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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: GUTS on November 17, 2005, 07:14:07 AM
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Working at a game store for awhile I used to hear the AWESOMEST messed up names for games. The shit people would call stuff was hilarious, sometimes I had to actually turn away so they couldn't see me biting my lip. Here are some of my favorites-
Super Thunder Black- An 8 or 9 year old said this one when he wanted to see Super Thunder BLADE, I thought it sounded like an awesome name for a porn movie.
Cockster's Pocket Tales- This kid was like 6 so it was extra funny since he was so innocent and absolutely no idea why I was laughing. It was actually CONKER'S Pocket Tales.
Red Fraction- This was a grown man f*cking up here, I was like "Red Fraction huh? Is that an M rated math game?", he still didn't get it. Red FACTION is the actual title.
President Evil, Presidential Evil, Residential Evil, even more variations I can't remember- I was constantly amazed at the ways people could mess up Resident Evil's name.
That's a few off the top of my head, I know there's like 5 million I'm forgetting but I never wrote them down like I should have so I just have to wait until something jogs my memory.
Anybody else work at a game store and have some to add?
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Hahahaha! That's hilarious, especially Cockster! I haven't heard many of these myself, but I'm sure there are plenty I can't remember at the moment. I do remember once my brother telling me when he went to go rent "Saga Frontier", the check out lady called it "Sega Frontier".
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Oh wait a minute, you cannot forget the most mispronounced video game title of all time...
Ys!
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I mess titles up all the time. Here are some recent ones:
Final Fury -- I was trying to say "Fatal Fury", but I got to thinking about Final Fight for some reason. I've also said "Fatal Fight".
Final Blade -- I was mixing up Final Soldier and Soldier Blade
OK, this is VERY embarrassing (these are real stories):
Before Genesis and TG-16 came out, I was talking to a friend at school about the prospects. My friend said that he thought China Warrior looked kool. This is fine, except that he pronounced it
Cheeenah Warrior -- no joke!
Guess what? I thought that was the correct way to pronounce it and I called it Cheeenah Warrior for like 2-3 years (and so did my brothers, since I always referred to it that way).
Dumbass. I can't believe I didn't realize that sooner! He was a Sega fan and maybe he was messing with me :)
Konami NES manual
I think it was Top Gun or Jackal, and they talked about a "rendezvous". I knew what a rendezvous was, from hearing the word, but I had never seen it spelled. So when I read the manual, I pronounced it literally: Wren Dezz Vuss... For a long time. I never looked it up in a dictionary. You can imagine how astounded I was on the day that I finally figured it out. Dumbass.
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Many gamers in France were used to mispell "PC Engine" as "PC Engeyene" -- as it seems "i" is always pronounced "eye" in English. It always made me laugh (or cry, depending on the mood of the day). It's pretty much the same with Tomb Raider, which most people pronounce "Tomb Rider" because that's how the phonem "aï" is pronounced here.
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Haha Tomb Rider would be an awesome name.
Steve I love those old game manuals, you used to be able to find the dumbest mispellings in them. My mom actually would make my brother and I come to her if we found any mistakes in our video game manuals or games so that she could explain why the grammar was wrong, it was her way of injecting a slight bit of education into our games. I remember thinking it was a blast finding mistakes, it wasn't until years later I realized that she had been making us LEARN the whole time, haha.
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Many gamers in France were used to mispell "PC Engine" as "PC Engeyene" -- as it seems "i" is always pronounced "eye" in English. It always made me laugh (or cry, depending on the mood of the day). It's pretty much the same with Tomb Raider, which most people pronounce "Tomb Rider" because that's how the phonem "aï" is pronounced here.
I totally agree with GUTS, TombRider is a friggin' awesome name... too bad they never made a perverted sequel with necrophelia-lite in it. Speaking of necrophelia-lite, has anyone seen "The Frighteners" w/ M. J. Fox? I wasn't too impressed with the movie, but I thought it had some potential (some of the concepts / situations were neat). Anyway, there was a horny ghost cowboy grandpa in that movie. I still don't know what to make of that.
