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Hot take I'd love to hear from renry again, such great nostalgia and soothing voice with cool and interesting things about old games even I didn't know about
My single favorite translation screw-up is in the original Final Fantasy Tactics where they somehow managed to change every instance of "Breath" in the skills list to "Bracelet", leading Marlboros to hit you with "Bad Bracelet"
DON'T get me started on Skyward Sword... that game has THREE possible ends. Normal Ending: Beat Demise in the Present Past Ending: Beat Demise in the Past (preventing Normal Ending) Demise Ending: Be defeated on your quest to stop Demise.
It's ironic that Sega is a Japanese company with a name that originates from English: SEGA = [SE]rvice [GA]mes But Atari is an American company whose name originates from Japanese terminology from the board game, Go.
The way Rinry reads the ending for Ghosts and Goblins is one of the best things I've heard, ever. I can't get enough of this video, the whole thing cracks me up!
Did you ever notice that the title screen for Metroid says: "Emergency Order: Defeat the metroid of the planet Zebeth and destroy the Mother Brain the mechanical life vein". ^ Shouldn't that read: "Defeat the metroids of the planet Zebes and destroy Mother Brain the mechanical life vein"? (What does "mechanical life vein" mean, anyway? I'm confused...)
the reason it was probably called Zebeth at first was because in Japanese there is no soft "th" sound like in "thorn" so they go with an "s" sound as the closest approximation, but when a translator is reading Japanese text they probably had to gess wether is was an actual "s" the original writers meant or the non-existent "th". For the record, it's ぜーベス in Japan iirc.
Rinry, you are something I wish more girls were, gamers. My half sister was a gamer when she was young. IDK if she still plays games now. Once when playing Starcraft, I met a woman who was 32 and a mother of 3. I played a game against her and lost. She apologized for beating me. I told her that she didn't need to apologize because she won fair and square. This was when I was 26. I have been beaten by many and won against a few. I am sure some of them were gamer girls, the ones who beat me. I am 42 and a lifelong gamer. I would like to meet a woman who shares in my passion.
My mother (56) and I (24) play Tetris Friends against each other, and my older sister (36) plays Halo with her son (12). I also have 2 girls in my Final Fantasy XIV group who have been playing the game as long as I have. Also go see how many girls flock the video game booths at anime conventions. 'Girl Gamer' and 'Gamer' mean the same thing
Come to think of it, when my mother was alive, she too played Tetris and many Tetris clones and puzzle games. She even played Intelligent Cube on my PS1
You know, the thing about Robotnik/Eggman, I'm more attached to Eggman mainly because of Sonic Adventure 2. That was the first game he was officially Eggman in English, and also the first game where he was fairly competent and, dare I say it, kind of cool. The name Robotnik brings back too many memories of the bumbling fat guy that never accomplished anything.
Count me as one of those people who liked Ted Woolsey's work. I really learned to appreciate the work he did after finding out about all fun and interesting changes he injected into various game dialogue. Totally with you on the point of liking Ted's versions of FF6, Chrono Trigger and a few others. Thanks for making this video!
I wish modern games were better localized like the "woolseyisms". Maybe it's because I'm just a little older than the Dragon Ball Z era kids, but I still find japanese culture a barrier to enjoying most games. I don't embrace it quite like the kids who grew up reading manga at Barnes and Noble do.
Good to see you making videos again! And man, I was paying attention to all the little details and effects and things you added to this video, and I can't imagine how long it takes you to put these things together. They are great!
the "all your base" video was one of the first internet videos i ever seen. that was right about the time when i got my first computer, i didnt understand it but still thought it was pretty funny. great video as always, always very professionally done
Find this person fast... I think it refers to Queen Zeal, who is "close" to one of your party members. How that side quest resolves is somewhat ambiguous.
I remember liking the Woosley-isms because it was what I grew up on, especially with FFVI which is my favorite nostalgia game. Now that I'm older, I only truly miss the Woosley version of the opera scene. But man was it a shock to revisit favorite scenes on Gameboy and have a different translation at times! Thanks for the video.
+McNibbler There was also a problem in the original Japanese Super Famicom version of _Super Castlevania IV_: on the intro screen is a gravestone that originally had the misspelt/mistranslated name “DRACURA” on it (as you probably guessed, this was supposed to read “DRACULA”); in the Western releases of this game this whole name was obscured. What is left just looks like a random bunch of pixels.
Yup, I'm old enough to remember King Koopa, Princess Toadstool and Dr. Robotnik (which, you're right, is a much better name for us). The first time I remember them trying to integrate the East and West Mushroom Kingdoms was Mario 64. All of a sudden it's Bowser and Peach, though it was a transition period where they each used both names (as you said, the mistranslations became their surnames, which makes sense and sounds right) so we wouldn't be left _totally_ confused (though even as a kid I had an idea that all my favourite games were from Japan and were translated to English).
"but to us, his name will always be Bowser" Everyone I knew called him Koopa back in the NES era. I remember finding it weird when people finally started calling him Bowser
Damn... Beating Ghouls and Ghosts (Ghosts and Goblins) is an epic achievement by any standard but completing a second run without smashing the TV through the shared wall into your neighbors apartment... well, I am not the most patient person. Crazy OG props to you!!!
Dear Rinsey, Thank you for keeping us updated on the fast-changing world of vintage video games, with your lovely voice - the kind of voice that could make a drill sergeant hug a Nazi... before stabbing him. I suggest that you make video of yourself actually playing some games that you love and hate (and for longer than a few seconds) and giving commentary as you play, like a nice contrast of AVGN. You say you're no good at them, but well, video editing makes the world go round sister.
Kefka was still flamboyant and sadistic in the localization. It didn't go away. Though I still wonder how he knew that Cyan's army would all have a glass of water at the same time...
How about the poor translation of the opening crawl of Castlevania III: Draculas Curse: "He practiced sorcery in order to create a bad world filled with evil" "Changing countries from good to bad" Not really translation errors, but still worth an honourable mention.
I'm glad you passed it up, but "All your base are belongs..." is the most glaring translation error, and like Error, has become an internet meme. Otherwise, thanks for the trip back to our childhoods!
