Castlevania II: Simon's Quest/Mistranslations and re-translation


 * Credit: Joel Yliluoma ( Finland, 2012) Bisqwit.fi

It is said that everyone is lying to Simon in this game. Let's see how much of that is true, and which "lies" are attributed to translation errors.

Often, in role-playing games, all rumors, tales and prophecies are completely true. Not so in Simon’s Quest. Every time someone says 'I have heard' or 'it is said', it is always FALSE, or at least it is a heavily altered truth. When such words are not used, the statement is usually honest and true, assuming it contains a verifiable claim to begin with. Unfortunately in the English version, the distinction of when something is a rumor or not was not always indicated.

The "King of Evil" is Dracula.