Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, also known as Dragon Quest V: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride in Europe, is the fifth installment in the Dragon Quest game series It was the first Dragon Quest title to be released for the SNES. It was later re-released for the Playstation 2 and Nintendo DS, the latter being the first time it was released outside of Japan. Along with Dragon Quest VI, the original SNES release never reached North America. In the absence of an official translation, several fan translations exist for the SNES version, as well as the PS2 version.