History YMMV / DragonQuestIII

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While the game has aged very well, especially with the remakes, many modern gamers miss just how groundbreaking this game really was at the time. It is the UrExample, {{Trope Maker|s}}, and TropeCodifier of many, ''many'' JRPG tropes. To truly cement this in one's mind, consider the following -- ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' came out a scant 2 months after ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''.

** In the later versions, the English name of the BonusBoss [[spoiler:Xenlon]] goes quite well with the character, as she's basically a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Shenron of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. They even look similar!

* ValuesDissonance: In the Japanese version, choosing to decline a puff-puff results in the girl accusing you of being a homosexual, which is very awkward to read in TheNewTwenties due to how widespread and common [=LGBT=] trends have become.

* ThatOneAttack: Expel/Blasto is found on only a few enemies and usually misses, but if it hits it knocks the character out of your party, and not just for that fight. You have to go all the way back to the ''first town'' to get them back. One of the "few enemies" to have it are Hades Condors, which are ridiculously common in the North American area.
* ThatOneBoss: Kandar is possibly the first difficult fight in the game. [[spoiler: Until you find out he has a crippling weakness to the Sleep spell.]]

** NES version- If you recruit the maximum number of companions, the hero will learn the first 8 spells (Blaze, Heal, Expel, Ironize, Firebal, Return, StopSpell, Sleep) in their spell list. The problem is, Heal and Return will not work outside of battle. You can avert this by learning Heal and Return first, then activate the glitch.

** The English name of the BonusBoss [[spoiler:Xenlon]] goes quite well with the character, as she's basically a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Shenron of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. They even look similar!

* SacredCow: In Japan, ''DQ3'' is considered one of the canonical classic video games, and is one of the most frequently-referenced games in its pop culture.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Hero's Challenge", the theme that plays during the final boss fight after [[spoiler:the Sphere of Light is used to dispel Zoma's barrier of darkness]]. It was even brought back for the TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI''.
* BrokenBase: Many fans did not react well upon finding out that the iOS and Android versions of the game left out the popular Pachisi / Treasures n' Trapdoors and Monster Medals sidequests and decided to pass on them. That disappointment made a comeback when it came out that the Switch version would be a port of the mobile version.[[note]]Particularly viewed as egregious, considered the definitively-viewed first remake was on Nintendo hardware, for a system Nintendo has archived games of on the Switch.[[/note]]

* ThatOneLevel: The cave to the Necrogond. Not ''nearly'' as frustrating as the Road to Rhone in the previous game, but tough nonetheless.

** The Item glitch. The glitch works like this- form a party. Allow one member to die and then go to Luisa's and remove the dead character. Get a new character and then allow 3 party members to die. Normally in game play, if you have three dead party members the game will not allow you to switch out the living party member for a dead one at Luisa's. However, if the living party member has the Numb status, then the game will let you exchange the character for a dead one. You will now have a party of all dead characters. Go to the overworld and just take a few steps and watch your inventory go nuts.