Worst video game mispronunciations/bungles you've ever heard

VenomMacbeth · 03/26/2015, 10:34 PM

It's easy to murder the English language, especially when it comes to proper nouns.

I'm sure we've all heard "Super Merry-Oh Brothers" and "Ninja Gayden", or seen "Turbografics" a time or two, but I'm curious to see what else you've heard/read.

For instance, my girlfriend has been obeying almost more than I in recent days, playing game after game of Gomola Speed. Yesterday, when she got home from work, she informed me that she wanted to play "Granola Snake".

So yeah. I wanna hear all about your Raydens & Metal Gear Salads.

HailingTheThings · 03/26/2015, 11:35 PM

Pretty sure I remember my younger sister saying something like "Crash Banderers" when I was younger. She was my go-to "How do I mispronounce things?" person. lol

esteban · 03/27/2015, 01:02 AM

CHEENAH WARRIOR.

A kid at school.

I blindly followed his lead, thinking he knew something I didn't.

Like, it was a game about a Latino Martial Arts protagonist.

We had only seen a few screenshots in a magazine.

CHEENAH WARRIOR.

LostFlunky · 03/27/2015, 06:23 AM

Gradius

BigusSchmuck · 03/27/2015, 09:35 AM

A few Street Fighter 2 names come into mind like Guile and Blanka. I have heard people say Guile as Goalee and Blanka as Blanketa.

Bloufo · 03/27/2015, 10:07 AM

HuCard.

Had a guy insisting on saying it as: "H" "U" "Card" or "huck-ard" lol

I've always gone with the "hugh-card" pronunciation.

How is it said in Japan? Probably something like "hyuukaado" ?

VenomMacbeth · 03/27/2015, 10:11 AM

Quote from: Bloufo on 03/27/2015, 10:07 AMHuCard.

Had a guy insisting on saying it as: "H" "U" "Card" or "huck-ard" lol

I've always gone with the "hugh-card" pronunciation.

How is it said in Japan? Probably something like "hyuukaado" ?

I believe you are correct, and that's how i say it, though I could kind of understand why one would pronounce it the other way given that the "Hu-" prefix stands for "Hudson", correct? And it certainly isn't Hewdson Soft...lol

xcrement5x · 03/27/2015, 10:24 AM

Chocobo = KOKOBO

DragonmasterDan · 03/27/2015, 11:07 AM

Sega pronounced "Say Grrr"
SNES pronounced SNEZ (ryhmes with Pez)

Opethian · 03/27/2015, 11:20 AM

Y's

wildfruit · 03/27/2015, 11:56 AM

I always said "seega" for SEGA. its the preferred, if incorrect, pronunciation in the non NA anglophile world.

LostFlunky · 03/27/2015, 12:07 PM

Quote from: wildfruit on 03/27/2015, 11:56 AMI always said "seega" for SEGA. its the preferred, if incorrect, pronunciation in the non NA anglophile world.

Do the games not boot up with the "Say-ga" sound bite in the non NA anglophile world?

VenomMacbeth · 03/27/2015, 12:12 PM

Quote from: Lost Monkey on 03/27/2015, 12:07 PMDo the games not boot up with the "Say-ga" sound bite in the non NA anglophile world?

Not on the Master System, which was much more popular among non-NA Anglophiles than the NA ones. ;)

wildfruit · 03/27/2015, 12:31 PM

Quote from: Lost Monkey on 03/27/2015, 12:07 PM
Quote from: wildfruit on 03/27/2015, 11:56 AMI always said "seega" for SEGA. its the preferred, if incorrect, pronunciation in the non NA anglophile world.
Do the games not boot up with the "Say-ga" sound bite in the non NA anglophile world?

Definitely do but all the adverts and tv shows said it the different way. Changed in UK around when mega drive came out. I think Australians still have this though AFAIK.

sirhcman · 03/27/2015, 12:58 PM

I remember playing The Legend of Zelda on NES as a 7 year old with my cousin (who was then 5). When the Continue,Save, Retry screen would come up he always said "re-terry" for retry.. One of those silly little things I have always remembered

MotherGunner · 03/27/2015, 01:14 PM

I'm still trying to figure this out:

Vegas Tactical Gladiator? Vah-goose Tactical Gladiator? Vay-goose? WTF, over...

sirhcman · 03/27/2015, 01:19 PM

Quote from: MotherGunner on 03/27/2015, 01:14 PMI'm still trying to figure this out:

Vegas Tactical Gladiator? Vah-goose Tactical Gladiator? Vay-goose? WTF, over...

