• Super Mario World’s “Special” Course Names in Japanese

  The secret courses were given all-new names in the English release.

• Super Paper Mario’s “Complaining on Message Boards” Scene in Japanese

  We can see Nintendo's localization practices evolving in this 2007 game.

• Tales of Vesperia’s Japanese Speech Styles & English Typos

  Let's look at some tidbits of trivia regarding this game's translation.

• Thanatos’ New Name in Kid Icarus: Uprising’s Translation

  Tanatos gets a newly localized name in the middle of the English script.

• The “Over 9000” Line in Street Fighter X Tekken’s Translation

  The famous "Over 9000" meme was inserted into this English scene.

• The Censored Egg Tart of Ar Nosurge

  In the right hands, mosaic censoring is just a modern way of saying "ewww".

• The Dr. Robotnik & Eggman Names in Japanese Sonic Generations

  A reverted name change can cause "alignment" problems with the source material.

• The Famous Stand By Me Reference in Pokémon

  This classic American movie is widely celebrated in Japan.

• The Infamous “Retard” Line in Japanese Final Fantasy VII

  The Japanese line simply says "Whoa! Don’t say that, you’ll jinx us!".

• The Many Japanese Pop-Culture References in Super Mario RPG

  The Japanese script is filled with references that were lost in translation.