The Phantasy IV are immediately attacked by a Gy-Laguiah (That winged monster from the Ladea Tower.) It goes down easy like Sunday morning.
This seems to be
the control system
for the Dezolisian climate.
The monsters have been
making a nest!
Translation Notes
This should be "monster", since Gy-Laguiah is the only bio-monster in here.
As we suspected,
this must be the cause of
the abnormal weather.
Let's investigate!
May Script
Uh, it's no use!
I've been telling you,
the cause of the snow storm lies
in the Garuberk Tower!!
Final Script
It's no use!
I've been telling you,
the cause of the snow storm lies
in the Garuberk Tower!!
May Script
Ha, ha, ha! You dummies!
How foolhardy to come here! Dummies!
This was just a trap!
Hmmph. It seems like a waste
to dirty oyr hands
with stupid people like you,
but...
Being just a vessel
that takes orders
I'll just have to do it!
Final Script
Ha, ha, ha! You dolts! How
foolhardy you are to come here! Morons!
This was just a trap!
Hmmph. It seems like a waste
to dirty our hands
with stupid people like you,
but...
Being just a vessel
that takes orders,
I'll just have to do it!
Translation Notes
D-Elm-Lars calls the party "baka", "aho", and "manuke", all terms that mean stupid / foolish. The editor(s) replaced both instances of "dummies" in the English script with similar terms in later drafts.
Wait! You said orders?
But we've beaten
Zio...and Dark Force!
Whose orders are you
acting on?
You defeated him?
The great Dark Force?
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Ridiculous!
May Script
Blast!
This bothers me!
It was talking like that creep..
Dark Force is still alive!
Final Script
Blast!
This bothers me!
It was talking like that creep
Dark Force is still alive!
Yeah...
May Script
Chaz,there's nothing wrong with
the climate control system.
Final Script
Chaz, there is nothing wrong
with the climate control system.
So, it really was a snare.
See. Just like I said.
We have to go to
the Garuberk Tower!
Instead of going to the Garuberk Tower, the cuatro amigos decided to visit another long-abandoned facility.
What on earth is this place?
May Script
This is the weapon plant Mother
Brain constructed a thousand
years ago. Presently,
it is an unnecessary facility,
so all it's functions have been
shut down, but...
It looks like it has been
producing automatic weapons
according to orders from
Kuran for about half a year.
Final Script
This is a weapon plant Mother
Brain constructed a thousand
years ago. For long it was
an unnecessary facility,
so all its functions were
shut down, but...
It looks like it has been
producing automatic weapons
according to orders from
Kuran for about half a year.
So, we'll be in trouble unless
we shut this place down?
No. When Zelan recovered, the
production of weapons ceased.
There should be no problem
leaving this place as it is.
Is there a chest with weird things inside? Let's find out.
There are things here that I
have no clue as to what they
are.
May Script
This is the 'Burst Roc' unit.
It is a wide range
semi-automatic weapon
that fires heat energy burts.
It is a type which is compatible
with my body.
I shall install it immediately.
August Script
This is the Burst Roc unit.
It is a long range
semi-automatic weapon
that fires heat energy bursts.
It is compatible with my slectronics.
I shall install it immediately.
Final Script
This is the Burst Roc unit.
It is a long range
semi-automatic weapon
that fire heat energy bursts.
It is compatible with my electronics.
I shall install it immediately.
Translation Notes
"Wide range" is more accurate here, since Burst Roc hits all enemies in battle.
More installation noises.
May Script
Device installation complete. 'Burst Roc' is now ready for
use.
Final Script
Device installation complete.
Burst Roc is now ready for
use.
In a hotel-cum-clinc, Espers are tending to victims of a mysterious illness. An Esper at the top floor says that the Garuberk Tower is the cause. Raja is finally vindicated...then suddenly starts spinning and collapses. Unfortunately, this isn't another bad joke -- he's really sick. The group places him in the last empty bed in the clinic. Rune asks Rika if she can sense the same thing he's sensing.
May & August Scripts
I've sensed in ever since
we came to Dezolis, but
it feels really strong in this vicinity!
Final Script
I've sensed it ever since we
came to Dezolis, but it feels particularly strong here!
Yes!
What is it?
What are you two talking about?
May & August Scripts
Chaz, listen carefully.
This feeling is the 'Black Energy Wave!'
Final Script
Chaz, listen carefully.
This feeling is the
Black Energy Wave!
The Black...
It's probably...coming from
the Garuberk Tower.
And it's pretty close!
Darn!
Following that exclamation, an Esper runs up from the first floor.
