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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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Deus Ex

Correct pronunciation: "Day-S-Eks"
Incorrect pronunciation: "Deuce Ex" "Dee-us Ex" "Day of Sex"

Not all videogame mispronunciations can be blamed on our ignorance of the Japanese language. Nope, some of them can be blamed on our ignorance of other languages as well... Latin, for example.

In this case, the mysteriously unspeakable title actually worked in the game's favor. When those in the dark finally got around to asking their smarter friends for a translation, they must have been awfully disappointed to discover the title referred to an act of God and not gambling or pornography.

Above: Even the game's protagonist looks confused. We feel better

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reerGssoR - 1 year 3 months ago

haha Pokuhmoon
nice

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Black_X_1111 - 1 year 3 months ago

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

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wertyboy - 1 year 3 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 3 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 7 days ago

My uncle called popolocrois "poop lacrosse"

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afrosamurai3838 - 1 year 6 days ago

i just ejactulated

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TrippyMan - 11 months 25 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 24 days ago

god damn japanese and there complicated language

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foarthelulz - 11 months 24 days ago

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

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riodoku79 - 11 months 23 days ago

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

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ultimate_asswoopin - 11 months 20 days ago

how about shaw-ha-razaw-dee

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KaylaKaze - 11 months 16 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 28 days ago

xanadu was also a song done by the elo

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AA95mp - 10 months 28 days ago

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

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deathrebellion - 10 months 16 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 16 days ago

i willingly wrote 'write' as 'right'

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