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*The [[Game Boy]] Color release had a more direct translation of many character and town names. | *The [[Game Boy]] Color release had a more direct translation of many character and town names. | ||
*A myth persists that the term for the heal spell, [[Hoimi]], became the official term for heal in Japan, though this is not actually the case. Around the release of ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'', Enix held a public ceremony to "induct" the word into the Japanese language, but this was for publicity only, and the word is not officially recognized as a part of the Japanese language. | *A myth persists that the term for the heal spell, [[Hoimi]], became the official term for heal in Japan, though this is not actually the case. Around the release of ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'', Enix held a public ceremony to "induct" the word into the Japanese language, but this was for publicity only, and the word is not officially recognized as a part of the Japanese language. | ||
*Erdrick's Sword is used during an optional boss fight in ''Final Fantasy XII'' and is also the prize for winning that battle. This also marks the first time the mix of ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Dragon Quest'' has happened in the light of both Square and Enix merging to be noticed in the Western world (though the crossover had happened a few times previously in the ''[[Fortune Street]]'' series). | *Erdrick's Sword is used during an optional boss fight in ''[[Final Fantasy]] XII'' and is also the prize for winning that battle. This also marks the first time the mix of ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Dragon Quest'' has happened in the light of both Square and Enix merging to be noticed in the Western world (though the crossover had happened a few times previously in the ''[[Fortune Street]]'' series). | ||
*Although there was never a lawsuit, the game's English title was (and maybe still is) in violation of copyright with the book title "Dragonquest" by Anne McCaffrey which was copyrighted in 1971 and written for the Pern book series.<sup>[citation needed]</sup> | *Although there was never a lawsuit, the game's English title was (and maybe still is) in violation of copyright with the book title "Dragonquest" by Anne McCaffrey which was copyrighted in 1971 and written for the Pern book series.<sup>[citation needed]</sup> | ||