Help! Help! Kyra...Kyra has headed for
The Garuberk Tower by herself!
Kyra?
May Script
She's a girl of exceptional
courage from our group!
But...this is too reckless!
There is a forest of carnivorous
trees surrounding the tower!!
Final Script
She's a girl of exceptional
courage from our group!
But...this is too reckless!
There is a forest of man-eating
trees surrounding the tower!!
Translation Notes
"人食い樹", the term used in the Japanese version, specifically means "man-eating tree". Someone must have had the same problem with "man-eating" that they had for "man-made" satellites Zelan and Kuran. After the May draft, they're consistently referred to as "carnivorous" trees, which isn't really synonymous, but...
Chaz!
Right. We can't let her go
alone! Where is this forest?
The four come across a blue-haired woman being attacked by possibly man-eating, possibly carnivorous trees. They try to fight them off, but...
Heck! They keep growing and
growing from behind us!
There's no end to this!
We've got to retreat!
Thank you for rescuing me.
My name is Kyra Tierney.
Who are you all?
We've been sent by your friends.
At any rate,
I'm glad you're safe!
Time passes...meaningless phrase.
I see...So that's why you came
all the way here.
It was pretty reckless of you
to come here alone!
May Script
I felt I had to do something
to make it all right!
It just made my blood boil to
see all those people in such
pain...
But those man-eating trees,
they were far tougher than
what I heard...
Final Script
I felt I had to do something
to make it all right!
It just made my blood boil to
see all those people in such
pain...
But those carnivorous trees,
they were far tougher than
what I heard...
May Script
Yeah...I wonder if there's a
better way to tackle those man-eating trees?
August Script
Yeah...I wonder if there's a
better way to tackle those
carnivorous trees?
Final Script
Yeah...I wonder if there's a
better way to tackle them?
I may know a way...
Our leader should be able to
tell us!
Our...chief of the Esper
Mansion...
May & August Scripts
'Lutz'...
About two thousand years ago...
He, along with a heroine called
Alis, saved Algo and has come
to be known as a legendary
wizard!
August Script
'Lutz'...
About two thousand years ago...
He, along with a heroine called
Alis, saved Algo and has come
to be known as a legendary
wizard!
Final Script
Lutz...
About two thousand years ago...
He, along with a heroine called
Alis, saved Algo and has come
to be known as a legendary
wizard!
Wait a minute!
Are you saying a person from
two thousand years ago is still
alive?
May & August Scripts
It's said he is still alive
in the deepest depths of the
Esper Mansion!
But they won't let anyone except
top ranking people enter the
mansion.
That's why I've only seen him
once, and from afar at that,
during some ceremony!
But...
you can even recognize
from afar!
He's intellectual...graceful...
classy...
just a wonderful person!
I've no doubt that he would know
of a good way to tackle this
problem!
Final Script
It's said he is still alive
in the deepest depths of the
Esper Mansion!
But they won't let anyone except
top-ranking people enter the
mansion.
That's why I've only seen him
once, and from afar at that,
during some ceremony!
But... you can even recognize
from afar - he's intelligent...
graceful...classy... just a
wonderful person!
I've no doubt that he would know
of a good way to tackle this
problem!
Hmm...
He's been alive for
two thousand years...
Kyra thinks that Lutz has learned the secret to immortality, though Wren thinks it's something like cryogenic hibernation. Whatever the case may be, the group agrees to go to the Esper Mansion to get an audience with Lutz.
Two royal guards block the way to the inner sanctuary where Lutz resides.
Kyra! You may not
pass here without permission!
Since
when do I need permission!?
Open the door for us!
That I cannot do!
May & August Scripts
You pigheaded ohf!
Final Script
You pigheaded oaf!
Let her enter!
How dare you!
I cannot...
Hey!
Oh, it's...it's you!
Forgive my rudeness!
Please enter!
Rune...?
The party enters the inner sanctuary and walk down into Lutz's room. Lutz is nowhere to be found, but there is an odd glowing ball floating in the center of the room. Rune explains that Lutz left this world long ago, but his spirit lives on in the Telepathy Ball. If the chosen person appears, his will and memory will be transferred from that floating orb into that person. Guess who has Lutz's light blue hair and an astonishing magical proficiency?
Wait!
Rune...is Lutz?!
That is correct. Rune Walsh...
Is the fifth generation Lutz.
Y...you're...
Lutz...?
How could that be...
May & August Scripts
Listen, Chaz
Final Script
Listen, Chaz.
May & August Scripts
Since ancient times in Algo,
there has been a cycle where
calamities occur every
one thousand years.