Steve I love those old game manuals, you used to be able to find the dumbest mispellings in them. My mom actually would make my brother and I come to her if we found any mistakes in our video game manuals or games so that she could explain why the grammar was wrong, it was her way of injecting a slight bit of education into our games. I remember thinking it was a blast finding mistakes, it wasn't until years later I realized that she had been making us LEARN the whole time, haha.
Awesome. That is pretty kool, actually :) Sometimes there were total inconsistencies in those manuals (like, they tell you your enemy is called "Deathbringer' ... and then on the next page they refer to the same enemy as "Lord Death" ... I know, it's not like many folks read the manuals, but a little bit of copy editing would have helped.
I also think I remember one instance in which THE COMPLETELY WRONG GAME was referenced in a portion of a manual. It probably was Data East, or Capcom, or Konami... (NES games) ... anyway, I can't remember the details, but this is an illustration of what happened:
Mega Man manual: You've got to get Dr. Wiley! He has taken control of blah blah blah. Only you, Captain Commando, can save the planet!
What? Where's Mega Man?
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I've seen The Frighteners some years ago, but I can't remember it well enough to remember a lot of scenes of it, but I remember liking the movie, since it did have a cool idea and Michael J. Fox rocks my world.
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The Frighteners was awesome! It sucks it STILL isn't out on DVD, I hear the laser disc version is worth a grip.
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The Frighteners was awesome! It sucks it STILL isn't out on DVD, I hear the laser disc version is worth a grip.
It's out on DVD in the UK muhahaha.
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Ninja Gayden instead of Ninja Gaiden for me. Everyone in school even pronounced it that way. The first time I heard it pronounced correctly was in the movie called "The Wizard". But back then, I refused to believe it. I really thought it was pronounced "GAYDEN" and the guy in the movie was a total idiot.
It wasn't until 10 years ago that I finally realized it was pronounced as "Guy-den" instead of "Gay-den"! Looks like someone has to brush up on their japanese. :P
Ys!
W...Why's? :shock:
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I had some even pronounce it by saying each letter: Y, S.
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Yup..for years, being backwards VT hicks, my friend and I called it Why's before we got the game..and even now I have to catch myself...
Ninja Gayden? Oh yeah..even now I must needs catch myself.
The Frighteners wasn't bad and was actually directed by Peter Jackson of LOTR/KIng Kong fame now..Gary Busy always makes for a great villain but he was best in his turn as Buddy Holly in the Buddy Holly Story -Doom
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http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair%20of%20the%20Bemani%20Bastards.htm (http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair of the Bemani Bastards.htm)
For more "engrish fun" in video games.. every body should check this out :lol: :lol:
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I had some even pronounce it by saying each letter: Y, S.
I've seen people pronounce it as "Ease" instead of "Es" and others spell the name with an added apostrophe - Y's. :roll:
You wouldn't believe how much it pisses off the Ys purists when the game name is spelled with an apostrophe. :lol:
TIPTONIUM GAME ENGRISH (http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair of the Bemani Bastards.htm)
I've seen that site before. It's sad and funny at the same time. :roll:
You'd think japanese translators would have an editor present with them for these games?
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http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair%20of%20the%20Bemani%20Bastards.htm (http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair of the Bemani Bastards.htm)
For more "engrish fun" in video games.. every body should check this out :lol: :lol:
Some of these are pretty funny, but this dude only drew from 3-4 games. What's up with that?
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http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair%20of%20the%20Bemani%20Bastards.htm (http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair of the Bemani Bastards.htm)
For more "engrish fun" in video games.. every body should check this out :lol: :lol:
Some of these are pretty funny, but this dude only drew from 3-4 games. What's up with that?
Dunno he does list a 100 games that are messup.
Btw he's a mod at ng.com... he comes up with crazy gifs and stuff :lol:
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I had some even pronounce it by saying each letter: Y, S.
