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A Portable Port of a Prequel

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Nathan

I finished the Game Boy Color version of Dragon Warrior III last week, so I might as well say a bit about it. You probably already know this, but the series was always Dragon Quest in Japan, but became Dragon … Continue reading →

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No Good in the ‘Ood

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Nathan

I wrote about the character of Kandar from Dragon Quest III about two years ago, thinking at the time it was a little bizarre to dedicate a post to a minor recurring boss, albeit one I found memorable. It turns … Continue reading →

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Ready, Abel, and Willing to Dai

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Nathan

While the Dragon Quest series is only moderately popular here in the United States, it’s huge in Japan, so it’s not too surprising that there would be spin-offs. Occasionally there are official translations of these as well, but most of … Continue reading →

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Lorasian Royalty

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Nathan

I follow a few Tumblr pages devoted to the Dragon Quest series, and it’s strange to realize that I was literally playing games from this series before some of the maintainers were born. There was a deal to get the … Continue reading →

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