WARNING: Adult language and themes. Just wait till you see who shows up :p, Here is today's character: The Happy Mask Salesmanhttp://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/26329. The dudes psycho... but was brought back to life using the power of the Triforce. I believe that’s just how things in old games were written, for whatever reason. I've always wondered how he would have finished his sentence of "Zelda is your..." Sister? Take this!" What was Link's uncle trying to say at the start of A Link to the Past? That’s purely speculative on my part, though. Have any of the game’s staff members commented on it before? One of the guys in one of the first villages says, “I am error.” And that’s it. Though, Andrew Brown, Zach Miller and Josh Max helped out on this as well, so they too should receive some praise.I checked the page and the correction has been made. "It doesn't help that he had an uncanny resemblance to Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto...", Are you saying that all Japanese look the same? Though it could go on for ages. I remember reading somewhere (either Nintendo Power or some other magazine) that the Mask Salesman was somewhat inspired by Miyamoto, hence why I made the comment. Poking some fun at the living mistake that is Error, from Zelda II. Compared to things like literature and film, video games are an incredibly new form of expression, and the concepts behind game translation are even newer. As a result, you might think that perhaps that translators confused Rs and Ls, as is common in Japanese, and that Error is actually named Errol. I recently watched a YouTube video about the “I AM ERROR” message, which sparked my curiosity on the subject. Though other Zelda games didn't follow the style of Zelda 2, other games sure did, so you can say it's influential. In the meantime, check these out: How would your experience with Zelda 1 have changed if you’d been born in Japan versus America or vice-versa? You see, Bagu, who is a red palette-swapped version of Error, is Japanese for Bug. 00:00 00:00 Newgrounds. Your email address will not be published. Since yesterday I was late with the Malo page, here is another page, Aaron talks about the infamous I AM ERROR from The Adventure of Link:http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/26431. If you talk to him, he says in English, “Bagu is my name. One that sticks out in particular is named "ERROR." Are you ending this feature already? Reproduction in whole or in part in any form without consent from NINWR, LLC is prohibited. FOR SHAME!! Has anyone actually done it? The entire contents of this Web site, unless otherwise noted, are Copyright © 1999 - 2021 NINWR, LLC. This odd line has puzzled fans for years. "Zelda is your..."For some reason I always thought he could've said "sister". This feature is about how the characters, big or small, can leave a deep impression on the game and the player, and Tingle has done that, regardless if we want to admit it. This feature kicks ass. The most important thing is to make sure you get your attack levels correct after the first 5 palaces. He really, genuinely says that in the Japanese version too: For reference, here’s a side-by-side comparison of the line in each version: I guess if they had translated it as “MY NAME IS ERROR.” it might have sounded a tad less mistake-y, but however you look at it, it is a pretty weird line in any language. If so, let me know. There's been so much fighting about art styles in the wake of Twilight Princess (and Skyward Sword, later on) that what's been drawing me to these games in the first place took a back seat. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements. No one knows what this means or why he says that. This be book bad translation, video games! A bearded man garbed in purple and residing in a house in the town of Ruto, Error is one of the very first characters players meet in The Adventure of Link. The Legend of Zelda II: Adventure of Link is an oddball anomaly from the early part of the series for many reasons, not the least for the characters you meet. Although there's one correction to be made: the abstract for the latest entry, 'Meet Makar, the Earth Sage', is wrong, as he's actually the Wind Sage -- the Earth Sage is Medli, the Rito girl.Makar gets kudos from me simply because he was responsible for some of the best music in the game. Nobody knows. Yet, his introduction-turned-internet-meme led this minor character to become one of the most well known in all of video gaming. Versions The Adventure of Link was originally released on the Famicom Disk System before its worldwide release. It is also home to the famous NPC Error, who mentions a hidden tunnel near Mido Town. In this game, he can be attacked by dropping various seeds down the loo, or even bombed. ... Pro_JN beat Error's 8/8/6 with this. We may never know... and perhaps that is the beauty of it. This is less than one year after the Japanese release, and seven months before the North American release, of the original The Legend of Zelda. ", not "It's Dangerous to go alone! In the beginning you will see a black square. Show this letter to the man at the river passing. He doesn't say anything else until Link talks to a man in Mido. Saria Town Maybe because the more angular katakana are easier to make legible with 8×8 pixels? I will no doubt spend hours reading up on translation quirks here. I could walk around Windfall Island for hours on end. :). I loved that clawshot mini-game. Also, Katakana-only instead of Hiragana-only leads to less confusion with loanwords, of which Japanese has many. Zelda 2 is an 8-bit masterpiece. If you have learned about Miyamoto, then learn about the Mask Salesman you realize that maybe the development team was saying something about Miyamoto indirectly with this character. Probably one of the most well-known instances of wacky Zelda text is from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. So, two of Zelda II's characters are computer programmer jokes, Error and Bug. The song is still in the localized versions of Brawl, so there’s no excuse for its absence in the translated version of the Dojo. After this, Error gives a hint on how to find the passage to the Island Palace. He will reveal that