Same here, I think the same age actually (technically I played 2, then 1, then 4, but as much as I loved 2, 4 is what REALLY got me hooked. It's still probably my all time favorite game, and i'm 34 almost now lol.
Im pretty sure Akira Toriyama, illustrator for both Dragon Ball and Dragon Quest, said that he put more effort into DQ Character designs because he didn't need to draw them as often as DB Characters. DB having simpler designs makes it easier to draw them for several panels while DQ only needs a couple profile shots so having more detail goes a longer way. That's what I remember anyways, so DQ>DB character designs.
Shame they took out super saiyan rose with super high tension in the 3ds dq8 and mobile is bastardized (like dq4 where money should transfer from torneko's chapter 3 riches (with a prompt to auto sell when his store closes instead of being robbed) and no casino token gambling limit to make falcon blade actually obtainable). 8 hero looks like gohan and angelo future trunks.
This took me back to when I played DQIX once it first released on the west. Fantastic game! Now I'm playing through DQVII at my own pace (which might make it even longer than it already is).
Having only played the DS version and not the NES version, I find the mixing of different names for the characters to be confusing! For reference to anyone wondering (spellings found on dragon-quest.org), Ryan is Ragnar (he did keep McRyan as a surname, so this one isn't hard) Christo is Kiryl Bray is Borya Taloon is Torneko (this was kind of obvious since he kept Taloon as a surname) Nara is Meena Mara is Maya Orin is Oojam That's pretty much all the important characters, but also: Keeleon is the Marquis de Leon Keeleon Castle is the Palais de Leon Haville is Havre Leon Kievs is Aubout du Monde These are the ones I've been confused by so far, but I'm not done watching this yet so I may add others if I have to look them up.
The original Japanese names were Ryan (Ragnar/Ryan) Alina (Alena) Clift (Cristo/Kiryl) Burai (Brey/Borya) Toruneko (Torneko/Taloon) Manya (Maya/Mara) Minea (Nara/Meena) Pisarro/Desupisarro (Psaro/Saro) In the case of the temporary party members the NES version names are correct except for Healie which was originally "Hoimin". Keeleon/Marquis deLeon was originally just "King Leon" Aamon/Radimvice was just "EbiruPurisuto". So yeah, just "Evil Priest" Estark/Esturk is pretty much the same in Japanese. Spell it however you like "Esutaku" works too.
Fun fact means "at the end of the world", en français. So that town's called "atends of earth" or "attend of the world" Idk why all the place names were all frenchified in NA's DS release, odd.
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You can say "abacuses" or "abaci". The word has a long history and versions of the word have been used in English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Sumerian, etc. Probably best to just go with "abacuses" though. Most people will understand you better if say abacuses, right? Kind of like that Octopuses, Octopi, Octopodes argument.
@@chimblemasterofchimney4771 "Abacodes," I think you meant. If it's not what you meant, then I claim credit for this brilliant and original idea. This message brought to you from the future.
Makes me sad there's no SNES/SFC version of DQ4... DQ4 came out on Famicom in 1990, two years later DQ5 came out on the Super Famicom. Then the DQ1+2 remaster came out for SFC. Then a couple years later, DQ6. A year after that a DQ3 remaster came out... But being December 1996, we were never going to get a DQ4 remaster because the Super Famicom was EOL. :/
Just here to tell you that Italian version of DQIV have an amazing Italian adaptation that uses dialects or accents for different town. For example the character that is a merchant Torneko (Baldo in Italian) speak in Tuscan dialect.
I like to consider DQ4 as 2 games in 1: one for the male protagonist, and the other for the female. The differences are minimal, sure, but given the fact the choice is goven at the beginning it's cool you can choose the version of the game you prefer to play.
"I'm not sure which game started this trend, but there's a trend in Dragon Quest where you'll find a lot of Seeds of Life on graves, like tonic just did"
I might be wearing nostalgia glasses but I replayed the NES version earlier this year and the AI seems to be better (apart from Cristo, who is a numbskull).
Interesting note...if you DON't get teh safe in tornekos chapter...it is still therein chapter 5 ....however teh safe will not work...apparently its spent to much time after torneko...that it got damaged so even if you do get it...after it will never work anywayLMAO
The NES version used to be my favorite game (Torneko playing an NPC on the other side of the counter was great), but the DS really blows it out of the water in every way except graphically. (Not a big fan of the aliasing and 3D.)
Would have liked to watch a play through without RNG manipulation. Just a bit lame otherwise. See the Earthbound speedrun, where the only RNG manip for the first 30 minutes or so, then pure talent.
