Pokémon: Red/Blue – Old Man in Viridian City’s Dialogue Comparison (JP vs ENG)

I watched an old episode of DidYouKnowGaming earlier (excellent video game trivia channel), and among them they mentioned a tidbit about the Old Man in Viridian City and what he is actually saying in Japanese. I won’t ruin what it is for you to see for yourself if you’re not already aware!

I found it amusing, but got curious to look up the exact dialogue. I figured some Pokémon fans were aware of it already, but couldn’t actually find anyone who wrote the full (albeit short) dialogue out to show those who were curious like me. So, I thought to do something in the style akin to the great website Legends of Localization and compare them side by side.

Check it out below!

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Pokemon OR/AS Certificate Translation

The game released in Europe today, so in celebration, here is a brief translational tidbit related to Pokemon!

You get a nice little message from the creators of Pokemon if you bring in a Pokemon all the way from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald to Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire.

Here is the certificate in Japanese, courtesy of nintendoeverything.com

I decided to just translate it to what I assume will be the generic message:

“プレイヤー　____さま

____　との途切れることのない　友情と固く　結ばれた絆を称　ここに　証明します

ゲームフリーク
スタッフ一同”

“Player Mr/Ms ____[Trainer Name]

Here is a certificate in commemoration of your unending love and unbreakable bond with _____[Pokemon].

-Game Freak Staff””

How heartwarming!

 

Pokemon 6/18 Famichudan Translations (All)

I made this post today for convenience. All three of my edits to all three of the pages can be seen here. To see the originals as well as the transcripts, please follow the links below!

Thank you Nintendoeverything.com for the scans!

Page 1 Transcripts: Here.

Page 2 Transcripts: Here.

Page 3 Transcripts: Here.

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Back to Fire Emblem as of tomorrow!

Pokemon 6/18 Famichudan Scan Translations (3)

Nintendoeverything.com uploaded some scans regarding Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.and today I translated the last of them (144). I even edited the page itself best I could! I hope you find it useful.

The first page is here. The second page is here.

The original Japanese scan and transcripts I wrote up will be below! Apologies for some messy cleaning –as some parts just cannot be helped!

My Edit:

Pokemon 6/18 Famichudan Scan Translations (2)

Yesterday nintendoeverything.com uploaded some scans regarding Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. today I translated the second of them (143). I even edited the page itself best I could! I hope you find it useful.

The first page can be found here. The third page can be found here.

The original Japanese scan and transcripts I wrote up will be below! Apologies for some messy cleaning –as some parts just cannot be helped!

My Edit:

Pokemon 6/18 Famichudan Scan Translations (1)

UPDATE: Page 2 is here!

UPDATE: Page 3 is here!

Today nintendoeverything.com uploaded some scans regarding Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. I decided to take a break from the usual Fire Emblem to translate these few pages. Today I translated the first of them (142). I even edited the page itself best I could! I hope you find it useful.

The original Japanese scan and transcripts I wrote up will be below! Apologies for some messy cleaning –as some parts just cannot be helped!

My Edit: