List of text errors in the Pokémon games: Difference between revisions

One of the long-ranged trainers on Route 8 [https://github.com/pret/pokered/blob/725b86ebbec23bd1f53fd60bf0201c904fee951d/text/maps/Route8.asm#L4 says before battle] "You look good at POKéMON, but how's your chem?". Note this may also be an abbreviation, not an unfinished sentence.

This was [https://github.com/pret/pokefirered/blob/337c8177212e12d4a4ad2eee4324ae3d09a21e99/data/maps/Route8/text.inc#L3 changed in the remakes] to read "[...] but how's your chemistry grade?".

[[File:PokemonGiallo-Marowax.png|frame|right|"Non ho ancora trovato un MAROWAX adulto!"]]

In the Italian version of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow after beating Blue in the Pokémon Tower in Lavander Town he misspells the Pokémon Marowak as "Marowax".

If the player trades a man a Raichu for an Electrode he will state that "The RAICHU you traded to me went and evolved!" However, Raichu can never evolve in normal gameplay. This error happens because the game's text was based on Japanese Pokémon Blue, where the player would have to send the man a Kadabra instead (which can evolve by trade).

=====TM49 localization oversight=====

[[Image:TMinFrench.png|200px|thumb|right|The use of the acronym "TM" in the French version of Pokémon Red and Blue. This is a translation error because in other areas of the game Technical Machines are abbreviated as "CT"]]

This translation error is unique to Pokémon Rouge et Bleue and only occurs after giving the girl a Lemonade.

=====Malvado (Pokémon)=====

In the Spanish versions of Pokémon Red and Blue, there is a mistranslation where "The hooked (POKéMON) attacked" (used for when capturing a Pokémon by fishing) is translated to "¡El malvado (POKéMON) atacó" which actually translates to "The evil (POKéMON) attacked" or "The wicked (POKéMON) attacked" in English.

In the Spanish versions of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow, the Ghost is addressed as "Ghost". The proper word is "Fantasma". The elemental type itself, though, is still translated properly. This translation error remains even in {{FRLG}}. The move Surf, every type of Poké Ball, and the Rocket trainer class are all not translated.

=====Pokèball fails text oversight=====

In the Italian version of Pokèmon Yellow the original English sentence: "Shoot! It was so close too!" was translated as "Colpisci! Era così vicino!", making the sentence meaningless. Although the word "Colpisci" can be accepted as a valid translation of the word "Shoot" or "Hit" it can't be used as an exclamation.

=====Incorrect move names=====

Throughout the first two generations, a handful of moves were translated incorrectly or not at all into Italian, such as:

====Pokémon Colosseum====

===In Generation IV===

====PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (German)====

===In Generation VI===

====Pokémon Rubis Oméga et Saphir Alpha (French)====

====Pokémon Omega Rubin und Alpha Saphir (German)====

====Pokémon Rubino Alfa e Zaffiro Omega (Italian, 1.1)====

==Other errors==

===In Generation I===

====Pokémon Red and Blue====

#If player defeated their rival on Route 22 and doesn't own a Poké Ball or if they haven't registered a second Pokémon in the Pokédex as owned, Professor Oak will provide them with 5 Poké Balls (unless the player already got Professor Oak's 5 Poké Balls, even if they were tossed/moved into the PC). During the explanation of what Poké Balls are, two errors occur:

##While saying "Just throw a Poké Ball at it and try to catch it!", although the text doesn't fit on the screen, there is no 'V' arrow to blank the message box and continue the text. Instead, the start of the text on the bottom line is overwritten with "to catch it!" and 'nd tr' remains.

#In the Pokémon academy in Viridian City, one of the notes on the blackboard claims that "A burn reduces power and speed. It also causes ongoing damage." In actual gameplay, burn does not reduce speed (paralysis does). The Japanese version has the [https://hakuda2.web.fc2.com/wario/poke2/r46.html same error].

====Pokémon Yellow====

#A line overflow happens in the same message in the Italian localizations, with "Lanciagli una [newline] POKé BALL e cerca [newline] di prenderlo!" being rendered as "Lanciagli una [newline]di prenderlo!erca".

#Later in that same speech, Oak says "Un POKéMON in forma può scappare", implying an attempt to weaken the opponent should be made before attempting capture. The "a" of "forma" is drawn over the window border.

====Pokémon Giallo (Italian)====

===In Generation II===

In v1.0 of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the [[Pokédex species glitch]] causes the species names of Pokémon in the Pokédex to be restricted to one word, for example "Tiny Bird" Pokémon is shortened to "Tiny" Pokémon. This happens because the game takes a space in the species name as a name terminator.

==Ambiguities==

The choice of the word "feat" in the above phrase is itself a classic point of debate due to the more common, lookalike, and soundalike word "feet" also being suitable in the context of the initial encounter with this trainer in his normal stationary location.

[[Category:Generation I glitches]]