I always pronounced it Veeegs *shrugs*

ToyMachine78 · 03/27/2015, 01:30 PM

Quote from: wildfruit on 03/27/2015, 12:31 PM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 03/27/2015, 12:07 PM
Quote from: wildfruit on 03/27/2015, 11:56 AMI always said "seega" for SEGA. its the preferred, if incorrect, pronunciation in the non NA anglophile world.
Do the games not boot up with the "Say-ga" sound bite in the non NA anglophile world?
Definitely do but all the adverts and tv shows said it the different way. Changed in UK around when mega drive came out. I think Australians still have this though AFAIK.

So is it Meega Drive too?

VenomMacbeth · 03/27/2015, 01:51 PM

I always thought it was pronounced like "vague"

glazball · 03/27/2015, 02:24 PM

My cousin used to have the Deluxe NES set and my country aunt would call it the "Intendo" which came with the "ro-butt"

majors · 03/27/2015, 02:42 PM

When my buddy worked a mom'n pop game store back in the PS1 days, he heard "Tri-all-oh-gee" for Trilogy all the time.

Mortal Kombat, Alien, Die Hard...if it was not Tri-allology, it was Trigonometry.

Joe Redifer · 03/27/2015, 03:11 PM

I say "Vaygs" Tactical Gladiator.

I say "Graddeeus" rhymes with "glad" trash bags.

I say "Gweelee" for Guile. Or sometimes I just stick with Guyul.

I say "Turbo Graphics" but I spell it as TurboGrafx.

I say "Say guh"

Correct me.

CrackTiger · 03/27/2015, 03:15 PM

Tengai Makyu

shawnji · 03/27/2015, 03:31 PM

Quote from: guest on 03/27/2015, 10:24 AMChocobo = KOKOBO

Haha! Yes! My uncle used to drive me nuts because he would say, "coo-cuh-boo!"

This one guy I knew would also pronounce "Seifer" as "Say-faa," because he assumed the Japanese was セイファー and that they just romanized it directly from that, which was actually not an unreasonable assumption. However, when I explained to him that it was サイファー (like "cipher"), he was all like, "No way man! There's no way that's right!" (@_@; )

"Mare-ee-oh" is literally the worst, if only because I hear it SO much.

Arkhan Asylum · 03/27/2015, 05:07 PM

Quote from: DragonmasterDan on 03/27/2015, 11:07 AMSega pronounced "Say Grrr"
SNES pronounced SNEZ (ryhmes with Pez)

The Saygrrr one I've heard from British people, but it's just the accent. They say "eye dee urrr" when saying idea, and stuff. Dunno why, but it's funny.

The worst to me is Magic of Scheherazade.

"Magic of Sheehah ruh zaydee"

what.

Oh and Faxanadu.

"Facks za naydu"

VenomMacbeth · 03/27/2015, 05:12 PM

Quote from: guest on 03/27/2015, 05:07 PM
Quote from: DragonmasterDan on 03/27/2015, 11:07 AMSega pronounced "Say Grrr"
SNES pronounced SNEZ (ryhmes with Pez)
The Saygrrr one I've heard from British people, but it's just the accent. They say "eye dee urrr" when saying idea, and stuff. Dunno why, but it's funny.

The worst to me is Magic of Scheherazade.

"Magic of Sheehah ruh zaydee"

what.

Oh and Faxanadu.

"Facks za naydu"

This is something I've payed a lot of attention to, the whole "idear" thing. It seems the "R" is used if the word ends with a vowel, and the word that follows begins with one. Can anyone give credence to this theory?

esteban · 03/27/2015, 07:02 PM

Quote from: VenomMacbeth on 03/27/2015, 05:12 PM
Quote from: guest on 03/27/2015, 05:07 PM
Quote from: DragonmasterDan on 03/27/2015, 11:07 AMSega pronounced "Say Grrr"
SNES pronounced SNEZ (ryhmes with Pez)
The Saygrrr one I've heard from British people, but it's just the accent. They say "eye dee urrr" when saying idea, and stuff. Dunno why, but it's funny.

The worst to me is Magic of Scheherazade.

"Magic of Sheehah ruh zaydee"

what.

Oh and Faxanadu.

"Facks za naydu"
This is something I've payed a lot of attention to, the whole "idear" thing. It seems the "R" is used if the word ends with a vowel, and the word that follows begins with one. Can anyone give credence to this theory?

