{"id":42806,"date":"2025-01-16T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T03:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=42806"},"modified":"2025-01-16T12:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T03:11:15","slug":"dragon-quest-3-five-year-old-gets-real-mark-of-erdrick-for-beating-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-quest-3-five-year-old-gets-real-mark-of-erdrick-for-beating-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Quest 3: Five-year-old gets real Mark of Erdrick for beating the game\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since its release last November, <strong>Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake<\/strong> has become <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-quest-3-hd-2d-remakes-steam-performance-is-the-third-best-in-square-enixs-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a big hit<\/a> for Square Enix. The remake also gives new generations an easy and accessible way to enjoy the classic 1988 RPG with modern QoL improvements. Heartwarming evidence of younger players enjoying the adventures of the hero of Aliahan was posted on X recently, when a parent shared the outcome of their children beating Dragon Quest III.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30c9\u30e9\u30af\u30a83\u3092\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3057\u3066\u305f\u5b50\u4f9b\u9054\u304c\u3064\u3044\u306b\u30be\u30fc\u30de\u3092\u5012\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067<br>\u300c\u304a\u3081\u3067\u3068\u3046\u3001\u4eca\u65e5\u304b\u3089\u541b\u305f\u3061\u3082\u52c7\u8005\u3060\uff01\u300d<br>\u3068\u30ed\u30c8\u306e\u3057\u308b\u3057\u3092\u6e21\u3057\u305f\u3089\u5a185\u6b73\u304c\u3068\u3066\u3082\u6c17\u306b\u5165\u3063\u3066\u3055\u3063\u304d\u304b\u3089\u305a\u3063\u3068\u78e8\u304d\u7d9a\u3051\u3066\u308b\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBaiA6Zrwb\">pic.twitter.com\/EBaiA6Zrwb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u304a\u304f\u308d\u3080 (@mattari_dqw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattari_dqw\/status\/1878601457148330429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>When the kids, who were playing Dragon Quest III, finally defeated Zoma today, I said \u201cCongratulations, you are heroes too!\u201d My 5-year-old daughter loves the Mark of Eldrick that I gave her and won\u2019t stop polishing it.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that the original poster\u2019s children were playing Dragon Quest III together and managed to beat the final boss Zoma and finish the game. As a reward, the parent praised the children for becoming heroes and presented them with their own Mark of Eldrick- an iconic item from the series, which serves as a Sacred Amulet in Dragon Quest III. Apparently, the poster\u2019s 5-year-old daughter was particularly pleased with the real-life Mark of Eldrick and has been proudly polishing the gold crest ever since.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250116-42806-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D Remake\" class=\"wp-image-42810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250116-42806-001.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250116-42806-001-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250116-42806-001-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The response to the post on X was positive, with many users impressed with the children for managing to beat the game, while some wondered whether they will take on the post-game dungeon Temple of Trials and its bosses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragon Quest creator <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/yuji-horii-encourages-players-to-lend-their-copies-of-dragon-quest-3-hd-2d-to-children-and-people-whove-never-played-the-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yuji Horii previously encouraged players<\/a> who have completed the game to lend it to a friend or teach children how to play it. He would probably find this story rather heartwarming.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is out now on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2701660\/DRAGON_QUEST_III_HD2D_Remake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>\/Microsoft Store), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-remake-switch\/?srsltid=AfmBOopy1KlxnOYvkZLvArTr4ZVxcoTQUAAbfttvPejXpvVHp7cdvZf4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10010018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-remake\/9n80pq2dsbp1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heartwarming tale of children who beat Dragon Quest 3&#8217;s true final boss Zoma being given real Mark of Erdrick gains praise on Japanese X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":42809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-42806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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