Best Japanese-to-English Mistranslations? (aka ENGRISH)

Psycho Punch · 07/30/2015, 11:13 AM

The recent upload on Cinemassacre inspired me to do this thread. Basically, post any unintentional funny sentences inside japanese games (or localizations) made in broken english.

The game that inspired the thread:
Bakutoshi Patton-Kun (FDS 1988): "flip the fucking diskette already"

Download (PCE 1990): "Future 2099. Technology is kings. One man can not fuck this up."

The Screamer (NEC PC88 1984): The woman character was named "Nazi". Bonknuts' avatar is from this game.

Zero Wing (Genesissy 1991): AHAHAHA ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US AHHAHAHAHA shut up about it already

Samurai Shodown (Neo-Geo): NEO-GEO_COM_plus50_CLUB_hi-res_sig.png(5000x5000 px)

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Opethian · 07/30/2015, 04:52 PM

ToyMachine78 · 07/30/2015, 05:22 PM

Everytime you defeat a boss and complete a stage in Psychic Storm it says....

You shooted it down!

Stand by now!

Lol

Psycho Punch · 07/30/2015, 05:33 PM

Quote from: guest on 07/30/2015, 05:22 PMEverytime you defeat a boss and complete a stage in Psychic Storm it says....

You shooted it down!

Stand by now!

Lol

Come on toymachine, no screenshots?

Samurai-Ghost (TG-16 1992): ...what a pity you are.

ToyMachine78 · 07/30/2015, 05:37 PM

Quote from: Psycho Punch on 07/30/2015, 05:33 PM
Quote from: guest on 07/30/2015, 05:22 PMEverytime you defeat a boss and complete a stage in Psychic Storm it says....

You shooted it down!

Stand by now!

Lol
Come on toymachine, no screenshots?

Samurai-Ghost (TG-16 1992): ...what a pity you are.

Sorry... Didn't feel like firing it up at the moment

Psycho Punch · 07/30/2015, 05:47 PM

No problem lol, I just wanted to follow your post with more screenshots. Thanks for the suggestion,

Die Hard (NES 1989): pardner

SuperPlay · 07/30/2015, 06:15 PM

One that has always made me smile since the 90s is from Samurai Showdown II (Neo Geo)

Still a better translation from Japanese that I could manage

DragonmasterDan · 07/30/2015, 06:19 PM

wilykat · 07/30/2015, 08:02 PM

Ultima Exodus for NES: "I am ashamed of my crines"

Guess they didn't have spellchecker in late 80's

CrackTiger · 07/30/2015, 08:03 PM

Ys III for Genesis has you using the healing harb.

Darius II arcade ending where they return to the Pranet of Darius. The other ending which begins with "What a matter!'

ToyMachine78 · 07/30/2015, 08:05 PM

Fixed

NightWolve · 07/30/2015, 08:10 PM

Quote from: Psycho Punch on 07/30/2015, 11:13 AMSamurai Shodown (Neo-Geo): NEO-GEO_COM_plus50_CLUB_hi-res_sig.png(5000x5000 px)

Aaah, so that's where that came from! Great thread idea!

Psycho Punch · 07/30/2015, 09:05 PM

Quote from: SuperPlay on 07/30/2015, 06:15 PMOne that has always made me smile since the 90s is from Samurai Showdown II (Neo Geo)

Still a better translation from Japanese that I could manage

Thanks for posting, anyone posting pics and anecdotes have the LOOK OF A HERO !!

Last Battle (Genesis 1989): Farewell!!! *awkward pause* AARZAK!

seieienbu · 07/30/2015, 10:07 PM

I always liked the ending to Ghosts and Goblins.

Congratulation indeed, Capcom.

TR0N · 07/31/2015, 02:35 AM

ClodBusted · 07/31/2015, 03:02 AM

Tron, what's that game?

And besides, what are some of the other games shown but no name mentioned?

Great thread by the way.

esteban · 07/31/2015, 07:20 AM

Quote from: guest on 07/31/2015, 03:02 AMTron, what's that game?

And besides, what are some of the other games shown but no name mentioned?

Great thread by the way.

Aero Fighters 2
Sonic Wings 2

NecroPhile · 07/31/2015, 10:23 AM

Dungeon Explorer: play as the Harmet (née Hermit).

NightWolve · 07/31/2015, 10:48 AM

Quote from: TR0N on 07/31/2015, 02:35 AM

Depends... What happens over at his private beach ??

NecroPhile · 07/31/2015, 11:07 AM

Quote from: NightWolve on 07/31/2015, 10:48 AMDepends... What happens over at his private beach ??

Loose seals wearing yellow ribbons?

TR0N · 08/01/2015, 08:14 AM

Quote from: NightWolve on 07/31/2015, 10:48 AM
Quote from: TR0N on 07/31/2015, 02:35 AM
Depends... What happens over at his private beach ??

