, known as
Dragon Quest: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride in Europe, is a
role-playing video game and the fifth installment in the
Dragon Quest video game series. 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)
video game console in
Japan on September 27, 1992. It has since been
remade for the
PlayStation 2 in
2004; which was developed by ArtePiazza and Matrix Software, and published by
Square Enix only in Japan. Another remake was made for the
Nintendo DS, and was released on July 17, 2008 in Japan. The remake was also released in North America and Europe, marking the first time the game had an official release in either territory. The game was released on February 17, 2009 for the North American market. A version of the game for
Android and
iOS was released in Japan on December 12, 2014, and worldwide in English on January 22, 2015.