That's because
personification of evil called
Dark Force is resurrected
every thousand years!
Up untill now,
every time it occurred,
a courageous person would defeat
the evil to maintain peace.
Final Script
Since ancient times in Algo,
there has been a cycle where
calamities occur every
one thousand years.
That's because a
personification of evil called
Dark Force is resurrected
every thousand years!
Up until now,
every time it occurred,
a courageous person would defeat
the evil to maintain peace.
But we definitely did defeat
Dark Force at Kuran.
Yes, there's no sign of
abatement of these abnormal
conditions in Algo!
So what's going on?
May & August Scripts
Algo was shaken
a thousand years ago
by the explosion in Parma.
The delicate balance
we were able to
maintain was severely upset.
This might be a result of that.
The 'Black Energy Wave' can
still be felt.
Final Script
Algo was shaken a thousand
years ago by the explosion of
Parma.
The delicate balance we were
able to maintain was severely
upset.
This might be a result of
that.
The Black Energy Wave can still
be felt.
Translation Notes
The final script is more accurate, since Parma's explosion was caused by the satellite Gaira crashing into it.
Are you saying that Dark Force
is still alive?!
That...
I don't know.
May & August Scripts
But, I can say that the root of
all evil is not yet destroyed!
The only thing to do is to
defeat it!
I chose you, Chaz.
Final Script
But I can say that the root of
all evil is not yet destroyed!
The only thing to do is to
defeat it!
I have chosen you, Chaz.
Me?!
I have chosen you
as the soldier to fight
the inevitable decisive battle!
May & August Scripts
Why... Chose... Me...?
Final Script
Why... Choose... Me?
May & August Scripts
That's right.I felt that
you are a man of potential.
We will soon find out if
my judgment was correct, Chaz.
Final Script
I felt that you are a man of
potential.
We will soon find out if
my judgment was correct, Chaz.
Oh, great!
Well, that's the story. Sorry
I kept it secret all this time.
We'll keep on cooperating with
each other, right?
Ah, yeah.
Anyway! We've got to go to
the Garuberk Tower!
That's where the answer lies!
May Script
There's a man-eating tree that
obstructs those who try to pass.
But if you use
the 'Eclipse Torch'
you will be able to destroy it.
Final Script
There's carnivorous trees that
obstructs those who try to pass.
But if you use
the 'Eclipse Torch'
you will be able to destroy it.
OK, our destination is decided!
It's off to the Gumbious Temple.
The Dezolisian temple is
located in the mountain valley
west of here.
We're off. Come on, Chaz, stop
looking so dazed!
Translation Notes
The English translation's habit of replacing punctuation-only lines with words means this line doesn't really work. Chaz's last two lines in the Japanese script were "？？？" and "？？？？" respectively.
How disappointing that Lutz
would be so insensitive!
The group tries to get the high priest to lend them the Eclipse Torch, but he is not having any of it. Just then, three jerk wizards (redundant) teleport in and take the Eclipse Torch. They tell "Lutz" that "you know who" will be waiting for him in the Air Castle. The high priest is grief-stricken, but agrees to lend the Eclipse Torch if they recover it from the Air Castle.
Rune, about the Air Castle?
You said you know about it.
May & August Scripts
Oh yes.
It's in Lutz's memory,
to be precise...
It's a castle that is floating
in the skies of the planet Parma
a long, long time ago!
Final Script
Oh yes.
It's in Lutz's memory,
to be precise...
It's a castle that floated in
the skies of the planet Parma
a long, long time ago!
The planet Parma!
In that case,
it would have been destroyed
a thousand years ago!
The planet Parma exploded,
and there's only an asteroid
belt left where the planet
used to be.
Could it be that miraculously,
the Air Castle survived,
and even now it's in the midst
of the asteroids?
The probability of that is
very low.
At any rate, I will check it
out with the sensors on
the Landale.
Rune,
I have one more question...
Who is that 'Person' those
witches were talking about?
May & August Scripts
The first generation of Lutz
and his companions fought a man
in the Air Castle...
That man's name is Lashiec!
Final Script
The first generation Lutz and
his companions fought a man
in the Air Castle...
That man's name was Lashiec!
May & August Scripts
So that's who they mean?
Final Script
Is that who they mean?
May & August Scripts
But, I thought Lashiec was
defeated by the first generation of Lutz! I'm don't know what we'll find
until we go there.
Final Script
Lashiec was defeated by the
first generation Lutz! I don't know what we'll find
until we get there.
Well then, let's go ahead and
search for the Air castle.
I'm getting something.
