Seiken Densetsu 2

Game text and attempted translations from...

...copyright Squaresoft 1993. The images used are also from the game. Don't go claim them as your own or anything silly like that. This document is not intended for any commercial purpose, real or imaginary. It exists primarily out of curiosity about both the Japanese language and the changes between the Japanese and English versions of the game. If you're interested in the game, go out and buy it if you haven't already... a summary of what happens can't compare to actually playing it. Especially with multiple players, one of the game's strengths...

Recent Updates

21 Aug 2010: A few minor revisions

16 Jan 2009: Minor updates to monster and weapon pages.

09 Jul 2007: First version. Information currently limited to item and spell names.

Storyline

(pending)

Non-Story Information and Translations

Armors (names and images only, no information)
Items (names and images only, no information)
Monsters (names complete, some images)
Places (basically complete)
Spells and Spirits (names and descriptions complete)
Weapons (names and descriptions mostly complete)

Various Notes

I've kept the layout of the original text as much as possible.
Lines that are colored like these are my comments, anything in gold denotes actions and such that the dialog doesn't explain, and this teal is for messages from the game (e.g., "You got a potion").
If I'm not too comfortable with how I translated something, I've put a * after it. A (*) stands for something that I can't figure out even well enough to guess.
Trying to come of with Enlgish approximations of name suffixes doesn't work too well, and it doesn't seem right to drop them, so I'm just leaving them as is. If you need an explanation, go here: name suffixes.
The term 妖魔 (youma) comes up fairly often in this game, and one of the player characters actually is one. The kanji are something like 'suspicious', 'bewitching', or 'mysterious' plus 'demon' or 'magic'. My decision is to go with 'imp' on this one. 'Sprite' isn't far off the mark, but the term seems rather less innocent. Beside that, imps are known for being mischievous, and there's no arguing that little one is that.
Original (JP version) text, my translation, and the official English (NA version) translation are displayed side-by-side in columns for easier viewing, and to allow comparisons.

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