For those of you who are fans of the Dragon Quest Monster games the third game in the series has been translated for those of you who were unaware. You can pick up the patch on
Romhacking.net. You will need a program like LunarIPS or IPSWin20 in order to patch the ROM, both of which can be found at
Super Mario World Central. LunarIPS and other IPS patching programs are also available at Romhacking.net.
I just starting playing DQM:CH tonight but I'm having fun with it so far. The story takes place a few years before Dragon Quest VII and stars Keifer. In a similar vein as the first DQM after a short introduction to the main character you get transported to a different world and set off on a quest. Unlike the first two DQM games there's no breeding of monsters, instead you gather monster hearts and use them to "reform" your existing monsters, sort of like the monster classes in DQ VII if I remember right. This is also the only DQM game in which you travel and fight alongside not just monsters, but human companions as well. If I remember correctly there is 22 different human classes, although from what I've read so far there is no way to change a human's class, you just have to recruit new people.
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be very many English guides for the game, so you're on your own for a lot of things. If anyone has played it and has found any guides please provide some links for them.
GameFAQs: DQM:CH
Monster reformation charts This site may be down, I'm not sure at the moment.