Dragon Quest III's fake ending is a work of art

Dragon Quest III put the fake ending trope to such good use that, even playing the game for the first time in 2015, it blew me away.

Elf, Dragon Quest Wiki

Orion Magazine - Dark Ecology

Video Game Art Archive on X: Behind You! 'Dragon Quest III

The Dragon Quest 3 concept art. So much charm. : r/TopCharacterDesigns

Official Dragon Quest 3 Art : r/dragonquest

The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White

The Otherworldly Art of William Blake - Eternalised

Dragon Quest 3 Classes Artwork both Nes and Snes by Akira Toriyama

Japanese Prints - Art Movements

The Art of Prophecy (War Arts, #1) by Wesley Chu

Art We Saw This Spring - The New York Times

The Discreet Charm of Dragon Quest III – Beneath the Tangles