Comments on: M2 vs. EarthBound: Fourside 3

By: Matteomax

Matteomax — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:03:15 +0000

Hey, Mato, I think I found out what happened with Pokey’s helecopter! When he kidnapped Apple Kid ,he forced him to make the first Spider Mech, and make him use the engine as part of it! ( I guess..)

By: Ness rocks

Ness rocks — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:17:22 +0000

I think earthbound is a fun game it has pritty good graficts for the most part. i hope to see it on Virtual Console

By: Giygassucks3463

Giygassucks3463 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:57:22 +0000

Remember the Giygas rap? “Please don’t pray in my vacinity.” If you made ANYONE, even Pokey, write that note, I will MURDER YOU!! DEATH TO GIIIIIYYYYGGGGAAAAAAAASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

By: Boneythedog252

Boneythedog252 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:46:26 +0000

woof woof woof!!! (growls) (If you’re talking about my big brother(King)’s owner, then you are out of your mind!!!)

By: Darien

Darien — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:12:36 +0000

I always had the impression that he was being more ominous than that; I thought it was more of a “hey, he’s in league with the Evil Forces… geez, I hope he’ll come out of that all right.”

By: Giovanni

Giovanni — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:29:27 +0000

No sinister insinuations; there’s just no reason to expect a safe end to a kid flying solo.

Anyway, as long as M2vsEB is being prioritized, Buzz Buzz’s first speech is long overdue for a proper full retranslation. Things like his use of a tired old man affectation, the way the prophecy isn’t actually implied to be ancient, and the implications behind each word of the prophecy itself all add up to clarify his original identity and Itoi’s ulterior reasons for putting him in the storyline. More or less reframes the beginning and end of the story and directly connects the plots and themes of all three games.

Can’t recall if his other speeches contained any actual mistranslated info that’s worth scrutinizing, but he generally ended up just being arbitrarily recharacterized by the localizers.

By: Mato

Mato — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:18:44 +0000

Yeah, it makes me wonder. I’m sure he didn’t have any secret sinister plans for Ness. More like, “Whoops, maybe I should’ve told Pokey beforehand that the helicopter’s warranty expires in a few days and that he shouldn’t go TOO far in it.”

Or maybe he’s just worried about Pokey because maybe Pokey sucks at flying helicopters or doesn’t really know how to.

By: sg_06

sg_06 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:02:45 +0000

oh man does that imply that Monotoly lied to Ness, and then tried to send him off in his slightly-in-disrepair helicopter…in a last attempt to follow through with killing the chosen four?!

That might be reading too much into somebody else reading too much into translation differences, but how different that makes Monotoly seem.

By: walms

walms — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:12:03 +0000

You always say how you’re so nit-picky. I don’t think you are at all. A lot of these things you say are being “nit picky” really change the meaning. I like to read about the nuances lost in the translation.

By: santiagoff

santiagoff — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:22:07 +0000

Why yes. He’s a machine that creates awesome-ness!