Sounds about right.

Fazzzzzzzz. On. A. Doo.

Joe Redifer · 03/27/2015, 07:54 PM

Quote from: Black TigerTengai Makyu

Ten guys mock you.

geise · 03/27/2015, 08:53 PM

Quote from: Opethian on 03/27/2015, 11:20 AMY's

this

technozombie · 03/27/2015, 09:13 PM

I have no idea how many things are pronounced because I don't have any friends and never here these pronounced lol.

SignOfZeta · 03/27/2015, 10:19 PM

Guile as "gweely"
Ryu is "Raiyoo"

Not related, but I once heard someone pronounce "anime" as "aneem", two syllables. That one took me a while, literally 20 seconds to translate into human. I couldn't figure out WTF he meant.

When working at a game store a kid once asked "Do you have THPS3 for PS2?" He pronounced it just like I wrote it. He wanted Tony Hawk 3, but instead of saying that he had to say it like a video game magazine writes it out.

Then there is SHMUP, which is ONLY acceptable if you are writing an article in an European Amiga magazine in 1989. Fuck all dipshits.

xcrement5x · 03/27/2015, 10:53 PM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 03/27/2015, 07:54 PM
Quote from: Black TigerTengai Makyu
Ten guys mock you.

It's like being in high school again

wildfruit · 03/28/2015, 02:24 AM

Quote from: VenomMacbeth on 03/27/2015, 05:12 PM
Quote from: guest on 03/27/2015, 05:07 PM
Quote from: DragonmasterDan on 03/27/2015, 11:07 AMSega pronounced "Say Grrr"
SNES pronounced SNEZ (ryhmes with Pez)
The Saygrrr one I've heard from British people, but it's just the accent. They say "eye dee urrr" when saying idea, and stuff. Dunno why, but it's funny.

The worst to me is Magic of Scheherazade.

"Magic of Sheehah ruh zaydee"

what.

Oh and Faxanadu.

"Facks za naydu"
This is something I've payed a lot of attention to, the whole "idear" thing. It seems the "R" is used if the word ends with a vowel, and the word that follows begins with one. Can anyone give credence to this theory?

Sort of
Which should be pronounced sor(t) ov
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary_English

esteban · 03/28/2015, 08:51 AM

Quote from: MotherGunner on 03/27/2015, 01:14 PMI'm still trying to figure this out:

Vegas Tactical Gladiator? Vah-goose Tactical Gladiator? Vay-goose? WTF, over...

I OFFICIALLY DECLARED that "Veigues" is pronounced "VEEGZ" back when it was released.

NO OTHER WAY IS ACCEPTABLE.

I am serious.

I have ignored any post that state otherwise.

I have ignored the posts that agree with me because

MY OFFICIAL DECLARATION PRECEDES posts in 2015.

Thank you.

esteban · 03/28/2015, 08:55 AM

PET PEEVE:

I hate when folks say "nesssss" or "snessssss" instead of "ehn eee ess" or "ess ehn eee ess"

Absolutely no one should be allowed to say stupid shite like that.

I am sorry I offended most of you.

But you are imbeciles.

Thank you.

esteban · 03/28/2015, 08:56 AM

PET PEEVE: When folks do not take combine multiple posts into a single post.

esteban · 03/28/2015, 08:56 AM

F*cking imbeciles.

sirhcman · 03/28/2015, 09:28 AM

Quote from: esteban on 03/28/2015, 08:55 AMPET PEEVE:

I hate when folks say "nesssss" or "snessssss" instead of "ehn eee ess" or "ess ehn eee ess"

Absolutely no one should be allowed to say stupid shite like that

I'm with you 100% on this!

VenomMacbeth · 03/28/2015, 09:42 AM

Quote from: guest on 03/28/2015, 09:28 AM
Quote from: esteban on 03/28/2015, 08:55 AMPET PEEVE:

I hate when folks say "nesssss" or "snessssss" instead of "ehn eee ess" or "ess ehn eee ess"

Absolutely no one should be allowed to say stupid shite like that
I'm with you 100% on this!

I second his seconding.

Tatsujin · 03/28/2015, 12:19 PM

granola snake lol LOL L O L

MotherGunner · 03/28/2015, 12:30 PM

Quote from: esteban on 03/28/2015, 08:55 AMPET PEEVE:

I hate when folks say "nesssss" or "snessssss" instead of "ehn eee ess" or "ess ehn eee ess"

Absolutely no one should be allowed to say stupid shite like that.