there is a secret passage south of the king’s tomb. But what did it originally say in Japanese? That’s all he says. To make him even creepier, if Link manages to fall down his hole, he does not survive the drop. I decided to play the Japanese version of Zelda II to check out the meaning for myself, and I was surprised to see just how straightforward the Japanese text is! But it certainly led to bizarre translations though. That’s neat about translating StarTropics into Japanese! Heh, Zelda's had some pretty colorful characters... And this is just starting! Maybe it's his name, Error. Incidentally, this very same Bug and Error thing also appeared in another Nintendo game – MOTHER for the Japanese Famicom and EarthBound Beginnings NES game. The Japanese is not ‘eroru’ but ‘eraa’; that can only be ‘error’. Part II: The Adventure of Link"I am Error". Like some demonic soul appeared out of nowhere just to drag me to hell. Take this. Malo is one of the freakiest Zelda characters ever. After talking to this guy, go back to Ruto and talk to Error again. Only hope? Was it the smell? I always figured Link's uncle was going to say something to the effect of "Zelda is your... responsibility now" or something like that. Kudos for including Makar, he's one of my favorites as well. This concept is furthered by the fact that the River Man and other town guards will not lower the bridge leading … "I Am Error" - Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link. I just beat Fracktail a few days ago and I totally missed that!But yeah, It's pretty cool how such a small character is so famous. 8×8 Hiragana tends to be kind of messy and takes longer to read than 8×8 Katakana does; Hiragana characters are generally very curved and does not translate well to pixels, while Katakana is very angular and easy to convert into even a low-resolution font. Anyway, so that solves that mystery. by Aaron Kaluszka - May 29, 2011, 7:38 pm EDT. The gameplay alternates between a top-down view (when traveling the land) and side-scrolling perspectives (when fighting, in a temple, or town). At least, I don't think he did. Our goal is for Newgrounds to be ad free for everyone! Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/BaltisMC In this episode, we gain some useful spells to help prepare us for the dangerous road ahead. In some timeline, Link is his own father, mother, grandfather and the bartender to which he's confessing the first 3. It is hidden in the Great Palace in the Valley of Death on Hyrule's largest island. I think you're jealous. BAGU showed up later, too, though only as a debug-enabling name A Link to the Past (as “BAGE”, technically…). Or am I remembering something wrong? … Whether that jab is at the game itself, or at the game’s haters depends on the writer. The early Zelda games were known for having weird and goofy English text – in fact I’ve already done a full analysis of the first Zelda game here. I briefly looked into trying to translate StarTropics into Japanese a little while back and it looks like VRAM was pretty limited and it’d be hard to put two kana sets in there, so maybe the Zelda games were designed in a similar way. It turns out it’s Personal Trainer: Cooking, with entirely American recipes direct from the show’s staff. That is the vital thing. They didn’t screw it up, though, “I AM ERROR” is a perfectly legitimate translation of オレノナハエラーダ. A Legacy of Personality: The Characters of the Legend of Zelda, Anju and Kafei (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask), The Happy Mask Salesman (Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask), The Shop Keeper (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening), Purlo (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess), Link's Uncle (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past), Toilet Guy (Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages), Malo (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess). Ooh, the graveyard is interesting. Like Akira Toriyama and theming his characters names to vegetables and musical instruments. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. But it is also the one that uses all of the characters effectively and ties itself into the narrative better than the other side quests. This post is referring to a rom hack called Journey of a Day, thus the title of the post. Had the guy been named Bob and said “I AM BOB”, nobody would be acting like this was some sort of mistranslation. At the time I took it to mean that he was entrusting the quest to rescue Zelda to Link. Make Zelda walk into the cave and get the Brown Sword. Yes, that’s true, but everyone and everything in the game speaks in katakana, not just these two characters. The remaining baground graphics had then to be designed with very severe restrictions. Try to kill the Ache before crossing the lava pits; it can easily knock you in them if you aren’t careful. I mean it scared me. I’ve done searches every once in a while but it seems to be pretty much unknown. Weird fonts (like the Mr. Saturn font) can easily confound my comprehension and slow me down even further. All new game font! Thank you very much for the kind words! You can also subscribe without commenting. It turns out ducks and Castlevania go hand-in-hand! Haha, yeah, I actually forgot about it at the time I wrote this. I’m surprised you didn’t mention Buggerror Rosemary (バグエラー・ローズマリー) from Mother. Destiny? Check out the Famicom version of Maniac Mansion in Japanese. It's Tinglehttp://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/26444Before anyone says anything, I decided to write about him because I feel he is one of the few characters in the franchise that has gained so much notoriety. I'm pretty sure I seen him in the credits with link. It's "It's Dangerous to go alone! The intro in the FDS version features some strange English, and maintains the "Gannon" spelling from the first game.It also refers to "another sleeping Princess Zelda", in reference to the fact that (according to the manual) the Zelda seen in this game is an ancestor of the present-day Zelda, cursed with eternal sleep by an evil wizard. I don't think I ever managed it without an FAQ. WHAT !!!!!!! 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