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10 Awful English Translations In Video Games That Will Make You Laugh
For most of the time that video games have existed, the grand majority of them have come from Japan. While many Japanese game companies had North American branches to handle translating their games into English, some had to rely on third parties. The results were sometimes questionable, and in the case of these 10, unintentionally hilarious.
Zero Wing (Sega Master System)
Bubble Bobble (Arcade/NES)
Ikari Warriors (Arcade/NES)
Aero Fighters 2 (Arcade)
Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES)
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Ghostbusters (NES)
Metal Gear (NES)
Pro Wrestling (NES)
Samurai Shodown (Arcade)
Super Mario Sunshine (Gamecube)
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