See what X_Loto sees, know what X_Loto knows! The horrors of playing classic RPG's in a foreign language, revealed! :-O

• 27Jul 07

  DQIII - Entry 2

  I took out a party consisting of the Hero, Merchant, Wizard, and Priest. I managed to get them all up to Lv2 during my short time playing, and made enough money to get a Copper Sword for Alan (the Priest). However, I felt kind of stupid for also ending up with my first casualty already. D'oh! Just before she would have gotten to Lv3, Alia (the Merchant) was down to 2 HP when I came across a group of 5 Slimes. I fought them even though I had no way to heal, thinking I could take them out easily. They went through the first round without doing any major damage, but after the second round she had only 1 HP and there was one Slime still hanging on. I attacked it, thinking, "It's nearly dead, and I'm ganging up on it 4 to 1! It's not gonna get her!" So what happens? My first attack--miss! Slime attacks--Alia, 2 Damage. Shini. Dead.

  Anyway, more later! Come back again for another chapter!

  • Posted Jul 27, 2007 2:59 pm PT
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• 26Jul 07

  Starting a Blog for Dragon Quest III...Why? Who Knows!

  So, I've decided to start this blog to chronicle my adventures...let's see if I remember to keep it up while I'm playing (and whether anyone reads it ;-)! I'm playing Dragon Quest III in Japanese, translating and making maps as I go, and this is where I'll post my progress.

  I started playing two days ago, and I just finished talking to everyone in Aliahan. Now I'll take their dialogue with me to work and decipher it over lunch! :-P I still haven't left the town yet, just talked to everyone and tried to get used to the vocabulary items in the menus and stat screens. Now I just have to talk to them again at night and see if they say anything different, hehe.

  After I got all that talking out of the way, I worked on setting up my party, which I think will vary throughout the game. I'm using the characters that were given to me, along with some I created myself.

  X M Hero -- The Hero! :-D
  Raius M Soldier -- Provided by the game, not sure what I may change him into yet, as I may not finish with him
  Ilia M Wizard -- Provided by the game, will train to be a Sage
  Alan M Priest -- Provided by the game, will train to be a Fighter or Soldier, I think
  Alia F Merchant -- Will help earn extra money when I need it, at least early on
  Zero M Fighter -- I may or may not use him...I'm not sure yet
  Roll F Goof-off -- Will train to bea Sage...later

  I have Cookies and Java for the one who first guesses where the names I chose came from. ;-)

  Well, that's it for now. My next mission is to level a little and buy equipment for everybody while mapping the area surrounding Aliahan and taking snapshots of the local fauna. I also want to take a little time for some updates to projects from the other Japanese games I've played (DQ, DQ2, FF, and Kawa no Nushi Tsuri). If I replay any of those, and I might, I may just post a blog for them too!

  Gotta go for now...cya later!

  • Posted Jul 26, 2007 1:02 am PT
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