TheMagic: The GatheringxFinal Fantasycrossover set references one of the earliest and most infamous mistranslations in the history of the video game franchise.
Square Enix pours a ton of effort into localizing the modern Final Fantasy games, with incredible scripts andvoice actingbringing the stories to life in ways that couldn’t be accomplished in the older titles.
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Indeed, the older Final Fantasy games have some of the most notorious localization errors ever put into a video game, including possibly the most famous of them all: “You Spoony Bard,” which originated in Final Fantasy 2 (the English adaptation ofFinal Fantasy4 on the Super Nintendo.)
The upcoming Final Fantasy set in Magic: The Gathering has allowed the developers of the card game to include all kinds of fanservice and references. One of these has appeared in a video on the Magic: The Gathering YouTube channel, with text referring to a flub from the very first Final Fantasy.
Garland’s Most Infamous Line Is Appearing In Magic: The Gathering
Garland, the traitorous knight, is the first-ever boss in theFinal Fantasy series. Unfortunately, he was also landed with the worst intro line, as when the party encounters him, he says, “I, Garland, will knock you all down!!”
This is one of the earliest localization errors in Final Fantasy history, as Garland was meant to say that he was going to slay the party.
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As Garland is appearing asone of the villainsin the Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering crossover set, an opportunity was seized to use it as his official card text. That’s right, a translation screw-up from 1990 has been ascended.
It’s a shame that Magic: The Gathering’sFinal Fantasy crossoverset only includes the mainline games. If the spin-offs were included, then Jack Garland could have had some very choice words on his card, though an age rating would need to be added.
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