• 2 Japanese Games with Unexpected MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice References

  Japanese games are full of pop culture references - you just have to know where to look.

• 3 Times That Game Translations Were Quietly Changed

  When classic games get re-released, sometimes their translations get slight updates too. These are three recent examples.

• A New Way of Playing Japanese and English Games Side-By-Side

  I worked some technical magic to play games in a weird new way. Here's how my prototype worked.

• About Zelda III, Zelda IV, and Zelda 64

  Older fans sometimes refer to 1990s Zelda games with these alternate names.

• Behind the Localization of Majora’s Mask (Nintendo Power Magazine, Sep. 2000)

  A localizer shares his experience with this classic Nintendo game over the span of 40 days.

• Does Ocarina of Time Have Farting Cabbages?

  French fans weigh in on the flatulent controversy.

• Early Japanese Previews of Zelda 64 and MOTHER 3

  Here's some early info and high-quality screenshots from these Nintendo 64 games.

• Fat, Beauty, and A Link Between Worlds’ Localization

  In Japanese, a queen loses her beauty when she grows fat. This changed in English... but how?

• Game Translations that Turned Surprisingly Political

  Politics can seep into everything, including game translations. Here are some examples.

• How a Disco Reference Was Added to a Zelda Game

  This is an article from the 2010s about a game from the 1990s in a series from the 1980s that has a reference from the 1970s.