[Caael]

I was playing Minish Cap again today, getting the figurines and on the Ice Wizzrobe description it says
' They're weak against fire, so hit them with your Fire Rod!'
This is odd, as there isnt a fire rod in the game. Theres a flame lantern but no rod.

Noticed any other mistakes in other games?

[FlamingDuck]

The translations in Harvest Moon games are hilariously bad sometimes. That, and you can get people to talk in different languages if you do it right.

[Caael]

I like how the Harry Potter games have events that never happened in the books.

[TheEnglishman]

In FFX there's the one kid who says 'I wanna be a blitzball when I grow up!'
I also noticed that in the original Harry Potter game for PS1 they have the sounds of people cheering in the great hall, when the screen shows it to be empty.
Also the original Medal of Honour game had Germans who not only spoke English, but spoke it with a very strong English accent. :lol:

[Caael]

In TimeSplitters 3, why do the Beserker splitters shoot lightning that locks on to you? Shooting lightning is understandable, but locking on? How does it manage this?

Same game, i've noticed that you can reload 2 Machine guns at the same time in 2 seconds flat by lowering and raising them.

[Golden Legacy]

"Off Course!", agrees Cloud at the Gold Saucer, in FFVII.

[Mars Djinni]

Golden Legacy, on Feb 16 2007, 05:46 PM, said:

"Off Course!", agrees Cloud at the Gold Saucer, in FFVII.

Let's not forget Aerith's "This guy are sick."

Ooh, and in FFIV, one of the white mages (At least I think so) reply to Cecil's arrival, "Ah! Cecil! I have heard of your feat!"

[Split Infinity]

I'm assuming you meant feet, since that's not a mistake at all.

[Zexion]

In golden sun the lost age, Felix broke his muteness by saying "why?".

Now, we all know Felix can be rebellous, but he'd never rebel at his main-character muteness. In the japanese version, he said "???" not "why?"

[TheEnglishman]

Split Infinity, on Feb 17 2007, 05:55 AM, said:

I'm assuming you meant feet, since that's not a mistake at all.

I don't think he does. He mean's feat as in:
1. a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.: Arranging the treaty was a diplomatic feat.
2. Obsolete. a specialized skill; profession.
There's so many mistakes in games but I think the most obvious one must be 'All your base..'

[Caael]

pwned was a mistake in World Of Warcraft in the programming, instead of owned. I think. Now everybody uses it.

[Aquamarine]

What about the all-famous "You got an Herb"? I think we all know where that's from.
I hate why in every single game parts of characters bodies enter floors and walls. I just hate that!

[Caael]

Haha, you must love SSBM and how everybody can jump through platforms and fall through them, Aqua

[Aquamarine]

But that's not a mistake, really. That's part of the gameplay.

[Caael]

I suppose. I suppose you must love it when you're giant and your head goes through the platforms then

[Aquamarine]

... Ok, that's NOT part of the gameplay. Thanks for reminding me of that...

AN HERB!!

[FlamingDuck]

In Magi Nation, the awesome GBC game, you can sell these herb things for more money than you bought them for.

[Mars Djinni]

More on Final Fantasy VII...

During the first boss battle, a "hint" was translated incorrectly as "Attack when the tail is up!" instead of "Don't attack when the tail is up!".
Ooooh, THAT's why I got wiped out on the first boss of the goshdarn game. Dodongo doesn't dislike smoke. My ass.

"Listen to me! Just now, some guy in a black cloak goes walked east towards that grassy field."
Oh, my God! Did you send somebody to goes follow him?!

"You are a Turks."
I am a what?

"Knowlespole"
It's North Pole, for Cloud's sake!

[TheEnglishman]

Mars Djinni, on Feb 17 2007, 06:55 PM, said:

More on Final Fantasy VII...

During the first boss battle, a "hint" was translated incorrectly as "Attack when the tail is up!" instead of "Don't attack when the tail is up!".
Ooooh, THAT's why I got wiped out on the first boss of the goshdarn game. Dodongo doesn't dislike smoke. My ass.

I never realised that. Good thing the robot is so easy to beat. :)

[Sea of Time]

"Thank you much." says every shops person in Golden Sun. That's the only game error I've ever come across.

[Caael]

If you've played GS then you must of come across ' You got an herb'

[TheEnglishman]

They do that in Paper Mario as well. 'You got an super boots!'

