形交響楽協会は山響活性化委員会の提言に基づき、16年度は定期演奏会の2日公演を復活させることを決めたほか、会員を増やして会費収入の増収を図るなどの営業努力を行う方針を示した。
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra Associate Conductor. He is from Akita Prefecture. After majoring in music at Tokyo Gakugei University, he majored in directing at Tsubaki Gakuen University. He has been selected for international commanding master classes in various places in Europe and studied under J. Panula, H. Andreshuk, and M. Stringer. In particular, he was frequently selected for the master class of Mr. Panula, and in 2012 he directed the North Dutch Symphony Orchestra as a top performer, and in 2013 he conducted a concert at the World Heritage Escorial Monastery. He was selected as the final 8 finalist in the 9th, 2012 10th Fitelberg International Conductor Competition, Diploma, and the 2015 Besançon International Conductor Competition.
Since 2010, he has been a Research Fellow at Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra for two years, and he has been trained under the direction of conductor Yasuhiro Iimori, Yazaki Hikotaro and others. During his tenure, he will lead many performances, including an assistant service and a performance of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Study abroad in Munich since 2013. Further study was carried out in various parts of Europe mainly in Germany.
Besides the concert, the movie "Maestro" released in January 2015! In 』, he was involved in the production from the preparation stage before shooting, and also directed the music to Toshiyuki Nishida, as well as directing the recording of music during the play. In the movie "Pirate Man", released in December 2016, he will direct the main title and other in-play music. In addition, he has led the music video of Natsumi Abe's album "To Hikari-Classical & Crossover" and has expanded the scope of activities in many ways.
So far, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra Conducts the group, the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Mixed Choir, the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, the Tokyo Wind Orchestra, the Siena Wind Orchestra and others.
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