エストポリス伝記ＩＩ
Chronicles of Estpolis II

"Zipang" is an old name for Japan, though I'm not sure what it's doing here.

Both spellings have been used, but thanks in part to Tolkien, fantasy settings, at least, tend to prefer the 'c'.

I can't imagine where "skull" came from. Monster names don't get much more straightforward than this.

I'm not too sure about the name, either, but please, at least pay more attention to phonetics. Not only is "dait" not a word (in English, at least), but it looks like it should be read "date" instead of "dight".

大入道 in kanji or oonyuudou when romanized, these are giants in Japanese folklore that are typically depicted as having the tops of their heads shaved.

That's my best guess at グロー, since nothing else seems to make any more sense. I was hoping to find evidence of a mythological creature called a "gurrow" or "gloh" or something along those lines, but no luck. Maybe it's an awkward attempt to mean "aura" in the sense of a manifestation of something?

ウォルム here refers to one of the game's spells, and as such this really ought to be a Vortex Genie in the NA version. Why only this one uses a spell's name is anyone's guess.

Kobolds are sprites from Germanic folklore. Cobalt is a chemical element, though it is named after kobolds, for what it's worth.

This might be a reference to a haircare product. I'm not convinced, but that's all I have to go on.

This seems to reference the Gundam series AMX-014 Döven Wolf.

I'm not confident on this one, but it's definitely more "wind" than "wing".

For this one, I have no idea, so phonetic approximation it is!

It doesn't look like any kind of pug I've ever seen, but nothing else fits. A nonsense phonetic name like "Pahgu" might actually make more sense here.

Possibly related to Freyja's necklace Brísingamen, or more likely to blizzards. Artemis also suggests it may have something to do with the ブリ, a fish commonly called yellowtail. Considering that it's a blue lizard creature with a weakness against fire and a propensity for using ice attacks, though, I'm sticking with something that suggests blizzards.

This is one of those times when simple phonetics are the wrong way to go. セイレーン comes straight from the original Greek (romanized as seirēn).

Phonetically, that could also be the French bourse or German Börse (both meaning a stock exchange).

As Artemis points out, the caracara is an actual bird of prey, in the falcon family. The phonetics also match the Japanese name of the Pokémon Cubone, as well as the Roman emperor Caracalla, but I doubt either of those is relevant.

There's a reason getting Rs and Ls mixed up is a Japanese stereotype. The translator might have benefitted from a mythology reference book.

Google suggests cokatoris as a valid Italian spelling, but Italian this isn't.

The brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.

That's the name of a type of catfish, though, while this monster looks more like a snake.

No apparent meaning to this name. It sort of reminds me of Tartarus, but I'm fairly certain that's unrelated.

The excess space in the NA version makes me wonder if this name was hastily censored.

It resembles "centipede", but isn't. Maybe there's some wordplay I'm missing?

No apparent meaning to this name. It reminds me of "garbage" and "compost", though.

Japanese doesn't usually distinguish between 'she' and 'see' sounds, but a little context makes this one obvious.

The goosefish is a type of angler, so that's close enough.

イッカク (一角) is quite literally "one horn", so "unicorn" is understandable, especially since the corresponding rock has ユニコーン (unicorn) in its description. Curiously, the rock isn't dropped by the Narwhal, or anything else for that matter, nor is it found in any chests, so it appears to be unobtainable.

The term "devilfish", though relatively uncommon, can refer to octopi or manta rays.

Whatever a grianos is, it seems to come up in games fairly often.

Properly Futabasaurus suzukii, a species of plesiosaur.

海龍 makes far more sense than 海流. For what it's worth, カイリュー is also the Japanese name of the Pokémon Dragonite.

Also called a pitcher plant. Though, to be fair, ウツボ and カズラ are literally "moray eel" and "vine".

It's a tree monster, not a surge of water or a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol.

I'm dubious, but why not. Unless クロウ is meant to be 苦労... a hardship kelp?

Wheel Eel more or less fits phonetically, but makes no sense. Artemis suggests "willil", which at least is suggestive of willows and lillies.

As already noted, a mythology reference guide could have helped a lot. Not to mention a proofreader or two.

I've always thought SNES-era censorship was over the top, but come on. That's just silly.

Even with no context, that doesn't work. "Leech" would be リーチ.

That's good phonetically, but does it mean anything? Artemis suggests it may be related to Procyon, the brightest star in Canis Minor.

This name means nothing to me.

Artemis suggests that this is conceptually an upgraded Cockatrice, and since the coloration and overall body style match, it makes sense.

And here the L/R confusion gets particularly painful.

Possibly related to beaujolais nouveau, though that's a wine and not a vodka. Also possibly related to Noobow, a humanoid yellow blobby character.

Another victim of phonetics without research.

At least this one got sea/she right.

In contrast to many others, this one should have simply been romanized, since it comes from Japanese mythology in the first place.

Since we're not dealing with the Chinese foreign affairs office, that's another "nope".

ビリ (bili) could mean any of several things, but none of them are obvious fits. My first instinct would be to link it with びりびり (biribiri), the "sound" of a mild electric shock (or ripping paper, or a few other things), but there's nothing electrical about these. Other than being green and having better stats, they're just like the Red and Blue Jellies, in that they have no resistances or weaknesses and no special attacks or other interesting behavior.

ビリ might be derived from "bilious", suggests kahran042, while noting that it's something of a long shot. Bile does tend to be greenish, at least.

The Core family of monsters all have low HP, but are highly resistant to physical attacks, extremely fast, and excessively prone to running away. However, they also give huge amounts of experience for where they appear. Use magic (any element) and hope the Cores don't flee before your casters are ready to act.

No Cores, in particular, give out more experience each than the endgame bosses do. Only a certain optional boss is worth more than one of these.

Mimics have slightly different, more yellowish, coloration than real treasure chests. However, they mostly appear in the Ancient Cave, where they give themselves away much more obviously by moving around.

Blue Mimics appear only in the Ancient Cave, and unlike their weaker red cousins, do not move. Pay close attention to their appearance; actual blue chests are a deeper blue and shiny on top, while Blue Mimics have a flatter coloration.

マッシュル is a truncated マッシュルーム (mushroom), so...

I can understand struggling with some of the mythological names, but assassins aren't particularly obscure... are they?

Leaving it as kage musha might also work, since there's a film by that name, which could make it familiar enough to get away with.

Normally, an ochi musha is a warrior who flees from combat in defeat, but given that these are undead, we're looking at a different sense of "fallen".

There's also a Vocaloid song with this as its title, for what it's worth.

I'd normally call someone who controls dead spirits a necromancer, but there's already another monster with that name.

This could correspond to any of several names with similar spelling and pronunciation, including Danielle.

As noted in the story text, カミュ (KAMYU) is the Japanese rendition of the French name Camus.

Idura keeps summoning these in most of his fights. It's too bad the game only allows for a single item drop per battle...