[Split Infinity]

Apparently, Americans pronounce Herb with a silent H. They're so silly, what with their dates and everything.

[Someone Else]

Sea_of_Time, on Feb 17 2007, 03:50 PM, said:

"Thank you much." says every shops person in Golden Sun. That's the only game error I've ever come across.

That is actually proper English, but you don't hear it very often.

I think THIS was a mistake: http://www.gamespot.com/wii/strategy/bobro...html?q=painting

[Wiflewood]

Wind Dude, on Feb 22 2007, 05:01 AM, said:

That is actually proper English, but you don't hear it very often.

True. Its just "Thank you very much" without the 'very'.

I've not come across a lot of mistakes, although I once played some 'Yugioh' game on a DS that had the translation: "I will stop going out because slowness today", which was meant to mean "I won't go out now because it's too late" (I think) hmmm...

[Sea of Time]

Being able to catch Missingno. in the first Pokemon games was also a game mistake, one that messed with your entire file if you actually caught it.

[Caael]

Yeah, but if you didnt, you could mess with the game and get like infinite good items.

[TheEnglishman]

It worked for awhile, then I just lost all but 1 box of the pokemon which I'd caught.

[Saturos S.]

Mine evolved into a Kazachstan(?) when I gave it a rare candy. Still the infinite items glitch was an easy training method.

Edit: Kazachstan = Kangeshkan (sp?)

[Aquamarine]

Yes, you probably mean Kangaskhan, the normal type kangaroo Pokemon, right? It's strange that Missingno would evolve into it.

[Split Infinity]

Well, Kangaskhan does appear along Missingno.'s shoreline if you visit the Safari Zone prior to Surfing. I forgot how it works, I think you have to give your character a specific name. It's on Wikipedia.

[Someone Else]

Not so much of a mistake per se, but in almost every video game your characters can run forever and never get tired.

[TheEnglishman]

I've never quite understood why one character would tell another one to 'press x to run'. You wouldn't do it in real life, so why should they do it in their game world?!
Not really a mistake but odd anyway.

[Aquamarine]

Why do so many Japanese main characters always keep their mouths shut and never talk, but somehow everyone hears what they are thinking about? That actually annoys me a bit. Link is like that, as you all know.

[Mars Djinni]

The thing about Link is that he is meant to be a silent hero, making the player invent his own view towards how Link should respond in different situations, therefore linking the player to the character. Link is supposed to be independent, completing most tasks alone, therefore having no one to speak for him.

The game's plot usually demands Link to interact, but conflicts with the what Link is meant to portray. So the designers of the game want there to be some way for the plot to be as dynamic as it should without Link having to say anything. This led to parts where it is implied that Link said something, though he actually didn't. So really, they can't help it.

[Split Infinity]

Wind Dude, on Mar 23 2007, 10:45 AM, said:

Not so much of a mistake per se, but in almost every video game your characters can run forever and never get tired.

In RuneScape, your ability to run is affected by your energy bar. *gets glanced at*

[Wiflewood]

I think its like that in Shadow of the Colossus for PS2 as well, your horse gets tired after running for a while and begins to slow down.

May be realistic, but I can imagine it being **** annoying as well.

[Lemontime]

Biggest game mistake evar:
Maple Story.

[Aquamarine]

Mars Djinni, on Mar 24 2007, 01:07 AM, said:

The thing about Link is that he is meant to be a silent hero, making the player invent his own view towards how Link should respond in different situations, therefore linking the player to the character. Link is supposed to be independent, completing most tasks alone, therefore having no one to speak for him.

The game's plot usually demands Link to interact, but conflicts with the what Link is meant to portray. So the designers of the game want there to be some way for the plot to be as dynamic as it should without Link having to say anything. This led to parts where it is implied that Link said something, though he actually didn't. So really, they can't help it.

I know all of that, and I'm not so bothered by Link not being able to talk, but by characters from other games, such as both of the main characters from Golden Sun. Still, maybe it is time they changed that in Zelda, it's just becoming a bit old and stupid.

[Wildheart]

Has anyone noticed in Bilibin that when you defeat the evil Tret and make him better again that when you go up to one of the towers in Lord Mccoy's palace there's this old dude, who if you mind read, thinks something really weird, I cant remember what it is but it didn't make sense. But the wierd thing was it happens only on some of my games and not the others...
Oh and in GS2 Hsu's name magically changes :smile: (or apparently so anyway...)

