Square Enix announced today that Dragon Quest: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride will be released across PAL / European territories in Spring 2009, exclusively for the Nintendo DS.

The Chapters of the Chosen will be the second instalment in the Zenithia Trilogy. Dragon Quest: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride finds its way onto the Nintendo DS as a high quality remake of the classic Dragon Quest V, packed with exciting new features and a truly genre defining story.

Like all other Dragon Quest games, this one takes place in a medieval world, with no real modern technology, such as cars or electricity. Characters fight with swords, clubs, and magic instead of guns or other weapons.

The quest takes the Hero and his party to many exotic locations, such as a fairy village, a mansion made of ice, several caves, and a volcano. The party eventually makes its way to Zenithia, which is a castle in each game of the Zenithia trilogy. Like a few other Dragon Quest games, the final enemies reside in a dark world, separate from the main map.

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of SquareEnix Ltd. comments:

With this new entry in the Dragon Quest series, we hope game players of all ages will enjoy the Dragon Quest experience, following our hero through a lifetime of limitless adventures and great surprises.