When Dragon Quest VII was remade for the 3DS, the Western release (USA/EUR) famously omitted the present in the Japanese original due to licensing and space concerns, replacing it with lower-quality synthesized MIDI music. This decision disappointed fans who felt the grand, world-building narrative of the game—which spans over 70 hours of story—deserved a more epic soundscape. The Fan Solution
To fix this, community modders created the patch. They took the high-quality recordings from the Japanese version and re-inserted them into the Western game files. The "(Orchestrated)" tag in the file name tells you that this specific version has been pre-patched with that music, allowing players to experience the game as it was originally intended in Japan. What the File Name Means
: The name of the community gaming hub where the file was originally hosted.
: Confirms the presence of the orchestral music mod.
: Indicates the North American region, meaning the text and dialogue are in English.
| # | Feature | Standard | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Possibility of creating a limitless number of pairs of virtual serial port | ||
| 2 | Emulates settings of real COM port as well as hardware control lines | ||
| 3 | Ability to split one COM port (virtual or physical) into multiple virtual ones | ||
| 4 | Merges a limitless number COM ports into a single virtual COM port | ||
| 5 | Creates complex port bundles | ||
| 6 | Capable of deleting ports that are already opened by other applications | ||
| 7 | Transfers data at high speed from/to a virtual serial port | ||
| 8 | Can forward serial traffic from a real port to a virtual port or another real port | ||
| 9 | Allows total baudrate emulation | ||
| 10 | Various null-modem schemes are available: loopback/ standard/ custom |
When Dragon Quest VII was remade for the 3DS, the Western release (USA/EUR) famously omitted the present in the Japanese original due to licensing and space concerns, replacing it with lower-quality synthesized MIDI music. This decision disappointed fans who felt the grand, world-building narrative of the game—which spans over 70 hours of story—deserved a more epic soundscape. The Fan Solution
To fix this, community modders created the patch. They took the high-quality recordings from the Japanese version and re-inserted them into the Western game files. The "(Orchestrated)" tag in the file name tells you that this specific version has been pre-patched with that music, allowing players to experience the game as it was originally intended in Japan. What the File Name Means
: The name of the community gaming hub where the file was originally hosted.
: Confirms the presence of the orchestral music mod.
: Indicates the North American region, meaning the text and dialogue are in English.