Shmup Engrish help

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Shmup Engrish help

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I need some good shmup-related engrish to use as a title in another forum.

"there is a huge battlship approaching fast" and "shoot the core" are the only two i could come up with. I'm sure you guys could do better.
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Someone wakes the noise up!

Pay attention to backward!
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Post by FatalError »

Here's a few:

"I always wanted a thing called tuna sashimi" (Darius II)
"No Refuge" and "Be attitude for gains" (Radiant Silvergun)
"Warning! The big enemy is approaching at full throttle. According to the data, it is identified as "Butsutekkai" (Ikaruga)
"There is no refuge. Unable to avoid firing." (Ikaruga)
"You cannot stop me with paramecium alone" (Forgotten Worlds)
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Shit. Is not this a great beginning.
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Kiken wrote:Someone wakes the noise up!
I love that quote!

I also love the Cave warning screens. How you prosecute someone to the full extent of the jam is beyond me.
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2042 A.D.
A PHANTOM COMPANION STAR
WHICH HAS SUDDENLY APPEARED ON THE
JUPITER'S ORBIT AFFECTED THE
ASTEROIDS, DROPPING A RAIN OF
METEORITES TO THE EARTH.

AT THE SAME TIME,
THE EARTHS' CIVILIZATION WAS AT
A CRISIS OF BEING ON THE VERGE OF
COLLAPSE BY RECEIVING THE INVASION
OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENTAL LIVES.

IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
THEY CAME FLYING FROM THE SKY
AREA OF NEMESIS...

WARNING
EARTH'S NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
17TH MARCH, 2052


THEY HAD A SPECIAL
ABILITY OF
COMBINED WITH THE
EARTH'S CIVILIZATION.
THE EARTH'S MILITARY
FORCE WAS DEFEATED
BY THEIR OVERWHELMING
BEAM ARMS.

THE BEAM WAS THE
THING WHICH MADE
GOOD USE OF ENERGY
SCIENTISTS CALLED IT

AS 'NEWALONE'.

TOP SECRET
EYES ONLY - COPY ONE OF ONE
SPECIAL CLASSIFIED EXECUTIVE
ORDER #033944
PROJECT METAL BLACK:
A PERMANENT FREEZE


THE EARTH'S GOVERNMENT
MADE A COMPROMISE
CALLED PEACE.
AND THE GOVERNMENT
CONCEALED NEWLY
PRODUCED MACHINES
'BLACK FLY'
HAVING THE SAME
ABILITY AS THEIR'S
INTO DARKNESS.

THE EARTH DIED,
AND IT WAS TO ENTER UPON
SILENCE TIMES...

METAL BLACK
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Post by Kiken »

FatalError wrote: I also love the Cave warning screens. How you prosecute someone to the full extent of the jam is beyond me.
I believe they are using the English term "jam" to signify "being in trouble". Apparently, they were unaware of the actual term "fullest extent of the law". Not to mention the spelling errors. ;)
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"Invasion from underground!
The Earth was really hollow!
from there comes the...
underground gobligan empire!
Who's gonna stop them?
They are the tough bounty hunters!
Great battle is beginning!
Are you great?
We are great!
This...
Is...
Dimahoo!!!"

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Post by EddyMRA »

The quote in my sig from Space Bomber is pure classic. It's not really in broken english, but something like this in any game is so funny. There is another thread about shmup Engrish at http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2586
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A winner is you is not from a shmup, it's from a wrestling game on NES, if I am not mistaken.
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"I'm Not Regret" (Ikaruga)

Inspired an earlier sig of mine.
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Shatterhand wrote:A winner is you is not from a shmup, it's from a wrestling game on NES, if I am not mistaken.
Yeah, someone posted that comment as a joke in reply to a topic asking what happens if you loop a certain shmup a certain number of times (or something like that). I was tricked by that comment too. I actually thought it was from the game.
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Post by Capt. Takehiko »

Yet to see the inevitable Zero Wing post... lol.

"Thank you for the playing." (Early Taito games.)
"TOASTEROVERHEATED" (Parodius, SNES.)
"I never thought I would be frying over a jungle." (Aero Fighters 2)
"Fry to Paris and save the city from destruction." (Aero Fighters 2)
"Fry to the rainforest and save the nature." (Aero Fighters 2)

Those are just a few that spring to mind.
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[quote="Capt. Takehiko"]Yet to see the inevitable Zero Wing post... lol.quote]

I'll throw it in because it has to be said.

"All your base are belong to us."

"You have no chance to survive make your time."

Both, of course, from Zero Wing. There are a couple other lines in there worth quoting, but I find those to be the funniest.
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"Fry to the rainforest and save the nature." (Aero Fighters 2) "

I was TOTALLY going to post this.

I think that's Hien. He opens with something like "I am a ninja, my life is lonely and difficult."

You know you're in for a ride when your pilot goes emo on you right from the start.

Not nearly as funny as all of these, but beating I think it was 1942 on the NES gives you "CONGRATULATION" in white on a black background and then you start over. I was pretty pissed that they couldn't even sketch a P38 lightning flying away from the uberbomber or whatever. Plus, it wasn't even plural.

Aerofighters 2 has a bunch of quality messages, including crap about not underestimating the strength of dolphins. It's a bit of a trip.
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Post by Capt. Takehiko »

I'll say... that's why I didn't list them all. They are so many Engrish/stupid lines in that game. But its one of the reasons I still enjoy playing it and the entire series.
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This topic just made me think that this site needs a little sound bite that has the girl from Dodonpachi saying, "OK, your mission starts now. Are you ready?" when the main page loads.
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Post by StorminNorman »

WARNING. NO REFUGE.

ENCOUNTERED AN ASSAILANT

XIGA
BE ATTITUDE FOR GAINS
1. BE PRAYING
2. BE PRAYING
3. BE PRAYING

The way the bosses are announced in Radiant Silvergun is fantastic. Xiga stands out the most, for me, but there's some other great lines before you get that far.

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Post by Nemo »

Twinkle Star Sprites on DC is just one big bowl of awesome Engrish.

You must be a master to get here without a shingle continue.
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this crappy shooter called guardian storm that's made by a company that usually only makes photo booths says Congradulation! when you beat it, with all of the development cast smiling at you


there's some engrish gold here.
http://engrish.com/detail.php?imagename ... 2003-04-11

Also try out Aaroninjapan.com. Its mostly a DDR site by this guy who teaches english in japan, and he has a huge list of all the funny stuff his students have said. i.e. "It's sunny o'clock"







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