Probably mating season

Ya gotta love aero fighters 2&3 for there engrish.Unless video system were just having fun with it's silly story.

ccovell · 08/01/2015, 09:26 AM

Quote from: TR0N on 08/01/2015, 08:14 AM... 2&3 for there engrish.Unless video system were just having fun with it's silly story.

Both singular and plural possessives mangled in a single post. Truly ironic for an Engrish thread.

Opethian · 08/01/2015, 12:43 PM

Quote from: Psycho Punch on 07/30/2015, 09:05 PM
Quote from: SuperPlay on 07/30/2015, 06:15 PMOne that has always made me smile since the 90s is from Samurai Showdown II (Neo Geo)

Still a better translation from Japanese that I could manage
Thanks for posting, anyone posting pics and anecdotes have the LOOK OF A HERO !!

Last Battle (Genesis 1989): Farewell!!! *awkward pause* AARZAK!

Last Battle makes zero sense without the hokuto no ken storyline

esteban · 08/02/2015, 05:01 PM

Psycho Punch · 08/02/2015, 05:19 PM

Gams only here Esteban.

esteban · 08/02/2015, 05:26 PM

Quote from: Psycho Punch on 08/02/2015, 05:19 PMGams only here Esteban.

Psycho Punch · 08/02/2015, 05:39 PM

Yeah I'm in the 4K CLUB!!!!

Bionic Commando:

NecroPhile · 08/03/2015, 01:49 PM

What's wrong with that?

Presumably onomatopoeia, so again nothing wrong.

Psycho Punch · 08/03/2015, 02:18 PM

I didn't knew beeps made "PI PI PI" and "GA GA GA" sounds... come on you know that it only makes sense if you consider Japanese pronunciation. Quit crapping in my thread ya dick

... OVER. ぴぴぴ

。。。ががが

Psycho Punch · 08/03/2015, 03:01 PM

NAM-1975 (Neo-Geo): See if you can also spot the error in the title screen next time you play it.

ParanoiaDragon · 08/03/2015, 09:30 PM

ccovell · 08/03/2015, 09:43 PM

Quote from: Psycho Punch on 08/03/2015, 03:01 PMNAM-1975 (Neo-Geo): See if you can also spot the error in the title screen next time you play it.

You mean the hyphen that starts on a new line, rather than ending the previous one?

Psycho Punch · 08/03/2015, 09:49 PM

Quote from: ccovell on 08/03/2015, 09:43 PM
Quote from: Psycho Punch on 08/03/2015, 03:01 PMNAM-1975 (Neo-Geo): See if you can also spot the error in the title screen next time you play it.
You mean the hyphen that starts on a new line, rather than ending the previous one?

lol
Check the SNK copyright notice.
edit: only on JP MVS I guess:

SNK Corp Rations, quality MREs and food supplies.

SuperGrafx · 08/03/2015, 10:13 PM

Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 08/03/2015, 09:30 PM

That one never gets old. Never!

NightWolve · 08/04/2015, 10:55 AM

Wow, the arcade version of Bloody Wolf was that bad ??

escarioth · 08/04/2015, 12:30 PM

i still find this one funny

.....Bimmy....riiiiiiiiiiight...

SuperDeadite · 08/04/2015, 07:54 PM

ParanoiaDragon · 08/05/2015, 01:31 AM

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Double Dragon Neon, such a great game! You fight clones named Bimmy & Jammy. Wish they'd make a sequel but I think someone else recently bought Technos rights.

TR0N · 08/05/2015, 03:17 AM

Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 08/05/2015, 01:31 AM

Double Dragon Neon, such a great game! You fight clones named Bimmy & Jammy. Wish they'd make a sequel but I think someone else recently bought Technos rights.

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Ahh that miss translation for DDIII it's still a funny joke

Also recently arc system works got the rights to double dragon and kuino-kun.
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/06/12/arc-system-works-acquires-the-rights-to-river-city-ransom-and-double-dragon/

esteban · 08/05/2015, 06:33 AM

Quote from: SuperDeadite on 08/04/2015, 07:54 PM

That is just solid, dramatic writing.

TR0N · 08/08/2015, 06:24 AM

NecroPhile · 08/10/2015, 01:37 PM

Graveyard ducks can be pretty helpful, unlike those used car lot geese.

Psycho Punch · 08/16/2015, 12:52 AM

-edit-

Will post screenshots of some other games soon. This was previously just the text of a game, but I prefer doing a complete post.

TR0N · 08/18/2015, 03:37 AM

o.pwuaioc · 08/18/2015, 08:34 AM

That one's iconic. Also, kid me didn't know any better when I read that, and I never thought much of it until years later when I got the internet.

NightWolve · 08/18/2015, 05:02 PM

Quote from: TR0N on 08/18/2015, 03:37 AM

Oh, heh, I never thought much of that either at the time.

Quote from: guest on 08/18/2015, 08:34 AMThat one's iconic.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/You_Spoony_Bard!

And so they intentionally kept it around with future retranslations and other FF titles. Nice!