Nintendo

Nintendo Co., Ltd, 「任天堂株式会社」 in Japanese, is an electronics and video game company based in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is both a video game publisher and a video game console creator, with their first console being the Color TV-Game which released in 1977. Their most popular franchises include Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Kirby, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Splatoon, Star Fox, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Super Smash Bros.

History with Dragon Quest
Nintendo have had a long history with the Dragon Quest series, beginning with the release of Dragon Quest on Nintendo's home console, the Famicom. Not only was the first console release of a Dragon Quest game release on a Nintendo console, but Nintendo assisted in bringing Dragon Quest to North America under the title Dragon Warrior. The localisation was done by the late Satoru Iwata, then of HAL Laboratory and later president of Nintendo.

Nintendo Direct
Nintendo Direct is a commercial showcase that Nintendo uses as a platform to advertise their products and third-party products that are associated with their brand. The program started in 2011 and was facilitated by Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo at the time. Since then, the program has continued with different facilitators.

There have been many occasions where Dragon Quest has been shown during one of the Nintendo Direct showcases, and has even had appearances by Yuji Horii and Yosuke Saito. In February 2019, the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Quest Rivals was introduced along with the announcement of Dragon Quest XI S for the Nintendo Switch. In June of the same year, it was announced that several Dragon Quest heroes would be joining the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster under one fighter named Hero, which consists of Eleven, Arusu, Solo and Eight as well as an alternative skin of each hero.

Dragon Quest has also had independent Nintendo Direct showcases:
 * Nintendo Direct Mini: Dragon Quest X: The Awakening of the Five Tribes Online, which was a Dragon Quest X showcase that focused on Dragon Quest X and only aired in Japan. It was broadcasted on July 30, 2012, before the launch of the game on the Nintendo Wii.
 * Another Dragon Quest X Nintendo Direct Mini on December 19, 2012. It contained information about the update (Ver. 1.2) and the Wii U version release.
 * Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Direct Mini, which was a Dragon Quest XI focused showcase that aired only in Japan. It was broadcasted on June 21, 2017, explaining the contents of the 3DS version.

Consoles with Dragon Quest

 * Famicom
 * Nintendo Entertainment System
 * Super Famicom
 * Game Boy Color
 * Game Boy Advance
 * Nintendo DS
 * Nintendo Wii
 * Nintendo 3DS
 * Nintendo Wii U
 * Nintendo Switch

Games with Dragon Quest

 * Itadaki Street (developed by Square Enix), named Fortune Street in North America and Boom Street in Europe, had two games published on Nintendo consoles:
 * Fortune Street is a party game for the Nintendo Wii and a cross-over of the Mario and Dragon Quest series, with characters and stages from each series.
 * Itadaki Street DS is a party game for the Nintendo DS and a cross-over of the Mario and Dragon Quest series, with characters and stages from each series. It has a lot of differences from the Nintendo Wii version and was not released outside of Japan.
 * Mario Sports Mix is a party game for the Nintendo Wii where the player can play a selection of sports like Basketball and Volleyball. The player can also play as a selection of characters from the Mario series and as player-created Miis, but if certain conditions are met, the player will be able to play as a Slime from the Dragon Quest series. If you continue to play as Slime for 20 sessions, you can use She-slime, and if you play as Slime for 40 sessions, you can use Metal Slime.
 * It is also possible to play as Final Fantasy characters.
 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a party fighting game for the Nintendo Switch that lets players play as characters, known as fighters, from various Nintendo-owned and third-party franchises. Four heroes from Dragon Quest were released as part of Fighters Pass Volume 1, a paid DLC that adds more characters to play as, under the fighter Hero. The selected heroes consists of Eleven, Arusu, Solo and Eight as well as an alternative skin of each hero.