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Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says English is "a simple language," so "the flavor tends to get lost in many ways" when translating games from Japanese

Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii believes that the English translation of games often loses the original Japanese flavor, making them sound simplistic. He acknowledges this is an inherent challenge with the language, though fan translations have sometimes captured the intended feel better than official ones.

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