History TearJerker / DragonQuestIII

* Even for the time -- the NES era was notorious for [[NeverSayDie being somewhat sensitive on the topic of death]] -- this game has just an ''astonishing'' amount of realistically tragic and upsetting material in it:

** Even worse, in at least the GBC version? He had forgotten his past life, including his wife and child. When he's defeated (after being hit with three firebreath blasts in a row, mind you), he regains his memories, but is blind and deaf, and not even sure someone's speaking to him when the player character talks to him. He talks about his child, apologizing for failing to bring peace to the world and calling himself a wretched person. He asks this person to relay this message to his child as he expires, never realizing he's been addressing said kid the whole time. Sure, one of the wishes [[BonusBoss Divinegon]] can grant is reviving him, which in itself can be a tearjerker for some, but that's not even known until you've already beaten the final boss and then fought and defeated Divinegon.

*** It starts off with a funeral for a man named Baranao, executed by Samanao's false king. His widow is inconsolable, her life obviously ruined by the whole affair.
*** Her son [[ChildrenAreInnocent begs to know where his father is]].
*** The lives of the cooks and maids in the castle are on constant verge of nervous breakdown because they might be executed next for the smallest mistake.
*** In the dungeon we see multiple victims of the false king's tyranny, some of them also dead.
*** And finally, there is the fate of Simon, exiled by the false king, left to rot in an obscure jail.

*** The lives of the cooks and maids in the castle are the on constant verge of nervous breakdown because they might be executed next for the smallest mistake.

* Even for the time -- the NES era was notorious for [[NeverSayDie being somewhat sensitive on the topic of death]] -- this game has just an ''astonishing'' amount of tragedy in it:

*** It's inferred that the man in Aliahan who wanted to make his own Magic Ball -- which [[DeadlyEuphemism despite its name]] is in fact a wall-destroying explosive, [[BoomInTheHand maimed himself in the process]].

*** The widow of Baranao who was executed by Samanao's false king.
*** Her son, [[ChildrenAreInnocent who begs to know where his father is]].
*** The lives of the cooks in the castle, on constant verge of nervous breakdown because they might be executed next -- and Simon, left to rot in an obscure jail.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' has a major one shortly before the game's climax: After following in Ortega's footsteps throughout the entire quest, you finally catch up to him in the final castle... just in time to witness TheDragon striking him down. Made all the worse by the FridgeLogic that he survived in the Dark World for ''years'', and must have been training and preparing all that time for this final assault... only to fail and die in front of his only child.

* The Hero's poor mother. Her husband Ortega is presumed dead and she sends her only child to fight evil. The child vanishes just like her husband and then the child is sealed away in Alefgard. Now the mother has lost her husband and will never see her only child again. Made even worse when remembering that the hero's mother awaits their return just outside their house at night.
** Try talking to the Hero's Mother while the Hero is ''dead'' in your party. The poor woman nearly breaks down completely.

** The Hero's poor mother. Her husband Ortega is presumed dead and she sends her only child to fight evil. The child vanishes just like her husband and then the child is sealed away in Alefgard. Now the mother has lost her husband and will never see her only child again. Made even worse when remembering that the hero's mother awaits their return just outside their house at night.

** Even worse, in at least the GBC version? [[spoiler: He had forgotten his past life, including his wife and child. When he's defeated (after being hit with three firebreath blasts in a row, mind you), he regains his memories, but is blind and deaf, and not even sure someone's speaking to him when the player character talks to him. He talks about his child, apologizing for failing to bring peace to the world and calling himself a wretched person. He asks this person to relay this message to his child as he expires, never realizing he's been addressing said kid the whole time.]] Sure, one of the wishes [[BonusBoss Divinegon]] can grant is reviving him, which in itself can be a tearjerker for some, but that's not even known until you've already beaten the final boss and then fought and defeated Divinegon.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' has a major one shortly before the game's climax: [[spoiler: After following in Ortega's footsteps throughout the entire quest, you finally catch up to him in the final castle... just in time to witness TheDragon striking him down. Made all the worse by the FridgeLogic that he survived in the Dark World for ''years'', and must have been training and preparing all that time for this final assault... only to fail and die in front of his only child.]]
** Even worse, in at least the GBC version? [[spoiler: He had forgotten his past life, including his wife and child. When he's defeated (after being hit with three firebreath blasts in a row, mind you), he regains his memories, but is blind and deaf, and not even sure someone's speaking to him when the player character talks to him. He talks about his child, apologizing for failing to bring peace to the world and calling himself a wretched person. He asks this person to relay this message to his child as he expires, never realizing he's been addressing said kid the whole time.]] Sure, [[spoiler: one of the wishes [[BonusBoss Divinegon]] can grant is reviving him, which in itself can be a tearjerker for some, but that's not even known until you've already beaten the final boss and then fought and defeated Divinegon]].
** The Hero's poor mother. Her husband Ortega is presumed dead and she sends her only child to fight evil. [[spoiler: The child vanishes just like her husband and then the child is sealed away in Alefgard. Now the mother has lost her husband and will never see her only child again.]]