Gravestone theory's
In final fantasy one, theres the one gravestone that says Erdrick on it instead of saying this is a tombstone. It's in Elfland if I remember right. Whats your theory on why they did this. I always assumed square was trying to make a statement, saying their final fantasy series would end the dragon warrior series ( even though they both had only one game out at the time) since the ancient hero in that game is named Erdrick.
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Makes sense. I read somewhere that in Dragon Warrior, there is a gravestone that says "here lies Link"
And we all know Link is from the Zelda series.
I can't confirm that as the truth though since i only read about it.. I haven't actually played Dragon Warrior.
You're mixed up, Paul Mate. In the Japanese version of FFI, Erdrick's gravestone says, "Here lies Link" instead. The purpose is the same; Square was just attacking the Zelda series instead of the Dragon Quest series.
Oh right... yeah.. ok that makes sense ^_^ I knew I'd read something about Link somewhere..
any guesses as to why they made the change from Link to Erdrick?
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Dragon Warrior was seen as a larger threat in America, probably, since it was amazingly popular. The subsequent Dragon Warrior games released in America (2-4) were all good games, too, but never managed to get anywhere. It really did sort of die, then. Dragon Quest 5 and 6 were never transferred over, and the Final Fantasy SNES games won. Dragon Quest is far too popular in Japan to even hope to destroy, much like Link is, here, I think. That's my guess.
I figured that in Japan they picked link because he was a little elf in a green suit. Elfland is wholly populated by Link clones. I have no idea why this clever idea was changed for US audiences.
Knock yourselves down.
Well, Erdrick is dead when Dragon Warrior starts anyway, so maybe it isn't that mean.
"Take care, Ho!"
- Dwarf from FFIV
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