Dragon Quest II: Delocalized
ドラゴンクエストII 悪霊の神々 · Dragon Quest II: Akuryou no Kamigami · Dragon Warrior II
Translation Quest's fresh translation of the NES Dragon Warrior II, written to read like the Japanese Famicom original and with the censored graphics put back.
What it is
Dragon Quest II: Delocalized is part of the Translation Quest team's series of Delocalized patches for the NES Dragon Quest games. Built on the American Dragon Warrior II cartridge, it replaces the 1990 English script with a new translation made from the Japanese Famicom version, using the series' modern style rather than the old faux-Elizabethan English.
What's changed
- The whole script retranslated, with names, items, spells and monsters brought in line with the Japanese release.
- Graphics that were censored for the US release are restored.
- The improvements from the Western release, such as battery saving and the prologue showing the fall of Moonbrooke, are kept.
- Several bugs are fixed, including stats not being recalculated after removing or uncursing equipment and encounters triggering right after leaving a building to the world map.
- Strange Dance drains less MP than before.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of Dragon Warrior II (USA), following the instructions on the patch's page. Credit goes to Translation Quest: Chicken Knife, nejimakipiyo, Dattebayo and the other contributors.