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Now wookie, you are a Master.

No more delusions of grandeur now!

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
NO!!!!!!!!

ALL MY BASE ARE NOW BELONG TO YOU!!!!

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You decimated me...

And by Zero Wing logic.... now all my base are belong to you.

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What is Zero Wing Logic?

all my base are belong to you?

Did you graduate from Shim's Grammer School?
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Someone who's never heard of Zero Wing?

A rare find among male internet users... There was a Sega Genisis Game called Zero Wing, and it was so poorly translated that the intro was f'jorking hilarious. It was made into a gif file and distributed across the internet and inserted itself into popular gaming culture. People randomly said variations of "all your base" when they won at something. It's popularity died down though. Things are only funny so long.

But I figured it would be a bit humorous in this situation since it was un-expected.

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I have never owned nor played a Sega Genisis. That is why I didn't know this.
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I didn't know the whole story until Sessler told me a few weeks back in the Video game thread. He even posted the intro gif for all of us to laugh at.

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I tried to find the post, but couldn't. Do you remember what date he posted this on?
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Gosh. It was probably before the turn of the year. Been a while...


Come to think of it, it might not have even been in the VG thread.

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I didn't know the game was called Zero Wing nor did I know it came a Sega Genesis game. But I have heard "All your base are belong to us." And I've seen the video that was created. Hilarious. And to think that game was distributed with such horrible translation. So much for quality control.
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Sometimes it happens even to modern games.

Look for Xplay's review of "Advance Guardian Heroes" for the GBA. It is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

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It used to happen very often, specially when japanese games such as this one were porrly translated by the japanese programmers themlseves so it could be sold in the US. People didn't care much back then; but today, as games are as expensive as movies to produce, it dosen't happen anymore.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Advance Guardian Heroes has hilarious mistranslations along the lines of.

"Demon I am going now to take your SOUL!! THANK YOU!"

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It still happens with technology. My Sony DVD player, when I click the stop button, says, "Disc will restarts..." I'm sure there are still typos in games, too, but you're reading them so quickly that you don't notice. No moreso than any other game that is produced stateside. Hell, we typo stuff all the time.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Telling someone You're gonna kill them and take their souls... "Thank you!" isn't a typo..

It's just a Japanese coloquialism that doesn't translate into English exactly right.

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Originally posted by: Bossk
It still happens with technology. My Sony DVD player, when I click the stop button, says, "Disc will restarts..." I'm sure there are still typos in games, too, but you're reading them so quickly that you don't notice. No moreso than any other game that is produced stateside. Hell, we typo stuff all the time.


Hey I've SEEN that message on a Sony DVD player!
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Okay, typographical, grammatical, and translational errors. Sorry I was too specific.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Apology accepted.


(captain needa)

I can't hear the words alopogies and accepted without adding captain needa.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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He's merely a snowtrooper. No Force capabilities whatsoever. Scrub.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
You decimated me...

And by Zero Wing logic.... now all my base are belong to you.


Great saying.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Apology accepted.


(captain needa)

I can't hear the words alopogies and accepted without adding captain needa.


you know, I was thinking the same thing