Dragon Quest III: Delocalized
Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e... · ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ…
A full retranslation of the NES Dragon Warrior III from the Japanese script, with restored content and bug fixes, aiming to read like the Japanese Dragon Quest III in natural English.
What it is
Dragon Quest III: Delocalized replaces the 1991 English localization of Dragon Warrior III with a new translation made directly from the Japanese text. The team set out to match the Japanese game closely, without the censorship of the American release, while keeping the script readable instead of stiffly literal. Some improvements that the English version had over the Famicom original are kept.
What's changed
- A complete new script translated from Japanese
- Restored content and many bug fixes, with only very light gameplay tweaks
- Optional extra patches to switch spell names to the official Dragon Warrior or Dragon Quest naming
- In recent versions, weapons meant to hurt the undead or dragons now actually deal bonus damage to all of them, and stat seeds are tracked per character
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of Dragon Warrior III (USA), following the instructions on the project's page.
Credits
Translation Quest: Chicken Knife (hacking, graphics, lead writer), nejimakipiyo (lead translator), Dattebayo (translation consulting), abw (hacking consulting) and Eggers (bug fix).