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The Top 7... Mispronounced game names

The most horribly mangled titles in videogame history

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US

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PoPoLoCrois

Correct pronunciation: Your guess is as good as ours
Incorrect pronunciation: Anything you might attempt

This is what happens when the Japanese try to emulate the French. If our resident Japanese speaker can't even make it through the title unscathed, what chance do the rest of us have?

Our suggestion - go with it. With so many similar sounds stringed together like that, the title is obviously meant to be silly and fun. If you're hiccupping through it now, imagine how the Japanese feel with their original title, PoPoRoKoRoisu...

We say PoPoLoCrois is supposed to be mispronounced. Do your worst.

Above: We want to name a basket of kittens after it

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reerGssoR - 1 year 2 months ago

haha Pokuhmoon
nice

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Black_X_1111 - 1 year 2 months ago

Its po-po-lo-croi
the s is silent, thats all

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wertyboy - 1 year 2 months ago

hey, dont forget about ninja gaiden, im sick of people calling it gayden, its guyden dammit!

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sektor187 - 1 year 2 months ago

pokey-man

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HypherionWing - 1 year 2 months ago

PuhkuhMayne

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theworldonfire - 1 year 2 months ago

ninja gaiden!

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Trapped_In_Hiskool - 1 year 1 month ago

My mom is constantly calling them pokemans. ITS NOT ENGLISH MOM!

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thephntm - 1 year 1 month ago

TY the Tasmanian Tiger. People say, "Ooh, it's capitalized! So it's pronounced 'Tee-Why'"!

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Gatastrophe - 1 year 4 days ago

My uncle called popolocrois "poop lacrosse"

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afrosamurai3838 - 1 year 3 days ago

i just ejactulated

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TrippyMan - 11 months 22 days ago

Schereherazade... there's an NPC called that in a desert area of this one MMO and I always thought it was "Sch-er-ehe-raz-aid"

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pyro9393 - 11 months 21 days ago

god damn japanese and there complicated language

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foarthelulz - 11 months 21 days ago

u guys forgot mario and how some ppl pronounce it w/ a short a

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riodoku79 - 11 months 21 days ago

umm..foarthelulz...it IS pronounced with a short a...

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ultimate_asswoopin - 11 months 17 days ago

how about shaw-ha-razaw-dee

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KaylaKaze - 11 months 13 days ago

I'm pretty sure it was pronounced "fax zanna dew" on Captain N and the Game Masters, which I'm pretty sure was officially licensed by Nintendo.

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AA95mp - 10 months 26 days ago

xanadu was also a song done by the elo

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AA95mp - 10 months 26 days ago

DAY OF SEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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deathrebellion - 10 months 13 days ago

Ys????
if they wanted to pronounce it Ease couldn't they just right that....... man i think mispronouncing is becoming a style all by itself..
Well who cares as long as we get something more to laugh at :-)))

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deathrebellion - 10 months 13 days ago

i willingly wrote 'write' as 'right'

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