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Fridge Brilliance

  • All other heroes of the Dragon Quest series are depicted wielding swords in their official art, while the main character of Dragon Quest V wields a staff in his. his foreshadows that he's NOT the hero of his game!
  • The English translation of the first game uses Ye Olde Butchered English, something not used in any of the other games. Why? Well, think about what series defined video RPGs before Dragon Quest came along, and in fact, was its direct inspiration - Ultima. And what was all the dialogue in the Ultima games written in? Ye Olde Butchered English. Perhaps they used it because that's what gamers were used to!
    • In this way, the use of British-based actors for the English voice acting helps to enforce the antiquated style that the original game used, only on a more Victorian-style level rather than Elizabethan.

Fridge Horror

  • It's implied in Dragon Quest V that the hero and wife were fully concious the eight years they were turned to stone. Makes you wonder about the villagers that were turned to stone in Dragon Quest VII and were eroding away for not just years, but decades.

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