[TheEnglishman]

Aquamarine, on Mar 24 2007, 01:05 PM, said:

I know all of that, and I'm not so bothered by Link not being able to talk, but by characters from other games, such as both of the main characters from Golden Sun. Still, maybe it is time they changed that in Zelda, it's just becoming a bit old and stupid.

It does looks slightly out of touch now to have no real voices at all. Then again I guess that could be a unique point for the series.

[Nyktos]

Yeah, in GS2 they refer to Hsu as 'Ulmech' or something like that. Also, Master Hama becomes Master Hamma.

[TheEnglishman]

I've never understood why they refer to one country as Bern on the world map in FE7, but call it Biran in gameplay. Which is it?

[Mars Djinni]

The name is supposed to be Bern. I don't recall ever hearing "Biran". I'm pretty sure it was a localization difference.

[PDM]

Me111, you just live in a silly place with silly translations. We love you anyways.

[Split Infinity]

I played MoH: Frontline the other day, and in the first mission, the HUD was saying something about the soldiers below me, and it spelt it SOLIDERS. :smile:

~ 1700 ~

[Gardna]

Burn the game right now and never buy a new one.
Btw congrats on 1,7k.

[Split Infinity]

Hmm? Oh, the post count...another small milestone on my quest to 1,000,000.

And what's this about burning?

[Gardna]

Actually there are some people on GAIA Online with 200k+ so why not a million?
Burning the game was a stupid joke nvm.

[Split Infinity]

Yeah, but I didn't understand your reasoning. I already own the game. Have for years.

[Gardna]

Ahh so... 'to burn' also means throwing something into the fire and that's exactly what I meant. :smile:

[Split Infinity]

No! I won't lose my beloved WWII shooter!

Cut the crap and get on with the topic. This applies to you too, Gardna. - MD

This post has been edited by Mars Djinni: 25 March 2007 - 08:13 PM

[TheEnglishman]

Mars Djinni, on Mar 24 2007, 11:00 PM, said:

The name is supposed to be Bern. I don't recall ever hearing "Biran". I'm pretty sure it was a localization difference.

I'm sure on the map screen at the beginning of a chapter I've seen the name Biran appear, rather than Bern. I'll have to play it again and see.
EDIT: Ok my description was wrong. Bascially the map says Biran on it but the accompanying text says Bern whenever they talk about the country.

[Folcon]

this aint a mitake, but it is getting to be too much of a standard.

why must every main character from most japaneze game have short spike hair, and have bear midriffs. FF i'm looking at you. and many other games as well.

[TheEnglishman]

That's a good question. I've never seen anyone manage it without the use of gel, so why do FF characters have it naturally?

[Folcon]

must come natural. it is in all the anime shows too. but that is for a different forum.

[Nyktos]

They're Japanese. They can do anything.

[Folcon]

says you. they sould not be aloud to do anything. it gets so old all the time. every character seems to have spike hair. well mostly it is the dudes. but it would be odd to see a fem character with big spiky hair, like,... like, um-

[TheEnglishman]

escout, on May 2 2007, 08:12 PM, said:

says you. they sould not be aloud to do anything. it gets so old all the time. every character seems to have spike hair. well mostly it is the dudes. but it would be odd to see a fem character with big spiky hair, like,... like, um-

It is odd that these character's live in worlds inhaabited by dragons, fight with swords and magic and have numbers rising out of their head when they get hurt, yet the first thing we point out as unrealistic is their hairstyle. <_<

[Folcon]

i refer to anime as well. but i have really pulled this off topic. sorry.

[My Best Wishes]

I was doing America's Army training the other day and they gave me a rocket launcher and told me to shoot the tank.

There was no tank...

[Folcon]

maybe you just couldn't find said tank.

[My Best Wishes]

No trust me. There was no tank. Had no idea what to do, so I uninstalled it, again.

[Caael]

Tales Of Symphonia, occasionally the text is filled with random punctuation which is one of the games very few WTF moments.

Might just be my game, but theres a certain moving platform in Metroid Prime that no matter how much I try, I just fall through. Happens every time I turn the game on so meh.

[Folcon]

my only grief about Tales of Symphonia is that durring the skits,(the conversations activated by pressing Z when propmted), have no voice overs, unlike the original Japanese version which did.

[Caael]

That's not an error though. But c'mon, those English voice-overs were just crap for some of them. Only Sheena Zelos and Regal sounded like they weren't reading from a script.