10 Biggest Game Translation Cock-Ups Ever

7. Zanac (1986)

Console: NES Funniest quote: "You Are The Messiah Of Earth" An arcade-style shoot 'em up, Zanac was well received at the time for its adaptive artificial intelligence, which would adjust itself automatically based on skilled the player was. This was undermined somewhat though, by the high levels of bad translation found in both the game and its instruction manual. The greatest of these was found at the very end of the game, whereupon the player is declared as the "MESSIAH OF THE EARTH". Presumably, this is down to a translation error that substituted the word 'Saviour' with one that has far greater religious implications. Either way, we'll take it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEFY5k2mu9o
 
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