List of enemies with different localization names

The following is a list of enemy name localizations in North America. Enemies are grouped alphabetically by family name and are listed along with the game name. Names listed in bold are the official name for that enemy on the Dragon Quest wiki.

Ant family

• iron ant (DQ2NES)
• army ant (DQ2NES)
• magic ant (DQ2NES)

Baboon family

• baboon (DQ2NES)
• magic baboon (DQ2NES)
• hibabongo (DQ2NES)

Berserker family

• hunter (DQ2NES)
• berserker (DQ2NES)

Bubble slime family

• babble (DQ2NES)
• metal babble (DQ2NES)

Chimaera family

• wyvern (DQ1NES)
• magiwyvern (DQ1NES)
• starwyvern (DQ1NES)

Cobra family

• big cobra (DQ2NES)
• basilisk (DQ2NES)

Cyclops family

• cyclops (DQ2NES)
• giant (DQ2NES)
• Atlas (DQ2NES)

Dancing flame family

• flame (DQ2NES)
• blizzard (DQ2NES)

Dracky family

• drakee (DQ1NES) - dracky (DQ2NES)
• magidrakee (DQ1NES)
• drakeema (DQ1NES)

Dragon family

• green dragon (DQ1NES)
• blue dragon (DQ1NES)
• red dragon (DQ1NES)

Dragonlord family

• Dragonlord (DQ1NES)

Droll family

• droll (DQ1NES)
• drollmagi (DQ1NES)

Druin family

• druin (DQ1NES)
• druinlord (DQ1NES)

Gremlin family

• gremlin (DQ2NES)
• ozwarg (DQ2NES)

Ghost family

• ghost (DQ1NES)
• specter (DQ1NES)
• poltergeist (DQ1NES)

Golem family

• goldman (DQ1NES)
• golem (DQ1NES)
• stoneman (DQ1NES)

Goopi family

• goopi (DQ2NES)
• graboopi (DQ2NES)

Hawk man family

• hawk man (DQ2NES)
• gargoyle (DQ2NES)

Healslime family

• healer (DQ2NES)
• man o'war (DQ2NES)

Knight family

• knight (DQ1NES)
• axe Knight (DQ1NES)
• armored Knight (DQ1NES)

Magician family

• magician (DQ1NES)
• sorcerer (DQ1NES)
• wizard (DQ1NES)

Mummy family

• mummy man (DQ2NES)
• mummy (DQ2NES)

Orc family

• orc (DQ2NES)
• gold orc (DQ2NES)
• orc king (DQ2NES)

Rat family

• big rat (DQ2NES)
• ghost rat (DQ2NES)

Scorpion family

• scorpion (DQ1NES)
• metal Scorpion (DQ1NES)
• rogue Scorpion (DQ1NES)

Skeleton family

• skeleton (DQ1NES)
• wraith (DQ1NES)
• wraith knight (DQ1NES)
• shadow skeleton (DQ1NES)

Slime family

• slime (DQ1NES) - slime (DQ2NES)
• red slime (DQ1NES)
• metal slime (DQ1NES) - metal slime (DQ2NES)

Slug family

• big slug (DQ2NES)

Smoke family

• smoke (DQ2NES)
• gas (DQ2NES)

Wolf family

• wolf (DQ1NES)
• wolflord (DQ1NES)
• werewolf (DQ1NES)

Zarlox family

• bullwong (DQ2NES)
• Zarlox (DQ2NES)

Zombie family

• zombie (DQ2NES)
• ghoul (DQ2NES)
• hork (DQ2NES)