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Hi. Where is the Shining Force II furigana (so I can have the ROM names corrected in ROM sets)? Thanks. - [[User:Andlabs|Andlabs]] 22:11, 22 October 2011 (CDT)
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Hi. Where is the Shining Force II furigana (so I can have the names corrected in ROM sets)? Thanks. - [[User:Andlabs|Andlabs]] 22:11, 22 October 2011 (CDT)
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==Saturn spines==
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Just a word of caution - Japanese Saturn spines had a very relaxed view on the English language - some things are translated properly, others are close approximations... it's not clear cut.
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One of many examples:
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*http://segaretro.org/File:DragonForce2_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg
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Japanese side clearly has a subtitle, English side doesn't
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and another
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*http://segaretro.org/File:GD3HNT_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg
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No subtitle at all. Even though [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9bs5QECQ_8 the announcer even reads it out in the intro]  -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 13:41, 10 April 2013 (CDT)
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==OutRun==
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Sega were very inconsistent in the early years, but we're pretty sure "OutRun" is the correct name. And even if it isn't, it's a nice compromise between "Outrun" and "Out Run" which were both in use officially at the time -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 10:00, 13 June 2015 (CDT)

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Hi. Where is the Shining Force II furigana (so I can have the names corrected in ROM sets)? Thanks. - Andlabs 22:11, 22 October 2011 (CDT)

Saturn spines

Just a word of caution - Japanese Saturn spines had a very relaxed view on the English language - some things are translated properly, others are close approximations... it's not clear cut.

One of many examples:

Japanese side clearly has a subtitle, English side doesn't

and another

No subtitle at all. Even though the announcer even reads it out in the intro -Black Squirrel (talk) 13:41, 10 April 2013 (CDT)

OutRun

Sega were very inconsistent in the early years, but we're pretty sure "OutRun" is the correct name. And even if it isn't, it's a nice compromise between "Outrun" and "Out Run" which were both in use officially at the time -Black Squirrel (talk) 10:00, 13 June 2015 (CDT)