Burgers and cola

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Re: Burgers and cola

Postby Otto » Thu Jul 15, '10, 12:22 am

Rune_Walsh wrote:
Aeroprism wrote:Never liked the idea. Silly, unwanted and pointless American translation that implied that North American gamers were too dumb to cope with imaginative terms.


It probably has to do with stereotypes. I guess if Sega were translating for Italians, spaghetti and wine would be used? :lol:

I doubt. The brazilian translation was also burgers and cola.
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Re: Burgers and cola

Postby Rune_Walsh » Thu Jul 15, '10, 8:36 pm

Otto wrote:I doubt. The brazilian translation was also burgers and cola.


I was being facetious. ;)
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Re: Burgers and cola

Postby Xander » Thu Jul 15, '10, 8:40 pm

So they were named something else and just ended up being translated to burgers and cola? Interesting. Even though I was 5 at the time I thought the name was a bit strange. :D
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Re: Burgers and cola

Postby Thoul » Thu Jul 15, '10, 8:43 pm

The original names, as I recall, are cultural references to products sold in Japan in the late 1980s. The Japanese name of the burgers was a play on the name of some kind of power bar, I believe.
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Re: Burgers and cola

Postby Xander » Thu Jul 15, '10, 8:44 pm

Ahh now I see. That'll explain the name changes then. Thanks Thoul.
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Re: Burgers and cola

Postby Otto » Fri Jul 16, '10, 12:16 am

Burger was perolimate, which is a kind of energetic bar.
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