User:Endilyn/Localization

This page makes notes of localization errors or quirks.

Saias
When the Grand Hero Battle for Saias: Bishop of Flame first came out, the map name was "Vs. Saias: Reward Map" instead of just the name of the Hero like the others. This was actually a localization error and the Japanese name was correct. All other localizations that based themselves off the English one were also affected by this error.

Farfetched Heroes
These Heroes are named 大いなる英雄再び in the Japanese version (Brave Heroes Once Again). Some of the connection to the fact that they are Brave Heroes (大いなる英雄たち) have been lost by translating it this way. And indeed they are Brave Heroes, Mia: Lady of Blades, Lute: Prodigy, Dorcas: Serene Warrior, and Joshua: Tempest King do not show up in the random unit pool despite being in the regular summoning pool, and they have an extra turn action voice line like the rest of the Brave Heroes.

Character and Hero
Characters and Heroes are two different things, and it's common to get them confused. As the key information about summoning states, "Heroes that share the same illustration, name, and epithet are considered the same Hero. Even if the character is the same, Heroes with different illustrations and epithets are considered to be different Heroes. As such, you cannot use them in Merge Allies." However, some localization errors appear to make the distinction that was present in the original even more confusing.

In the game, the "Origin" sort option (also used by the Hero Catalog) is named Origin in the English version, but is named キャラクター (Character) in the Japanese version. Character being the intention instead of Origin is also further supported by the way the characters are sorted. If the order was truly by the origin or "appears in" game, the current order of Mystery of the Emblem characters, then Katarina (New Mystery of the Emblem), then to Navarre (Mystery of the Emblem), then to Wrys (Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light), then to Athena (Mystery of the Emblem), would be incorrect.

The information about team leaders in Voting Gauntlet notifications also incorrectly use the word Hero instead of character in one instance. In the English version, the following is the information given:  *Even if your leader and the affiliated army's Hero are the same, you will not receive a point bonus if the illustration/epithet are different. Notice the use of Hero here. The previous definition said that a Hero is defined by their illustration, name, and epithet. How can two Heroes be the same but have different illustration/epithets then? This is actually a localization error. The following is the Japanese version's text. ※所属している陣営の英雄と自分のリーダーが同じキャラクターであっても、イラスト・称号が異なる場合は得点にボーナスが上乗せされません In this text, they use the word character instead.

Choose Your Legends 3 has this text on how they tally votes together: 一部の英雄は、複数のタイトルごとの得票数を合算して集計します. 下記に合算集計される英雄と対象のタイトルを記載します. これらの英雄が入賞した場合、より得票数の多いタイトルを出展元とした総選挙特別衣装が制作されます.

なお以下のケースに該当する場合は、得票数を合算しないものとします. １.同一人物と思われるが、別名を名乗っている場合. ２.同名で同一人物と思われるが、ある程度の年数の経過が経っており、多くの場合において経年の変化が顕著に認められる場合（変化が少ない場合も作品間のルールを揃えるため別票とする）. ３.同一人物と思われるが、著しい豹変が認められ同一の人格を有していると判断しづらい場合.

The English localization has it as the following: Certain Heroes from multiple titles will have their votes tallied together. These Heroes and their relevant titles are listed below. If any Heroes from this list win, their special Choose Your Legend outfit will be based on the title that received the most votes.

Votes will not be tallied together if the following cases apply: 1. When the same character goes by different names. 2. When characters are the same and have the same name, but a certain number of years has passed between the two and there have been changes to the character (even if there are just a few changes, the characters may be counted separately to standardize rules between titles). 3. When the same character's personality changes drastically, and they're like an entirely different character.

The English localization has decided to translate 同一人物 (same person) as character, despite the terminology already designated for character, キャラクター, not appearing once in the Japanese version.

Defiant skills
In English, these skills use the word "Defiant" while the Japanese skills used Awakening ( 覚醒 ). Brazen skills use 大覚醒 (Great Awakening).

Route skills
Wings of Mercy was called 救援の行路 (Rescue Route), consistent with the _ Route naming scheme. If newer Route skills are added, Wings of Mercy would be inconsistent with the rest.

Death Blow, Fierce Stance, Armored Blow, Steady Stance, Swift Sparrow, and Kestrel Stance all have consistent names in the Japanese version. Fierce Blow and Fierce Stance instead of Death Blow and Death Stance, or Kestrel Blow and Kestrel Stance instead of Swift Sparrow and Kestrel Stance for example. The skills that come after are usually the ones with more accurate translations to the original.

Killer weapons
The forged or evolved version of a weapon is denoted with 鍛 in Japanese, which got localized as "Slaying" (melee) or "Keen" (magic). When a Killer Lance+ (キラーランス＋) is evolved, its name becomes Slaying Lance+ (キラーランス鍛＋). The "Killer" part of the name is dropped, but it is still there in the Japanese version. This creates the unfortunate implication of "Slaying" being used as a name for the Special acceleration effect, while it is just referring to the fact that a weapon has been evolved. This leads to inconsistencies or possible confusion arising with other weapons with a Slaying prefix, such as Slaying Spear+.

Cancel Affinty
For the first level, Japanese Description: 自分のスキルによる３すくみ激化を無効化 敵スキルによる３すくみ激化を無効化 English Description: "Neutralizes all weapon-triangle advantage granted by unit's and foe's skills." The English description just states that it neutralizes any weapon-triangle advantage, while the Japanese desciption says it only neutralizes "intensification" of the weapon-triangle, or in other words, affinity. This distinction is important because Cancel Affinity does not work with only Raven tomes, which grant a weapon-triangle advantage but not weapon-triangle affinity.

Reese's Tome
Reese's Tome is named Katarina's Tome (カタリナの書) in the Japanese version, this was changed for unknown reasons.

Assets and Flaws
In the Japanese version, these are all distinct terms.