You’ve likely noticed I tend to go on and on about the Dragon Quest games. I’ve been playing them for two-thirds of my life (egads!), and they still enthrall me as easily as they did when I was an impressionable twelve-year-old.

Here’s a bit of a secret, though. I doubt we’re going to see Theatrhythm Dragon Quest translated for the Nintendo 3DS, and I’m not too broken up about it.

Now, I love Dragon Quest music. The regal richness of the main theme still gives me chills when it fires up. I think it ought to be pressed into a golden record, sealed into a capsule, and shot into space for aliens to find and enjoy as a sample of Earth’s best art.

But unlike many of the Final Fantasy games, I don’t actively seek out Dragon Quest music. I don’t put it on in the background to accompany me when I write. I’m certainly glad turn it up when I’m playing an actual game, and if I’m listening to a video game music radio station, I’ll say “Oh, rad,” when a Dragon Quest song pops up.

I’m not sure what it is about Dragon Quest music that causes it to just slide off my eardrums and out of memory. And I’m sure if I lived in Japan, I’d feel very differently about the series’ tunes.

Okay now that I’ve talked a bunch of garbage about Dragon Quest’s music, I have to give a shout-out to the tunes that matter to me:

–Dragon Quest II’s field theme

–Dragon Quest II’s field theme (with pals)

–Dragon Quest III’s shrine theme

–Dragon Quest III’s Zoma theme

–Dragon Quest V’s sailing theme

There are others, too. I swear.