I am sorry I offended most of you.

But you are imbeciles.

Thank you.

Or when they say "At" "At" instead of "A-T-A-T"!!!

jtucci31 · 03/28/2015, 12:39 PM

Quote from: MotherGunner on 03/28/2015, 12:30 PM
Quote from: esteban on 03/28/2015, 08:55 AMPET PEEVE:

I hate when folks say "nesssss" or "snessssss" instead of "ehn eee ess" or "ess ehn eee ess"

Absolutely no one should be allowed to say stupid shite like that.

I am sorry I offended most of you.

But you are imbeciles.

Thank you.
Or when they say "At" "At" instead of "A-T-A-T"!!!

I'm guilty of saying "AT AT" a few times, but never "nessssss/sssnessss". I hate that too.

VenomMacbeth · 03/28/2015, 12:49 PM

Quote from: Tatsujin on 03/28/2015, 12:19 PMgranola snake lol LOL L O L

I was waiting for someone to catch this. We just call the game Granola Snake now, because it's too funny not to.

At least she got the name of the "snake" right, I think. (Gorm?)

ClodBusted · 03/28/2015, 02:42 PM

Legend of Tselda. I'm still doing it. I never got accustomed to proper English pronunciation, and will never do.

BTW, the boot screen of Sonic says clearly Say-Ga.

ccovell · 03/28/2015, 08:33 PM

My dad used to say "Nine - ten - dough". My mom used to say " 'intendo."

My brother used to pronounce Jean-Michel Jarre as "Jarr - ay" no matter how many times I corrected him.

Giana Sisters pronounced by some Germans(?) as "Guy - an - a"... great name for a doctor that treats women's problems...

And who can forget that in-game bungle: "Sting - y"?

esteban · 03/28/2015, 09:49 PM

Quote from: ccovell on 03/28/2015, 08:33 PMMy dad used to say "Nine - ten - dough". My mom used to say " 'intendo."
...
And who can forget that in-game bungle: "Sting - y"?

WAIT! My mom used to say "Intendo" too!

I'm sure a lot of folks said "intendo".... or was it just a "mom" thing?

She had known about "Intellivision"... so I always thought she associated NES with the earlier video game console.

Forgive me, but I can't place the last reference to "Sting - y"

Gentlegamer · 03/28/2015, 09:55 PM

For some reason, the Aussies saying see-ga annoys me more than it should.

CrackTiger · 03/28/2015, 10:28 PM

My friend and I called Dr Wily "Dr Willy" while waiting for Megaman 2 to come out after seeing the Nintendo preview (Megaman 1 never came to my hometown). After I got the game and realized that he unfortunately had a much inferior name, I still continued to affectiately call him Dr Willy with friends.

Myau will always be "Maiyu" to my Brother and I and that pronounciation is the name of my large white cat.

My Brother still likes to call Guile "Gully!", because he heard someone say that bitd. "Raiyu" will always feel much more comfortable to me than hearing "Ryu". Same with "Blank-Ah" vs "Blawnkaw".

I pronounce anime as it was intended, short for "animation". Same deal with Famicom/Family Computer. I don't call the PC Engine "Peeshee Enjeen" just because that's how the Romanji turns out.

esteban · 03/28/2015, 11:40 PM

Quote from: guest on 03/28/2015, 10:28 PMMy friend and I called Dr Wily "Dr Willy" while waiting for Megaman 2 to come out after seeing the Nintendo preview (Megaman 1 never came to my hometown). After I got the game and realized that he unfortunately had a much inferior name, I still continued to affectiately call him Dr Willy with friends.

Myau will always be "Maiyu" to my Brother and I and that pronounciation is the name of my large white cat.

My Brother still likes to call Guile "Gully!", because he heard someone say that bitd. "Raiyu" will always feel much more comfortable to me than hearing "Ryu". Same with "Blank-Ah" vs "Blawnkaw".

I pronounce anime as it was intended, short for "animation". Same deal with Famicom/Family Computer. I don't call the PC Engine "Peeshee Enjeen" just because that's how the Romanji turns out.

OK, I totally prefer "Blahhn-Kah" ("Blank-Ah" is runner-up)
I like both "Rye-ooo" and "Ree-ooo"

BUT YOU ARE CRAZY ABOUT DR. WILY.

Dr. Wily is the SUPERIOR name.

Dr. Willy is blah.

SORRY (sore-eee)

esadajr · 03/28/2015, 11:55 PM

one of the kids used to say "manen gover" instead of game over