This allows for more parts of the world to be explored in the present, the player slowly bringing the world to life, one continent at a time. The catch - these portals send them to a different continent, in a different time, and by solving the particular continent's dilemma, releases the continent from it's temporal prison. By inserting magical shards into an ancient ruin close to their home, they unlock portals to different parts of the world. The game follows the Hero and his band of friends as they discover secrets about their small port town of Estard and the island in which it rests. The game is known for being over 100 hours long, without partaking in any of it's optional side quests. The game was developed by Heartbeat and Arte Piazza under the supervision of Yuji Hori's Bird Studio for Enix, with music by Koichi Sugiyama and art by Akira Toriyama.
until the release of Dragon Quest VIII), the only game in the main Dragon Quest series to be made for the original Playstation console and the first Dragon Quest game (from the main series) released in the U.S. It is the seventh game in the Dragon Quest series (The series was referred to as Dragon Warrior in the U.S. Dragon Warrior VII is a Japanese turn-based role-playing game for the Sony Playstation game console.