Although very slight,
it is definitely something.
May & August Scripts
Can you take a picture?
Final Script
Can you get it on the screen?
Translation Notes
The May line should probably be something like, "Can you get it on video?" (映像でとらえられる？) The final line is pretty much the same thing and is phrased better.
I will try.
That's it!
May & August Scripts
That's the Air castle alright!
Final Script
That's the Air Castle alright!
Translation Notes
They remembered to properly capitalize Air Castle in this line. They forgot to fix Wren's first line, though.
It has a spooky atmosphere.
Ooooh,
are you getting a little scared?
Huh, Chaz?
There is evidence of normal
gravity and breathable air! The possibility of it being
a natural occurrence is
virtually nil.
It would be practical to view
this as an artificial
conidition.
Final Script
Gravity is normal and there is
a breathable atmosphere.
This is clearly an artificial
condition.
Translation Notes
The Air Castle is one of the better edited areas. The May script is a direction translation of the Japanese dialogue, while the final dialogue manages to fit all of the content from the earlier draft into four lines.
May & August Scripts
We are greatly honored by
your visit to us. Huh!
Final Script
They seem to be expecting us.
Huh!
A bit into the castle, the crew encounter the three torch bandits, but they're all blinky.
May Script
It's the rascals who stolen
the Eclipse Torch!
They're illusions?
Final Script
It's the rascals who stole
the Eclipse Torch!
They're illusions?
It's not just an illusion...
There's an invisible barrier!
So that means we've got to find
the real thing and defeat them!
So they find the real things...
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
You've come! However...
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
We have no use for anyone
but Lutz!
May & August Scripts
Ha, ha, ha, ha! We don't need him to do
anything.
Final Script
And we have only one use for
him.
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
May & August Scripts
I will mock and kill him
with these very hands!
Final Script
We will mutilate and kill him
with these very hands!
...and defeat them. In the Air Castle's basement, Chaz opens an obviously important chest and finds a fake Eclipse Torch. So, who has the real torch?
You've finally come...Lutz!
So it was Lashiec after all!
Heh, heh...I've waited...
I've waited for this moment!
May & August Scripts
Lashiec! Why are you,
reincarnated in a figure like
that?
Final Script
Lashiec! Why are you
reincarnated like...that?
Translation Notes
For the rest of the text in this area, just assume the the May script is close enough to the Japanese scrip, and the final English draft script takes more liberties but keeps the same content.
May & August Scripts
It's revenge!
Lutz! You...and all who are
helping you... I'll give you all endless pain!
I'll administer death to you
all! That's why you've come back to
me! You'll become a figure like
this! You'll becoming a being that
can't set foot out of my castle!
Final Script
For revenge!
Lutz, you...and all who are
helping you...will suffer
endless pain!
I'll kill you all!
I'll make you like me, like...
this! You too will become tortured
souls who can never leave my
castle!
Translation Notes
"And all who are helping you" was originally "and those who succeed the will of that little girl" (そして、あの小娘の意志を継ぐ者たち！), referring to Alis Landale.
May & August Scripts
So that's why you called us here?
Final Script
So that's why you lured us here?
May & August Scripts
Heh, heh...Oh joy. That you have responded to my
invitation... I'm in my present existence so
I can cut your throats!
Final Script
Heh, heh...Oh joy!
You have responded to my
invitation... I've waited two thousand years
to cut your throats!
May & August Scripts
He's coming towards us!
Final Script
Here he comes!
2000 years of waiting isn't enough to give Lashiec the win.
May & August Scripts
Ahhhh! You fiend, Lutz!
You may have gotten me, but I'm never going to let go of...
Final Script
Ahhhh! You fiend, Lutz!
You may have defeated me, but you'll never get...
May & August Scripts
Oh!
The Eclipse Torch?!
Final Script
The Eclipse Torch?!
May & August Scripts
Ah!
Final Script
Ah-hah!
We've done it!
We've retrieved the Eclipse
Torch!
I'm melting!
May Script
Once again, my body is melting!
But, even with this, I cannot
die!
I will reincarnate over and
over again.
I must work for 'Him!' If you want to really defeat
me, you'll have to destroy
'Him!'
Otherwise, I will eternally be
bringing calamity to the future
of Algo!
Final Script
Once again, my body is dissolving!
But, even now, I will not die!
I will reincarnate over and
over again.
I must work for Him! As long as He exists, I will continue to bring calamity to
the future of Algo!
The air castle is crumbling!
We've got to escape quickly!
There will be a shock wave.
Everybody! Prepare yourselves!
May Script
Lashiec...
