Worst video game mispronunciations/bungles you've ever heard

[VenomMacbeth]

It's easy to murder the English language, especially when it comes to proper nouns.

I'm sure we've all heard "Super Merry-Oh Brothers" and "Ninja Gayden", or seen "Turbografics" a time or two, but I'm curious to see what else you've heard/read.

For instance, my girlfriend has been obeying almost more than I in recent days, playing game after game of Gomola Speed.  Yesterday, when she got home from work, she informed me that she wanted to play "Granola Snake".

So yeah.  I wanna hear all about your Raydens & Metal Gear Salads.

[HailingTheThings]

Pretty sure I remember my younger sister saying something like "Crash Banderers" when I was younger. She was my go-to "How do I mispronounce things?" person. lol

[esteban]

CHEENAH WARRIOR.

A kid at school.

I blindly followed his lead, thinking he knew something I didn't.

Like, it was a game about a Latino Martial Arts protagonist.

We had only seen a few screenshots in a magazine.

CHEENAH WARRIOR.

[Lost Monkey]

Gradius

[BigusSchmuck]

A few Street Fighter 2 names come into mind like Guile and Blanka. I have heard people say Guile as Goalee and Blanka as Blanketa.

[Bloufo]

HuCard.

Had a guy insisting on saying it as: "H" "U" "Card" or "huck-ard" lol

I've always gone with the "hugh-card" pronunciation.

How is it said in Japan? Probably something like "hyuukaado" ?

[VenomMacbeth]

HuCard.

Had a guy insisting on saying it as: "H" "U" "Card" or "huck-ard" lol

I've always gone with the "hugh-card" pronunciation.

How is it said in Japan? Probably something like "hyuukaado" ?

I believe you are correct, and that's how i say it, though I could kind of understand why one would pronounce it the other way given that the "Hu-" prefix stands for "Hudson", correct?  And it certainly isn't Hewdson Soft...lol

[xelement5x]

Chocobo = KOKOBO

[DragonmasterDan]

Sega pronounced "Say Grrr"
SNES pronounced SNEZ (ryhmes with Pez)

[Opethian]

Y's

[wildfruit]

I always said "seega" for SEGA. its the preferred, if incorrect, pronunciation in the non NA anglophile world.

[Lost Monkey]

I always said "seega" for SEGA. its the preferred, if incorrect, pronunciation in the non NA anglophile world.

Do the games not boot up with the "Say-ga" sound bite in the non NA anglophile world?

[VenomMacbeth]

Do the games not boot up with the "Say-ga" sound bite in the non NA anglophile world?

Not on the Master System, which was much more popular among non-NA Anglophiles than the NA ones.

[wildfruit]

I always said "seega" for SEGA. its the preferred, if incorrect, pronunciation in the non NA anglophile world.

Do the games not boot up with the "Say-ga" sound bite in the non NA anglophile world?

Definitely do but all the adverts and tv shows said it the different way. Changed in UK around when mega drive came out. I think Australians still have this though AFAIK.

[sirhcman]

I remember playing The Legend of Zelda on NES as a 7 year old with my cousin (who was then 5). When the Continue,Save, Retry screen would come up he always said "re-terry" for retry.. One of those silly little things I have always remembered