06-22-2020, 11:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-31-2021, 11:30 AM by ZpaceJ0ck0.
Edit Reason: Grammar
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After three months or so of waiting, we finally know who the ARMS character is. it's Min Min!
It should be noted that the inclusion of Min Min debunks TWO fan-rules: "spirits deconfirm playable characters" and "the mascot/protagonist should come first before anyone else".
EDIT: during the presentation (around 6:35), Masahiro Sakurai mentions that when you search up Spring Man's name on your prefered web browser the results shows images of "a certain enemy from a certain manga" (this mostly works in Japan or if you search Spring Man's Japanese name which is スプリングマン). That manga is Kinnikuman. Mr. Sakurai was referencing Springman from the manga Kinnikuman. If you listen closely you can hear Sakurai say the words "Akuma Chojin", which is another proof that it is a Kinnikuman reference. In the translations they changed the term "Akuma Chojin" with "an certain enemy".
No idea why Mr. Sakurai refused to mention the Kinnikuman's series by name considering he explicitly mentioned Vegeta and the Dragon Ball series in the very same video (around 33:02). Sure, to some the reference might be quite obvious, but there were also people who thought Masahiro Sakurai was talking about a One Piece villian or even Mega Man's Springman (even thought the subtitles clearly read that the character comes from a MANGA, not a videogame).
Also, why do people think that was a One Piece reference? I tried looking up any One Piece character named Spring Man/Springman and I found nothing. The closest match was this character named Bellamy. But even then he is called Spring Human (バネ人間 Bane Ningen), not Springman (スプリングマン).
EDIT 2: Yes, the translator refused to translate a social distancing joke that Mr. Sakurai made. Masahiro Sakurai made a social distancing joke around the 19:55 timestamp that wasn't included in the subtitles (you can clearly hear Masahiro Sakurai saying the english words "social distancing").
The original Japanese lines goes like「密です。ソーシャルディスタンスというやつですね！」, which roughly translates to "They're far too close... They should be social distancing!". And again, you can clearly hear Mr. Sakurai saying the English words "social distancing".
Either the joke went over the translator's head or he refused to translate the joke because it involves a ""sensitive subject"".
Also, the American English presentation removed an scene featuring close-ups of Masahiro Sakurai console collection. Pretty much every other version of the Min Min presentation (BRITISH English, Italian, French, the Japanese original, etc) features that scene. Remenber, only the American English translation removed this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9oRb6VRAr0 (British English, at 1:32)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fsqpph3Ck (Japanese original, at 1:32)
I'm too lazy to leave the respective links to the other versions (French, Italian, ect) but the timestamp is still the same. You can check it out by yourself.
Nobody knows why NOA decided to remove that specific shot.
Character trailer.
It should be noted that the inclusion of Min Min debunks TWO fan-rules: "spirits deconfirm playable characters" and "the mascot/protagonist should come first before anyone else".
EDIT: during the presentation (around 6:35), Masahiro Sakurai mentions that when you search up Spring Man's name on your prefered web browser the results shows images of "a certain enemy from a certain manga" (this mostly works in Japan or if you search Spring Man's Japanese name which is スプリングマン). That manga is Kinnikuman. Mr. Sakurai was referencing Springman from the manga Kinnikuman. If you listen closely you can hear Sakurai say the words "Akuma Chojin", which is another proof that it is a Kinnikuman reference. In the translations they changed the term "Akuma Chojin" with "an certain enemy".
No idea why Mr. Sakurai refused to mention the Kinnikuman's series by name considering he explicitly mentioned Vegeta and the Dragon Ball series in the very same video (around 33:02). Sure, to some the reference might be quite obvious, but there were also people who thought Masahiro Sakurai was talking about a One Piece villian or even Mega Man's Springman (even thought the subtitles clearly read that the character comes from a MANGA, not a videogame).
Also, why do people think that was a One Piece reference? I tried looking up any One Piece character named Spring Man/Springman and I found nothing. The closest match was this character named Bellamy. But even then he is called Spring Human (バネ人間 Bane Ningen), not Springman (スプリングマン).
EDIT 2: Yes, the translator refused to translate a social distancing joke that Mr. Sakurai made. Masahiro Sakurai made a social distancing joke around the 19:55 timestamp that wasn't included in the subtitles (you can clearly hear Masahiro Sakurai saying the english words "social distancing").
The original Japanese lines goes like「密です。ソーシャルディスタンスというやつですね！」, which roughly translates to "They're far too close... They should be social distancing!". And again, you can clearly hear Mr. Sakurai saying the English words "social distancing".
Either the joke went over the translator's head or he refused to translate the joke because it involves a ""sensitive subject"".
Also, the American English presentation removed an scene featuring close-ups of Masahiro Sakurai console collection. Pretty much every other version of the Min Min presentation (BRITISH English, Italian, French, the Japanese original, etc) features that scene. Remenber, only the American English translation removed this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9oRb6VRAr0 (British English, at 1:32)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6fsqpph3Ck (Japanese original, at 1:32)
I'm too lazy to leave the respective links to the other versions (French, Italian, ect) but the timestamp is still the same. You can check it out by yourself.
Nobody knows why NOA decided to remove that specific shot.
Character trailer.
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