Dragon Quest III: Difference between revisions

* [[The Hero|Hero]]: Your main character. A [[Magic Knight]] and all-around fighter with access to powerful attacks and spells. Good thing he ([[Distaff Counterpart|or she]]) is so well-rounded, since class change is impossible for the hero.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser|Soldier]]: The [[Mighty Glacier]]. Is able to use the strongest and most durable weapons and armor in the game, but is slow as molasses.

* [[The Medic|Priest]]: (were renamed Pilgrims in the NES English localisation) Your typical [[The Medic|healer class]]. Can use a number of healing spells, buffs, and some minor attack magic. Is [[Combat Medic|surprisingly durable]], too.

* [[Squishy Wizard|Wizard]]: The attack magician. Blasts enemies into little piles of dust, at least until he runs out of [[Mana|MP]].

* [[Ascended Fanon]] - Ortega's new sprite/design in the Remix, being born in part of the NES version of 3 over the Famicom's.

* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]] - Provides a sort of temporary [[Nonstandard Game Over]] at one point.

* [[Battle Bikini]] - Female characters can equip these, drastically raising their evasion and making the enemy react erratically. Also, the female soldiers wear this all the time (oddly changing into a one-piece when they equip the actual bikini "armor"). Amusingly, until the remix, Bikinis were the weakest armor. Afterwards, two more are added: one is a magical version that's pretty good when you get it, and the other is a "sacred" version that blows away the best '''armor''' and is second only to dress made of concentrated holy light! [[Game Favored Gender]]? Yes, and [[All Men Are Perverts|we]] [[Even the Girls Want Her|all]] love it.

* [[Betting Minigame]] - The monster arenas.

* [[Glass Cannon]] - Fighters are impressively strong even without a big weapon set, ''and'' boast a naturally high Critical rate. However, while they have decent HP, their ''defense'' tends to be pretty low, and their armor choices are... lacking.

* [[God Save Us From the Queen]] - One personality-defining scenario involves a selfish queen misleading the king for her own profit. The Elf Queen is a vengeful witch fond of [[Disproportionate Retribution]]. And later on, you discover {{spoiler|Zipangu's leader, Himiko, is actually the Orochi}}.

* [[Gotta Catch Them All]] - In the GBC [[Video Game Remake]], every monster [[Randomly Drops]] a medal; first Bronze, then Silver, then Gold. Getting enough of them gives you access to [[Bonus Dungeon|Bonus Dungeons]]. Getting ''all'' of them makes the Grandragon {{spoiler|fall asleep. Wait, [[Anticlimax|what?]]}}

** The latter had an explanation, although it took a significant amount of work to discover it. They had intended to do a similar ''[[Dragon Quest IV (Video Game)|Dragon Quest IV]]'' remake with the same Monster Coin system. These coins are even hidden in Dragon Quest 3's data files. You would have, in theory, been able to transfer your coins to the other game in order to complete the full set -- which they replaced at the last second with Grandragon falling asleep, when they decided to port 4 to the PSX instead.

* [[Healing Hands]] - The main reason for bringing Priests along, though [[The Hero]] also gains considerable talent in this area.

* [[Heroic Mime]] - Once again, our hero.

** Averted in the English NES (?) translation, where he yells for a kidnapped couple to run away from Kandar.

* [[Hot Amazon]] - One of the female-exclusive 'Personalities' in the remakes.

* [[Human Sacrifice]] - [[Wutai|Zipangu]] is terrorized by the [[Orochi]], who demands a regular sacrifice of young maidens. Upon confronting the beast, you learn {{spoiler|that Zipangu's leader, Himiko, is actually the Orochi, explaining her [[Dying Like Animals]] attitude.}}

* [[Improbable Weapon User]] - Before [[Dragon Quest IV (Video Game)|Torneko]], abacuses appeared here. In the remix, the best abacus is one of best weapons in the game!

* [[In Universe Game Clock]] - The game introduced a day/night cycle. Sleeping at an inn would always take you to morning, and there were also spells and items that would change it from day to night or back.

** This may also explain why the sword is so much weaker in [[Dragon Quest I (Video Game)|Dragon Quest I]]. Any villains left hiding away and possibly Dragonlord himself, have been trying to break it, but could only weaken it. They eventually gave up and just buried it in some obscure spot in Dragonlord's castle.

*** The same would apply to the armor and gear you hand down to your descendants, but since those were never damaged, one could guess they're just old.

* [[Secret Test of Character]] - To determine your hero's personality in the remakes, a mysterious voice asks a series of questions, then throws you into one of these based on your answers. Your reaction to whatever issue you face determines your personality. Said tests range from dealing with a greedy queen leading her country to war based on lies, to exploring a cavern, to deciding whether or not to take a leap of faith off a tower.

* [[Shifting Sand Land]] - Isis and its surrounding area, complete with a pyramid. This area corresponds to Egypt in [[Real Life]].

* [[Squishy Wizard]] - [[Shaped Like Itself|Wizards]]. Priests have a few elements of this, but are better about growing out of it.

* [[Super OCD]]: A requirement of any player who tries to assemble a full set of the bronze, silver and gold monster medals.

* [[Trouble Magnet Gambit]]: Inverted with the Golden Claw. Dangerous in the pyramid (every step's a random encounter, and you can't use magic in the basement where you get it), but once you leave, as long as you don't return to the pyramid, it's the fighter's best weapon.

* [[Updated Rerelease]] - The Remix on Super Famicom, Game Boy Color, and recent modern Cell Phones. All are chock full of extra goodies from 4, 5, and 6.