LinkSlayer64
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Kirby's suplex ability is more of a straight up wrestler.
That's all i got, sorry, I really love the thread idea.
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Instances when "That's not a knife, this is a knife" "That's a Spoon" happen in games
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shiftplusone
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Mr. Phellps
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Witch?
Leafhopper
Banned
Shellfish?
I was just going to come into this thread and say 70% of Pokemon descriptions to be honest.
Cross-Section
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Whenever you get a narratively-significant cool sword (like the Crach family sword in W3) as a quest reward, but it's entirely inferior to the sword you crafted for yourself 4 hours ago, so you just end up vendoring the thing
W3 is king of the weaponry with rich detailed backgrounds and awesome lore behind them which end up being vendor trash immediately
"This mythical sword once killed a whole legion of the wild hunt!!!! and it's way worse than this sword i just found on some dude, you can take it hattori"
UncleSporky
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I think Katie from Awkward Zombie absolutely nails this where thanks to the occasionally odd localisation of the Phoenix Wright series, the text doesn't always match the visuals.
http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?comic=120913
Edit: Just remembered this little beauty from Zelda:BOTW. Have the writers ever seen or heard of a sheep?
http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?comic=120913
Edit: Just remembered this little beauty from Zelda:BOTW. Have the writers ever seen or heard of a sheep?
The Dark Souls games' "scythe" before finally correcting it to glaive in DS3. Same thing with the Black Knight "Halberd".
Moon wizards.
Moon wizards.
LiamExe
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This is a 'Harpy' according to FF7, when even the Japanese name literally comes out as 'Kimaira' (Chimera).
To make things even more confusing, there's 'Maximum Kimaira', which is its English name.
Though FF7 had a whole bunch of those awkward translations at times.
To make things even more confusing, there's 'Maximum Kimaira', which is its English name.
Though FF7 had a whole bunch of those awkward translations at times.
SoulUnison
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the lazy devs LIED!!!
hydrophilic attack
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this is a dog:
this is a crow, that barks like a dog:
this is a...
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this is a crow, that barks like a dog:
this is a...
🤔🤔🤔
this is a...
🤔🤔🤔
Crog?
moustascheman
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Not sure if this counts, but Ropes in zelda.
They're called ropes but are clearly snakes.
They're called ropes but are clearly snakes.
CharminUltra
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Nothing is happening. Just keep walking.
Edit: Just remembered this little beauty from Zelda:BOTW. Have the writers ever seen or heard of a sheep?
I don't get it. Because you can't see any actual sheep in the game?
I'm confused, what's wrong with that screenshot?
Oh, I see now.
The purple things. had to look it up cause I didn't bother with doing that sidequest.
LizardKing
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I find it hilarious that the reason for this name was Miyamoto just looking in a thesaurus for alternative words for "stubborn ape," with no clue how it actually sounds.
Weltall Zero
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The wonders of FFVII's translation. How hilarious it was to see people defend it not long ago in this forum.
Or a toadstool, but hey... she's her princess.
Sometimes known as 'Balloon'. I'm aware the other names like Grenade are pretty basic too, but calling a sentient ball of fire a balloon feels really off
It's a ball of high-pressure gas that can explode. "Balloon" is as accurate of a name as I can think of it.
And these things are known as Hyenas in FF1 NES. They look more like hyenas in other versions, but come on that is totally a raging cow like creature
A cow? What? I have a feeling you're having one of those "this is how I see this sprite", because that's totally a zombie dog (or indeed hyena) to me.
Morrigan Stark
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Well, war scythes are a thing, but they were only named that in Demon's Souls. In Dark Souls, there was the "great scythe" which was the more typical type of Grim Reaper-style scythe we know, then in DS2 they just called the war scythe/glaive a "scythe" for some reason. So it's not entirely inaccurate to call them scythe, but calling it war scythe would have been better.The Dark Souls games' "scythe" before finally correcting it to glaive in DS3. Same thing with the Black Knight "Halberd".
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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I'd been baffled for years at the reasoning behind the name, knowing on some level that the explanation would be glorious. When I finally learned why Donkey Kong was called Donkey Kong I found it far more glorious than I'd ever imagined... lol
I could just imagine the NoA execs sat in a board room hearing, "so we have this new game about a gorilla. It's called Donkey Kong"...
Team: "Bwaaaaaaahhhahahaaahah!"
shiftplusone
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Crystal Bearers has the best Moogles
Come at me!
these aint bad
witches are different I think. Classically, wizards and mages are pretty similar, but witches are curses and have rituals and shit vs just doin magic
Witch and Warlock are more commonly paired than Wizard and Witch, to me( and they aren't similar enough that i'd classify them as the same thing, either)
Not sure if this counts, but Ropes in zelda.
They're called ropes but are clearly snakes.
"Hello, Home Depot? I'd like to file a formal complaint after purchasing 15ft of what I assumed what high tensile rope".
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