If you think about it, he's
pretty pathetic...
Final Script
Lashiec...
If you think about it, he's
pretty pathetic.
May Script
He was seduced by an enormous
power... but it turns out that
he is but a puppet!
Final Script
He was seduced by an enormous
power... and now he is
but a puppet!
May Script
Enormous power?
Is that the 'Him' that Lashiec was talking about?
Final Script
Enormous power? Who is the 'He' Lashiec mentioned?
Ah, it's really
the Eclipse Torch!
What a feat that you've
retrieved it.
I have no qualms about lending
the torch to people like you.
Please use this holy flame to get us away from this evil road.
Final Script
Ah, it's really
the Eclipse Torch!
What a feat that you've
retrieved it!
I have no qualms about lending
the torch to people such as you.
Please use this holy flame to lead us from this evil road.
May Script
All right!
Let's hurry to the forest of
the man-eating trees!
Final Script
All right!
Let's hurry to the forest of
the carnivorous trees!
At the top(?) of the tower, the party finds a giant insectoid creature with a familiar-looking face.
What's that?
May Script
Is that Dark Force!?
Final Script
Is that Dark Force?!
It sure is!
May Script
Comparing search data...
It is not similar to any
object in Kuran.
Final Script
Comparing search data...
It is not similar to any
object that was on Kuran.
Translation Notes
This area of the game had the same amount of care put into it as the Air Castle. As such, the same note applies here: The May draft is a fairly literal translation, whil the final English script takes more liberties.
So there were two Dark Forces?
May Script
Just as Raja said, so this is who has been creating havoc in
Dezolis!
Final Script
Just as Raja said, this is what has been creating havoc on Dezolis!
May Script
It's not just Dezolis. It's the entire Algo solar
system he's messing with!
Final Script
Not just Dezolis. He's messing with the entire
Algo solar system!
May Script
Dark Force has sensed our
presence. He is approaching us!
Final Script
Dark Force senses our presence.
He is attacking!
May Script
Exactly what we where hoping
for!
Let's go, everybody!
Final Script
Exactly what we were hoping
for!
Let's go, everybody!
After an intense battle, Dark Force II bursts into red light and disintegrates, taking Garubrek Tower with it.
We've done it, Chaz.
Yes...
May Script
The storm...has subsided!
Final Script
The storm...is over!
May Script
The sky!
Final Script
Look at the sky!
It's beautiful...
May Script
The Black Energy Wave has also
stopped. I suppose the patients
of Meese will already be on
their way to recovery.
Final Script
The Black Energy Wave has also
stopped. I bet the patients of
Meese are already recovering.
May Script
And now, it's finally over.
Final Script
It's finally over.
May Script
Oh yes.
Final Script
Good.
May Script
Thank you.
It's thanks to your cooperation
that this was possible. That was pretty presumptuous of
me to think that
I could do it alone.
Final Script
Thank you.
It's because of your cooperation
that this was possible. It was pretty presumptuous of
me to think that
I could do it alone!
No problem.
I'm glad for you, Kyra!
May Script
Now!
I shall return to Meese.
There's still a lot of work
ahead of me!
So long, Chaz. You're quite a
darling, it's as though you're
a little brother!
August Script
Now!
I shall return to Meese.
There's still a lot of work
ahead for me!
So long, Chaz. You're quite a
darling, just like a baby brother!
Final Script
Now! I shall return to Meese.
There's still a lot of work
ahead for me!
So long, Chaz. You're quite a
darling, just like a
baby brother!
What!
Don't be ridiculous!
May Script
Hee, hee...that's what's so
endearing about you. Good bye, everybody! Good bye, Lutz!
You were a little different
from my expectations, but
you certainly did not bring
shame to that name!
We'll meet again, won't we?
Final Script
Hee, hee...that's what's so
endearing about you. Good-bye, everybody! Good-bye, Lutz!
You were a little different
from my expectations, but
you certainly did not bring
shame to your name!
We'll meet again soon.
Huh? Oh, oh yes.
May Script
So long!
See you again!
Final Script
So long!
See you later!
She's gone.
May Script
She called me her little
brother.
Am I so undependable?
Final Script
She called me her baby brother.
Am I that undependable?
May Script
Well, you have improved some,
but you're still equal to me!
Final Script
Well, you have improved some,
but you're still a lot like me!
Translation Notes
This is supposed to something like, "you're still far away from matching me" (ああ、だいぶマシにはなったが、まだまだオレにはおよばんな！) Neither the May line nor the final line match up with Chaz's response.
Well, I can't compare with you.
After all, you are Lutz!
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