Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale - Localization Blog #4

Long-time PopoloCrois fans will no doubt be aware that PopoloCrois Castle is always guarded by two guys named Gon and Don, who are kind of like the PopoloCrois equivalents of Biggs and Wedge… except in this game, they’re gone and done! (Sorry, I had to.)

A new gate guard named Gomer has taken their place, and Gomer plays a rather integral role in the story. But, if you talk to NPCs around PopoloCrois Castle, you’ll definitely hear mention of “the usual two” having gone on vacation. It’s never specified where they went, but I kind of like to imagine that they had a fun adventure of their own along the way.

…So why is this a cool factoid, you ask? Well, I just like that the writers took the time to address a question that was undoubtedly on every Popolo fan’s mind when Gomer first showed up: what happened to Gon and Don?! It’s nice to see that even when “changing the formula,” they still inserted subtle nods for long-time series fans like me – the kinds of nods that Popolo-heads will squee about, yet which remain subtle enough to keep the game completely accessible to series newcomers.