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Posted on 12-11-04 06:54 AM Link | Quote
I cant believe nintendo would think of doing this...

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror...

Why is Mr. Frosty. "Mr Flosty" ?
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Posted on 12-11-04 11:26 AM Link | Quote
Here's one from MLSS:

It seems that this guy can't decide whether to have an accent or not.

Also...in the arcade version of Silent Scope, if you die from running out of health, you get a message that says "LIFE OVER". Maybe it's just bad grammar...or maybe it's their subtle way of telling the player to get a life.


(edited by Mutation on 12-11-04 03:36 AM)
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Posted on 12-11-04 08:13 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Kirby ATW
I cant believe nintendo would think of doing this...

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror...

Why is Mr. Frosty. "Mr Flosty" ?
That should be obvious. The L/R thing.
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Posted on 12-11-04 08:56 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Davis
The L/R thing.


Maybe that happens because Japanese keyboards have the "L" and "R" (or their equivalent) keys right next to each other. (At least I think they do... )


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Posted on 12-11-04 09:00 PM Link | Quote
What the hell, man.

It happens because the Japanese don't use L or R, they use a combination of both.
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Posted on 12-11-04 09:04 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Davis
What the hell, man.

It happens because the Japanese don't use L or R, they use a combination of both.


So, in other words, that mistake happens for the same reason why things like "!!!111" happen, right? (actually, that was my other theory on this)

(edit: Come to think of it, wasn't there a keyboard available for the Japanese NES (or was it SNES?) that had separate "L" and "R" keys? I think it was called the "Family Basic Keyboard" or something to that effect.)


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Posted on 12-11-04 10:22 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Davis
What the hell, man.

It happens because the Japanese don't use L or R, they use a combination of both.


Yeah, the L/R problem far predates video games. "We pray for MacArthur's erection" and the Eric Crapton Greatest Hits album are just two examples.
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Posted on 12-12-04 12:42 AM Link | Quote
Back on topic...

I've found some unused code in the Mario Kart 64 ROM that refers to Luigi as "Luizi", Yoshi as "Yossy", and D.K. as "Donky", along with a couple of other odd driver names...
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Posted on 12-12-04 03:47 AM Link | Quote
actualy Mutation, alot of the stuff you've shown weren't really mistranslations. Go back to bed really means to go back to sleep Though, I do find it humorous that in Pokemon the sentence "PEOPLE CALL ME THE POKEMON PROF" gets in not one but two generations of games
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Posted on 12-12-04 04:47 AM Link | Quote
Speaking of Pok
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Posted on 12-12-04 11:31 PM Link | Quote
Just had to post this: The Crapton Hits the Fan

Yay Japanese!

Back on-topic, I always liked "ONES WHO DOES HAVE NOT HAVE TRIFORCE CAN'T GO IN" from the original Legend of Zelda. As well as "No. 3 Triforce" from the Adventure of Link intro.


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Posted on 12-14-04 08:44 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Originally posted by Mutation
I've found some unused code in the Mario Kart 64 ROM that refers to Luigi as "Luizi", Yoshi as "Yossy", and D.K. as "Donky", along with a couple of other odd driver names...

Where? I know the debug code refers to a few people strangely (like Toad as Kinopio, the Japanese Toad, and Bowser as Koopa), but it got Luigi and Yoshi right.


Erm...the code I'm referring to starts at hex offset 0E2260; it seems to be a set of driver names. (Actually, it might not be unused at all...maybe those names are for internal variables. )

Anyway...
A couple of things I've found in the original Zelda:
"All of treasures" in the info that shows up if you wait long enough at the title screen.
"Please look up the manual for details" also in that info.
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Posted on 12-15-04 05:00 AM Link | Quote
Yeah, the entire Legend of Zelda intro (On NES; they fixed it up for the GameCube Collector's Disc) is messed up. "PRINCE DARKNESS ' GANNON '" (etc. etc. etc.) GO FIND THE " 8 " UNITS " LINK " TO SAVE HER."
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Posted on 12-17-04 11:35 AM Link | Quote
Why do so many Zelda games say "Piece of Heart" when they should say "Heart Piece"? Even some of the newer ones I've played have this mistake.


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Posted on 12-17-04 09:11 PM Link | Quote
Because Piece of Heart is a part of gaming history. And sounds cooler than heart piece. And I believe it's mainly a translation error caused by taking Japanese grammar literally.
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Posted on 12-17-04 10:17 PM Link | Quote
It probably translated that way, and they just thought "hey, that sounds good" and left it.

If you're going to question Zelda's grammar, you should be asking why Zelda is the one it's named after when Link is the hero.
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Posted on 12-17-04 10:24 PM Link | Quote
Meh, I believe LoZ borrows heavily from celtic mythology, and that's partway where the name comes from.
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Posted on 12-18-04 08:37 AM Link | Quote
well I jost noticed something pleasent by the quote "ARBOK failed to swallow a thing!" in Pokemon Fire Red. I'd rather not attempt to interperate that one if it's all the same to you
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Posted on 12-18-04 08:49 AM Link | Quote
Bah. The Arbok used the move "Swallow." That's the text the game gives if you haven't used Stockpile since you the battle started or since you last used Swallow or Spit Up.
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Posted on 12-18-04 10:05 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Mutation
Here's one from MLSS:

It seems that this guy can't decide whether to have an accent or not.

Also...in the arcade version of Silent Scope, if you die from running out of health, you get a message that says "LIFE OVER". Maybe it's just bad grammar...or maybe it's their subtle way of telling the player to get a life.


Actually, I think it's kinda supposed to be like that.

What can I say? It's M&L.
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