• How to Pronounce Ryu’s Name

  The language barrier has plagued Ryu's name for decades now.

• Project X Zone 2’s Retro Game References in Japanese

  Were all these crossover game references in the Japanese script too?

• Street Fighter II’s “Family Man” Line in Japanese

  Edge cases always pose a problem in translations of multi-purpose game text.

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

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

• The Letter “W” Means “Double” in Japanese

  The letter W appears all the time in Japanese - think of it as "double"!

• Tricky Translations #2: The Four Heavenly Kings

  This simple Japanese phrase often stands out in translation, but why?

• What All Those Foreign Signs in Street Fighter II Say

  So many countries, so many languages, and so many signs to read.