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Game names corrected by spell check

What's a BioShock? By Castlevania, did you mean Televangelist? Cringe as spell check mauls your favorite games

Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US

Pikmin: Two great ones - first, the literal translation into "Pick Man," and second, the idea that somehow Pikmin becomes minibike. Get away, little guys!

 




Culdcept: We expected something about scepters to show, but we got a lot of words that'd make any Scrabble player detonate. Unaccepted fits best because... well how many people played Culdcept Saga?




Xexyz: The only reason we typed this ultra-obscure NES title in was to see what kind of random feedback Firefox spat out. Would you believe the result is quite... sexy?



Disgaea: Pangaea seems like an obvious fit, but the idea that a game about demon penguins battling super-sexy archers and axe-wielding wild men is misgauged is... well, misguided.




GrimGrimoire: We'll grant this one. It's a weird name and spelled as one word so seeing "primogenitures" isn't that much of a shock. Finding out that "primogenitures" is an actual word, however, was quite startling.



Darkrai: He's not a game - Darkrai's the latest legendary Pokemon released by Nintendo via Toys "R" Us. He's also not Ukrainian. Hm, that might be a whole other feature - Pokemon names mangled by spell check. Any takers?



Ar tonelico: Not all that interesting, but worth noting because tonelico's based around music and a helicon is a musical instrument. You'd better sit down after that doozy.




Suikoden: One of the most mispronounced game names also baffles spell check. Thus we're not surprised to get weird offers like duodenum. You should remember that $50 word from biology class. Here's a great mnemonic device for it: Batman and Robin in blue jeans.


And with that clever little joke (an authentic biology teacher joke, actually), we're off to type more words into this internet thing and see what happens.

Jun 5, 2008


 
25 Comments
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ClusterShart  - 1 year 2 months ago 
lulz
TENAXIS (PSN)  - 1 year 2 months ago 
hahaahha

should firefox and microsoft update their spellings then??
CandiedJester  - 1 year 2 months ago 
Lol!
I never knew abusing spellcheck could be so entertaining!
XD

Phlebitis sounds horrible.
But I would love to play a game
called "SEXY"

Who wouldn't?
Yellowhat17  - 1 year 2 months ago 
That was hilarious, but some of the last ones should have had pictures.
Tentacles  - 1 year 22 days ago 
Phlebitis? Nice.

I'll have to wiki that one.
MyGameName  - 1 year 4 days ago 
LittleBigPlanet: No spelling suggestions. (???)

Wii: ii, wiki, iii, lii, vii

I just typed these in for fun.
Hurricrane  - 11 months 21 days ago 
ROFL, Tekken = Heineken!!!!
Cwf2008  - 11 months 21 days ago 
wtf? Tekken actually was counted as correctly spelled on Microsoft Word 2007...hmm
CoD_22  - 11 months 18 days ago 
I tried wii and it said: wiki, way, wig, win, wit. No spelling suggestions for culdcept or castlevania.
oreopizza47  - 10 months 26 days ago 
lol

i vote for pokemon names messed up by spellcheck. wonder what would happen to pikachu or charmander...
Xplosive59  - 10 months 20 days ago 
this is the only article that has actually make me friggin laugh my friggin head off
especially at Pikmin=Minibikes

pokemon names next please
Derds  - 10 months 16 days ago 
The Spellchecker is a ruthless creature, and butchers all in it's path.

But srsly guys, Minibikes = WIN

Also, Tamarind's pharmacy sounds like a kids game XD
Derds  - 10 months 16 days ago 
O ya Pokemon:

Pikachu = Peachy
Charmander = Charminger
Bulbasaur = Blabs
Blastoise = Blastoffs
Squirtle = Squirted
Geodude = Goaded
Jigglypuff = Jiggly puff
Ptearodactyl = Pterodactyl's
Riachu = Roach
Wartortle = Wattled
Manaphy = Manage
Uxie = Pixie
Cacnea = Acne
Cacturn = Cajun
Tentacool = Pentacle
Gyratina = Gyrating
cultofbananas  - 10 months 11 days ago 
hahahahaha!!
nice..
vakama719  - 9 months 30 days ago 
funny as stuff
mate)what you doing man?
you)im playing minibikes.NOOO DON'T GRAB THE RADAR!!
mate)what???
and
acne i chose you
Garchomp617  - 9 months 2 hours ago 
Any takers for Pokemon names mangled by spell check? Yes please! (Make sure you add what Garchomp turned into.)
doomdude  - 8 months 15 days ago 
dude this is the funniest article i've ever read DUDE THIS IS SOME FUNNY SHT!!!
bmonsterboy  - 8 months 3 days ago 
ROFLMAO those names....
Oh by the way
Garchomp = Carhop
Rayquaza = Aqua
Seviper = Sexier
Kytl  - 7 months 7 days ago 
putting Darkrai in the list is a bit...random,but awesome all the same
breener96  - 1 month 17 days ago 
Very good idea and article!
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