Posted by Bob Mackey
Today is a great time to be a Dragon Quest fan, but the mid-90s... not so much. Enix did their best to bring Dragon Quests II, III, and IV over to the States during the early years of the decade, but the series was poorly received by a populace who wouldn't really figure out what this whole RPG thing was about until Final Fantasy VII. And since DQ never really caught on in America until 2005's release of the phenomenal Dragon Quest VIII, we missed out on quite a few games in the series--most of which we either have now or are coming soon to the DS. One of these games, a Dragon Quest III remake made late in the Super Famicom's life (1996) didn't come here for reasons that should be obvious at this point--though it's important to note that a Game Boy Color port of this remake (stop me if this gets confusing) actually did make it out here in 2001, but it wasn't nearly as pretty as the post-DQVI work done on the Super Famicom version. But now, thanks to the work of talented people in the rom hacking scene (notably, DaMarsMan), the fantastic Dragon Quest III Super Famicom remake is now fully-translated in English for the sake of DQ freaks like me who don't want to learn an entirely new language to play a 13 year-old game. There's a limit to even my free time.
And in case you were wondering just how nice this remake looks, take a look at the game's intro.
Head on over to Romhacking.net to pick up the patch, and find out why DQIII is my favorite of the series--at least until I finish this review copy of V. Special thanks to the Retronauts Twitter for the news.
Related Links:
The 61FPS Review: Dragon Quest IV – Chapters of the Chosen
Remakes I Never Got to Play: Dragon Quest V
Trailer Review: Dragon Quest IX
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About Bob Mackey
For a brief period of time I was Bull from TV's
Night Court, but some of you may know me from the humor column I wrote for Youngstown State University's The Jambar, Kent State University's The Stater, and Youngstown's alternative newspaper, The Walruss. I'm perhaps most well-known for my bi-weekly pieces on Something Awful. I've also blogged for Valley24.com and have written articles for EGM, 1UP, GameSpite and Cracked. For all of my writing over the years, I have made a total of twenty American dollars. It's also said that I draw cartoons, which people have described with words such as "legible." I kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby and am looking to do so again in the future.
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