I've seen people pronounce it as "Ease" instead of "Es" and others spell the name with an added apostrophe - Y's. :roll:
You wouldn't believe how much it pisses off the Ys purists when the game name is spelled with an apostrophe. :lol:
TIPTONIUM GAME ENGRISH (http://www.tiptonium.com/videogames/favorites/Lair of the Bemani Bastards.htm)
I've seen that site before. It's sad and funny at the same time. :roll:
You'd think japanese translators would have an editor present with them for these games?
I have gotten in trouble for spelling, Ys like that when it should be Ys.
Dunno i guess i pick that habit up... from lurking at a 'lot of message boards since some ppl spell it like that.
As for lazy engrish in video games dunno. Back then... translations wasn't perfect "most companys" are worry about making $ nothing more.
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Suikoden. Even I called it Sue-ko-den for about 10 years, until I realised it's pronounced more like Swee-ko-den.
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Wouldn't it techincally be pronounced Suu-eee-ko-den? I guess the Su+i part would be pronounced fast enough so it would sound like "swee".
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Wouldn't it techincally be pronounced Suu-eee-ko-den? I guess the Su+i part would be pronounced fast enough so it would sound like "swee".
Yeah, I think it might be Sooo-EEEkoden. Something like that :D
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What about "kid Icarus"? Kid ic-car-rus, Kid acar-rus, or Kid Ie-car-rus? I'll go with the first one.
As for Ninja Gaiden(gayden)... well it does follow the same rule as Tomb Raider(rayder) if spoken as English :lol:
Matter of fact I don't recall anyone, ever, saying Ninja Guyden :shock:
For the longest time I though Ryu from street fighter was pronounced Rye-you. This was probably up until 2 years ago when I started hearing people pronounce it as Ree-you :oops:
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What about "kid Icarus"? Kid ic-car-rus, Kid acar-rus, or Kid Ie-car-rus? I'll go with the first one.
As for Ninja Gaiden(gayden)... well it does follow the same rule as Tomb Raider(rayder) if spoken as English :lol:
Matter of fact I don't recall anyone, ever, saying Ninja Guyden :shock:
For the longest time I though Ryu from street fighter was pronounced Rye-you. This was probably up until 2 years ago when I started hearing people pronounce it as Ree-you :oops:
Ha! I thought it was Rye-You! Man, that's funny.
Icarus is easy, since it is derived from Greek mythology.
But back in the day, folks called Ninja Gaiden both GAY-den and GUY-den... though it wasn't clear to us if one was more correct than the other.
I have a question for folks: How would you pronounce "Blodia" (our favorite HuCard puzzle game)?
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I always pronounce Blodia as "Blood-eee-ah", but I'm sure the correct pronounciation is "Blow-dee-ah". Or for Japanese, "Bu-ro-di-a".
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Or maybe it is pronounced as "blah-dee-ah". :-s
I always pronounce Blodia as "Blood-eee-ah", but I'm sure the correct pronounciation is "Blow-dee-ah". Or for Japanese, "Bu-ro-di-a".
Heh, how about this for a pronounciation? "BLOOD!!! EEEEYAAAAHHHH!!!!"
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Well that could work too :) .
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Blodia blows.
Gaiares is another one. Most people I know pronounce it "Gay Airs", although one guy called it "Gay Ares" like he's talking about the god of war or something.
I love how the ads said to pronounce it "GUY ARE US", which is STILL wrong!
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LOL hilarious thread...
I was working at an EB years ago when a chick came in and wanted Steve Madden 2004. I told her they only sold that at the footlocker next to the Nike Air Jackson's
Then most people wanted Grand auto theft.
And can't forget about the time a chick made a comment about the Gamecube games being tiny. Her little 4 year old brother proclaimed his 17 year old sister had never seen "dics that small before" of course he meant to say discs.
It was f*cking hilarious. A little off topic. We handed out so many applications one day that a little black kid game in right about when we ran out. He said "yall got applications?" I told him I was sorry but I was out at the moment. I told him we also accept resumes so we can get him an interview. He said, "aight den, well can I get a resume??" I was like you are soooo hired!!!!!
