Translation Inaccuracies in Tenkaichi 3

[Shoryuken]

It appears to me that numerous attacks in Tenkaichi 3 have been mistranslated. For example we have Mirai Gohan's final move which in the western releases is dubbed Gekiretsu Ranbu (激烈乱舞 Violent Boisterous Dance), in the original Japanese version this attack was called Bakuretsu Ranbu (爆裂乱舞 Exploding Boisterous Dance). They have also called Gekiretsu Masen (激烈魔閃 Violent Demonic Flash) for Gekiretsu Madan (激烈魔弾 Violent Magic Bullet). They have however kept their standard translation for Makankosappo.

They've also called Old Gohan's final move which in the original japanese was called Furinkazan (風林火山 Wind, Forrest, Fire, Mountain) for "Four Virtues" which I kinda get, but it still it doesn't explain the mistranslation of Future Gohan's attacks.

Source: http://ameblo.jp/abstract1/entry-10063797146.html

[Piccolo Daimao]

This isn't a mistranslation, but for Early Piccolo's Blast 2 rush, they misspelt it as "Bakuretsu Makoho" rather than "Bakuretsu Makouhou".

I do wonder why they didn't just have the attack names in English rather than in Japanese. It would be more consistent that way, rather than having a select few remaining in Japanese. The only ones that should remain in Japanese are attacks like "Kamehameha" & "Masenko", attacks that are always named in Japanese in both the anime and the manga.

[VegettoEX]

The only ones that should remain in Japanese are attacks like "Kamehameha" & "Masenko", attacks that are always named in Japanese in both the anime and the manga.

But that doesn't make any sense. In both the "anime" and "manga", they're "in Japanese".

Sounds like what you're really saying is that only the ones that FUNimation didn't translate or re-name should remain in Japanese in the video games... which is completely inconsistent and shouldn't be used as a reference point for much .

[Big Momma]

The only ones that should remain in Japanese are attacks like "Kamehameha" & "Masenko", attacks that are always named in Japanese in both the anime and the manga.

But that doesn't make any sense. In both the "anime" and "manga", they're "in Japanese".

Sounds like what you're really saying is that only the ones that FUNimation didn't translate or re-name should remain in Japanese in the video games... which is completely inconsistent and shouldn't be used as a reference point for much .

I'd probably say that I'd prefer only the main attacks be untranslated. Things like "Kamehameha", "Big Bank Attack", "Galick Ho(?)", and "Kienzan".

[Herms]

This isn't a mistranslation, but for Early Piccolo's Blast 2 rush, they misspelt it as "Bakuretsu Makoho" rather than "Bakuretsu Makouhou".

That's not really a misspelling, just an alternate way of romanizing the long "o" sounds. Like writing "Daimao" instead of "Daimaou" or "Daimaoh".

[Piccolo Daimao]

This isn't a mistranslation, but for Early Piccolo's Blast 2 rush, they misspelt it as "Bakuretsu Makoho" rather than "Bakuretsu Makouhou".

That's not really a misspelling, just an alternate way of romanizing the long "o" sounds. Like writing "Daimao" instead of "Daimaou" or "Daimaoh".

Yeah. Actually, I checked again and the move is spelt "Bakuretsu Mahoko", which is incorrect. They meant "Makoho", which would be correct.