A good portion of the people in the room there are players of the NES version, so they usually refer to the NES names. I prefer the DS names since those are the names that are used now these days (that and my first exposure to IV was the DS version), but that's why they kept on using those names. They referred to Estark as "Esterk" or "Esturk" since one of those two was his NES name (even though Estark is the name that's used in all modern installments), so it's not just the Slavic names.
Run Start: 2:06
Who are the 3 commenters?
@@garrtrigger those are (left to right) haktical, TheCowness, and EvilAsh25 -- all long time DQRTA runners and community members
Alena has my whole heart! It made me so happy as a young girl growing up that a princess could be a tomboy and also so strong
Give Alena those earrings you get towards the end of the game and with her strength and critical hit rate she becomes an absolute monster.
This game is what got me into RPGs when I was 7 years old, I still love it to this day
Same here, I think the same age actually (technically I played 2, then 1, then 4, but as much as I loved 2, 4 is what REALLY got me hooked. It's still probably my all time favorite game, and i'm 34 almost now lol.
Same, when I was five! It's still very close to my heart. :)
Im pretty sure Akira Toriyama, illustrator for both Dragon Ball and Dragon Quest, said that he put more effort into DQ Character designs because he didn't need to draw them as often as DB Characters. DB having simpler designs makes it easier to draw them for several panels while DQ only needs a couple profile shots so having more detail goes a longer way. That's what I remember anyways, so DQ>DB character designs.
Indeed! And his work on Chrono Trigger is legendary too :D
Shame they took out super saiyan rose with super high tension in the 3ds dq8 and mobile is bastardized (like dq4 where money should transfer from torneko's chapter 3 riches (with a prompt to auto sell when his store closes instead of being robbed) and no casino token gambling limit to make falcon blade actually obtainable). 8 hero looks like gohan and angelo future trunks.
rip Toriyama 😢
I think they're both good and memorable but this is still pretty interesting
My favorite RPG of all time. This is such a fun watch, thanks to the runners.
this video literally is my comfort video, whenever I feel low i watch it
Who are the 3 commentators?
@@garrtrigger Haktical, TheCowness, EvilAsh25
1:40:48 keep infiltrating those balzacks 🤣
low again
I woke up crying and found this video to put on to try to go back to sleep and saw your comment. I hope you’re still here and not too low right now
This was a blast to watch. One of my favorite RPGs of all time, great run =)
And now Solo is in Smash!
Absolutely epic work determining the manipulations for the metals. Always a pleasure watching you all play!
This took me back to when I played DQIX once it first released on the west. Fantastic game! Now I'm playing through DQVII at my own pace (which might make it even longer than it already is).
This speedrun was sponsored by big hot-dog industries.
Mariusz J lmao 👍
Having only played the DS version and not the NES version, I find the mixing of different names for the characters to be confusing!
For reference to anyone wondering (spellings found on dragon-quest.org),
Ryan is Ragnar (he did keep McRyan as a surname, so this one isn't hard)
Christo is Kiryl
Bray is Borya
Taloon is Torneko (this was kind of obvious since he kept Taloon as a surname)
Nara is Meena
Mara is Maya
Orin is Oojam
That's pretty much all the important characters, but also:
Keeleon is the Marquis de Leon
Keeleon Castle is the Palais de Leon
Haville is Havre Leon
Kievs is Aubout du Monde
These are the ones I've been confused by so far, but I'm not done watching this yet so I may add others if I have to look them up.
The original Japanese names were
Ryan (Ragnar/Ryan)
Alina (Alena)
Clift (Cristo/Kiryl)
Burai (Brey/Borya)
Toruneko (Torneko/Taloon)
Manya (Maya/Mara)
Minea (Nara/Meena)
Pisarro/Desupisarro (Psaro/Saro)
In the case of the temporary party members the NES version names are correct except for Healie which was originally "Hoimin".
Keeleon/Marquis deLeon was originally just "King Leon"
Aamon/Radimvice was just "EbiruPurisuto". So yeah, just "Evil Priest"
Estark/Esturk is pretty much the same in Japanese. Spell it however you like "Esutaku" works too.
Fun fact means "at the end of the world", en français. So that town's called "atends of earth" or "attend of the world"
Idk why all the place names were all frenchified in NA's DS release, odd.
loving these, i dont have the patience to grind these out, but im obsessively curious about the items, stats, and strats
YES my boy Healie! Best boy, best Healslime, don't @ me.
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We agree.
After so, so many runs of the NES version I'm just getting in to the DS remake. Really, really hoping for an 2D-HD remake in the next year or two!
Great run, and really informative too.
Especially with regards to hot dogs.
Wow, those starter slimes are swole as fuck
You can say "abacuses" or "abaci". The word has a long history and versions of the word have been used in English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Sumerian, etc. Probably best to just go with "abacuses" though. Most people will understand you better if say abacuses, right? Kind of like that Octopuses, Octopi, Octopodes argument.
Although it occurs to me that if you're writing the script for an English language video game and you want to save space "abaci" is fewer letters. 😆
Abacusodes.
"Best" is subjective. "-i" as plural of "-us" is classical. (Same with "-a" as plural of "-um".)
@@chimblemasterofchimney4771 "Abacodes," I think you meant. If it's not what you meant, then I claim credit for this brilliant and original idea.
This message brought to you from the future.
@@Mythraen I'm calling them abacodes from now on thank you
*: Nice work, HOT DOG.
Makes me sad there's no SNES/SFC version of DQ4... DQ4 came out on Famicom in 1990, two years later DQ5 came out on the Super Famicom. Then the DQ1+2 remaster came out for SFC. Then a couple years later, DQ6. A year after that a DQ3 remaster came out... But being December 1996, we were never going to get a DQ4 remaster because the Super Famicom was EOL. :/
What manipulation is that yo spawn metal slime?
Just here to tell you that Italian version of DQIV have an amazing Italian adaptation that uses dialects or accents for different town. For example the character that is a merchant Torneko (Baldo in Italian) speak in Tuscan dialect.
I like to consider DQ4 as 2 games in 1: one for the male protagonist, and the other for the female. The differences are minimal, sure, but given the fact the choice is goven at the beginning it's cool you can choose the version of the game you prefer to play.
1:28:47 I'm still trying to figure out what he's saying
"I'm not sure which game started this trend, but there's a trend in Dragon Quest where you'll find a lot of Seeds of Life on graves, like tonic just did"
I tried the metal slime manipulation, it didn't work
I witnessed the rise of HOT DOG. So funny.
I wish Nara/Meena and Mara/Maya were used more often. I've had a small "crush" on Mara since 1992.
Why the name "HOT DOG"? Is it a running joke?
Played the NES version a view months ago, and it held up really well, i was surprised how few things changed in the DS verson.
I might be wearing nostalgia glasses but I replayed the NES version earlier this year and the AI seems to be better (apart from Cristo, who is a numbskull).
@@FreeCorps nostolgia goggles
this 2d animation looks so cool!
The final boss animations for its transformations are some top tier shit. Same for the final boss in DQ 6 DS.
@@okagron Give me this graphics for all dq games.
Would love a DQ game based on Chapter 3, in English
this reply is super late but try "Torneko: The Last Hope"
I miss this kinda of RPG, today its all about money
Interesting note...if you DON't get teh safe in tornekos chapter...it is still therein chapter 5 ....however teh safe will not work...apparently its spent to much time after torneko...that it got damaged so even if you do get it...after it will never work anywayLMAO
This was painful to read.
The runner looks like nigh identical to Scott The Woz, like his long lost twin. The hilarious irony is that Scott The Woz doesn't like RPGs.
Who asked?
The seed of agility looks kinda like a hot dog
4:07:00 wow
The NES version used to be my favorite game (Torneko playing an NPC on the other side of the counter was great), but the DS really blows it out of the water in every way except graphically. (Not a big fan of the aliasing and 3D.)
this video is too quiet
Curtis Jones turn your volume up
Turn your hearing aid up.
bequieat shuping stupiead dog pige cow goat hot doge
elllopheant ostreage
ppige sllobe
rpg limitbreak love the video but the audio is complete garbage
War-rus is not a Latin word anyway. It's Dutch, so the plural should be War-russen. 😂
Abacuisusses'
nice job
tifa is the tomboy
I love the nostalgia of not seeing static pronouns on screen.
I miss when there were no 1,000 imaginary genders politics.
I unliked this just to keep the likes at 666
Would have liked to watch a play through without RNG manipulation. Just a bit lame otherwise. See the Earthbound speedrun, where the only RNG manip for the first 30 minutes or so, then pure talent.
We're playing as the Heroin!!!!
Boo!!!!!
Drugs?
Girl power is cringe. 😂
So much beta soy in this community 😂
Dislike for making fun of slavic names. I bet if they were black you would be more tolerant.
They didn't make fun of the names.
Black people can have stupid names too. I would know I am black and have a fucking apostrophe in my name. Some real 1980’s shit😂
It's not that serious stop crying
A good portion of the people in the room there are players of the NES version, so they usually refer to the NES names.
I prefer the DS names since those are the names that are used now these days (that and my first exposure to IV was the DS version), but that's why they kept on using those names.
They referred to Estark as "Esterk" or "Esturk" since one of those two was his NES name (even though Estark is the name that's used in all modern installments), so it's not just the Slavic names.
I agree. It's ok for them to make fun of white people but not blacks. It's all an agenda.