Comments on: Guadia Quest has failed me

By: Mister Raroo

Mister Raroo — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:31:00 +0000

I hope that with Tomm Hulett as the producer of the Simon Quest II remake (the one he’s secretly working on with the Contra 4 team… shhh!), a graveyard duck will indeed be included in the game. Just kidding! We all know Tomm’s far too busy with the new Rocket Knight Adventure game to work on a Castlevania II remake.

By: M.

M. — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:01:00 +0000

Oh, by they did you fulfill all the requirements to unlock the quest? I played the Japanese version and the duck actually talks to you.

By: Nicola Nomali

Nicola Nomali — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:27:00 +0000

Here’s a screenshot: http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e200/grokyou/graveyardahiru.png

Transliterated, it’s “Storigoi bochi de ahiru kara kinu no fukuro o morau to nagaiki suru.”

I don’t work at Atlus, but I’m pretty sure that translates to “Receive a silk bag from a duck in Storigoi Graveyard and live long.”

By: shivam

shivam — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:47:00 +0000

can you give us the full text, kishi?

By: Not_from_LOTR_Balrog

Not_from_LOTR_Balrog — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:39:00 +0000

It’s an allusion to the song “Disco Duck” because, you know, disco is dead.

By: parish

parish — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Finally, some facts.

By: mrbuu82

mrbuu82 — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Aha! Thank you, Kishi!

By: Nicola Nomali

Nicola Nomali — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:39:00 +0000

The reference might have gotten into RGC because it’s in the Japanese version of Simon’s Quest, too. Word for word, the original text is essentially the same; most importantly, the word “ahiru,” meaning the quack-quack duck, is used. Nothing to do with lowering your profile.

By: mrbuu82

mrbuu82 — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:46:00 +0000

@rupan777: Fair enough, but the game was not expected to be ported to the U.S. until XSEED asked. I’m sure some Japanese folks have seen the English translations, but I cannot imagine them remembering it to the extent U.S. fans would. It just seems odd to put an American video game-oriented joke into a Japanese video game-oriented game.

By: rupan777

rupan777 — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:09:00 +0000

@mrbuu82: Maybe because someone told them?

Japanese can generally read English well (there is a mandatory three years of English study there) and it would be easy to explain the error and likewise easy for the developers upon re-reading the original text to understand the humorous mistake.