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• How Nintendo Recently Changed Zelda 1 Even More

  Nintendo has been quietly altering The Legend of Zelda for 30 years. Here's a look at the latest changes.

• How Ganon’s Motivation Changed in Breath of the Wild’s English Translation

  This is a good example of how a single translation can significantly effect an entire story.

• Is This Snowy Translation Really Literal?

  A line of dialogue includes a translator's note about literal translations. What *is* a "literal translation", anyway?

• People Used to Marry Pokémon All the Time

  Get that honeymoon trip booked - it's time to get hitched to some Japanese critters!

• Funky Fantasy IV: A Machine-Translated Video Game Experiment

  I Google-Translated an entire video game one day. The results were so surprising that I even wrote a book about it!

• Is This Character in Pokémon X/Y Transgender?

  Pokémon localizations are filled with interesting changes concerning gender roles and cultural values.

• Tricky Translations #1: Maou & Daimaou

  These two simple words are tricky to translate. Here's why, and how they've been translated since the 1980s!

• How a Quote in Final Fantasy IX Became More Famous in English Than Japanese

  This beloved quote references two past Final Fantasy heroes. But what does it say in Japanese?

• How to Pronounce Ryu’s Name

  How do you pronounce Ryu's name? The question has baffled gamers around the world for decades.

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