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Haha "aight den, can I gets me a resume?", man that is priceless.
I had this one older black guy come in to my store one time to sell some stolen crap-
me "we'll give you $10 for that controller, cash."
him "$10? hows about $15? I'M A POOR BLACK NIGGA! Help a nigga out!"
me (trying not to laugh) "no sorry, $10"
him "c'mon now, how about $11 then, that's a Big Mac right there!"
me "alright fine."
So I ring him up, and on his way out he yells, "YOU STAY WHITE THERE, I'LL BE RIGHT BLACK!"
Man that was awesome, I was laughing the rest of the day about that.
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Haha "aight den, can I gets me a resume?", man that is priceless.
I had this one older black guy come in to my store one time to sell some stolen crap-
me "we'll give you $10 for that controller, cash."
him "$10? hows about $15? I'M A POOR BLACK NIGGA! Help a nigga out!"
me (trying not to laugh) "no sorry, $10"
him "c'mon now, how about $11 then, that's a Big Mac right there!"
me "alright fine."
So I ring him up, and on his way out he yells, "YOU STAY WHITE THERE, I'LL BE RIGHT BLACK!"
Man that was awesome, I was laughing the rest of the day about that.
Hahahaha :lol:
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Haha.
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One day when I worked in a music/video store, a lady came in asking for "Internal Anal Hits".
It turned out that she was looking for a compilation called "International Super Hits" or something.
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You wouldn't believe how much it pisses off the Ys purists when the game name is spelled with an apostrophe. :lol:
I'm about as big an Ys fan as there is and I don't mind it when someone unfamiliar with the cult series missprounces the title.
I mean, its: "Ys". I would never expect anyone to ever guess the right pronounciation.
I like the attempt to break it down on the english SMS title screen though. :)
Back before the Turbo CD game, in the SMS heyday, people in my hometown... and by that I mean the people working at the one local video game store... pronounced it Yaize(Yah-ee-zzz).
As for the Y's, it doesn't bother me either since I saw it spelled like that in some early game mags and even Falcom and/or licensees have spelled it that way once or twice.
But I'm pretty easy going with these kinds of things. I never expected my girlfiend to even know what a Sega Master System was, nor care, let alone something like the Turbo'.
I'm also the world's biggest Masters Of The Universe fan and I don't get too worked up everytime some refers to it as "He-Man". I just refuse to refer to it that way.
I do purposely use many mispronounciations of things to "flaunt societies conventions" and/or "keep it real" "old school" when it's something from my childhood.
I always refer to Seinfeld and The Simpsons to friends and family by the names my parents in particularly always used: "Gary Steinfeld" and "Bart Simpsons".
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I always refer to Seinfeld and The Simpsons to friends and family by the names my parents in particularly always used: "Gary Steinfeld" and "Bart Simpsons".
hahahahhahahahhahhaha.
Oh my goodness, we have the same parents. My mom refers to it as "Steinfeld" !!!! My brothers and I have corrected her a billion times, so we don't bother anymore. It's funny as hell.
They do this all the time. Back when Giuliani was mayor of NYC, my parents referred to him as Giuliano (our neighbors down the block). Insanity.
I feel the same way as Black_Tiger -- I don't care when people incorrectly pronounce video game names. I am much more likely to get annoyed when folks can't communicate their ideas coherently. As long as you can communicate with me, I don't care if you make "typographical" errors :).
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As far as name messups (IN GAME)
I always liked in Double Dragon III in the intro scene when they refer to the dynamic duo as Bimmy and Jimmy.....lol
Or in Fatal Fury 2 for SNES, when you do Vs. mode and when you finish a fight, it shows the stats for wins and losses... If you look closely it actually says Win, Lose or Drow.... damn funny stuff.
translators must have worked for peanuts....lol
TurboSage
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"VICTOLY!"
When I first saw Ys, I thought it was "why'z" or some such. But luckily I was checking out a Japanese magazine where it's clear how they say read/say it. "ii-su" (rhymes with peace :) hell, just take out the 'p' and that's pretty much it.)