Feb 11 2009Finally, Zelda II Has Been Translated To Latin
Somebody went and translated all of Zelda II into Latin for the three people out there that might actually play it that way. They also did the original Zelda and Final Fantasy VI. Whee. As many of you may know, Zelda II is a sore subject for me because it's the only game in the entire series I haven't beat. And believe me, I've tried. I fire that sucker up and play through it at least twice a year AND STILL CAN'T DEFEAT THE LAST PALACE. So, anybody want to come over and beat it for me while I watch? The game too. HIYO!
Hit the jump for some more screenshots of the translated games.
Zelda II, completely translated to Latin [romhacker]
Thanks to Ryan and c, who have allegedly beat Zelda II but are lying their faces off.
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Reader Comments
1. naas - February 11, 2009 1:21 PM
GREAT! Anybody who knows latin want to cheer for us?
2. leujin - February 11, 2009 1:21 PM
Don't feel too bad, GW. I hadn't beaten Zelda II until about 3 years ago.
3. gigl - February 11, 2009 1:30 PM
woo for the twenty-first century.
4. Ollie Williams - February 11, 2009 1:31 PM
@1
Cheerios maximus! Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it Zelda II, which of course in German means "a whale's vagina". I'm sorry, I was trying to impress you. I don't know what it means. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
Agree to disagree.
5. geek hunter - February 11, 2009 1:32 PM
im free if you want me to beat it for you
6. naas - February 11, 2009 1:42 PM
@4 It's funny because as I was reading the start of your speech about Zelda & the germans I was thinking about whale vagina. When you said it I didn't feel as alone in this world as I once did, very impressive thank you.
7. Akirakirimaru - February 11, 2009 1:51 PM
I share your woes of Zelda II. Infernal Game was created to thwart us.
8. Ollie Williams - February 11, 2009 1:51 PM
@6
You are welcome sir.
9. Tony - February 11, 2009 1:54 PM
Ha, I took Latin in high school. This might be the first time I need to use it beyond figuring out roots of words and instantly reading motion picture copyright dates.
10. E of R - February 11, 2009 1:59 PM
Meh... *yawn*
11. NastyBedazzler - February 11, 2009 2:00 PM
I wonder when they'll get around to translating the Zelda's that were released for the Phillips CD-i. Those are arguably the greatest Zelda's of all time.
12. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - February 11, 2009 2:03 PM
I have no issue communicating without the use of profanity. Quite frankly, the english language offers much more colorful adjectives. The point being made is simply that in this country, where this blog is hosted, we have freedom of speech. The same freedom of speech that would protect this blogger (GW) in court. I find it rather disingenuous of him to post NSFW content and genitalia jokes, then censor our comments about them.
VIDI VICI STFU
13. Ollie Williams F.ucks Children - February 11, 2009 2:03 PM
@8 Go fu.ck a goat
14. Hunter - February 11, 2009 2:04 PM
What took so long?!?
15. Douche McAllister - February 11, 2009 2:05 PM
Has anyone ever beat this f*ucking game?
16. Timbo - February 11, 2009 2:19 PM
How have they lived without Zelda all this time???
17. STINK - February 11, 2009 2:42 PM
I'd be more impressed if they translated it into Pig Latin or that ZOOM 'ubbi gubbi' language.
18. Pat - February 11, 2009 2:52 PM
Great ... I guess?
19. Pat - February 11, 2009 2:55 PM
Now do it in Klingon and I'll be impressed.
20. catch22 - February 11, 2009 3:06 PM
@11... you know latin voiceovers might make those cd-i versions half-bearable
21. TabiCat - February 11, 2009 3:35 PM
YES!! i lost the game!
i love you GW writter
22. Al Dracone - February 11, 2009 3:49 PM
Great! Now the pope can play it!
23. abby normal - February 11, 2009 3:50 PM
i beat that game back in jr. high. it's one of my favorite zelda games.
24. Watch - February 11, 2009 3:59 PM
who cares?
25. Davo - February 11, 2009 3:59 PM
Pue Pue Pue!!
26. Davo - February 11, 2009 4:00 PM
(Pew Pew Pew!) for those of you who don't speak Latin.
27. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 11, 2009 4:12 PM
lmao @ 22...now that was funny.
Though isn't the new one Polish or German or something? crap....back to the babelfish...
28. Uncle Eccoli - February 11, 2009 4:19 PM
That game was crap.
29. longcoat000 - February 11, 2009 4:27 PM
The last castle is a stone bitch, but my friend and I figured it out. The hard part is the final fight, which we only beat by cheesing out and using the turbo button on the NES Max controller that I had. Drop me a line if it's still bugging you.
30. Etan - February 11, 2009 6:38 PM
Try playing it on the DS with the NESds emulator. There's a rewind feature (Ala Prince of Persia) that makes the game beatable.
31. Daisy - February 11, 2009 6:54 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was being shot at from a helicopter while he is climbing up a rock wall. In order to avoid getting shot, he jumped from a great height, but his fall was slowed by some trees and he survived.
32. Leoboy - February 11, 2009 8:36 PM
I think this is what you call excelsior.
33. Asherael - February 11, 2009 11:57 PM
shadows, the plural of shadow is shadows.
34. Z - February 12, 2009 6:06 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKGehSw5ht8&feature=related is this real????
35. David - February 12, 2009 12:36 PM
I'm just wondering what "I AM ERROR" is is latin...
36. Regvlvs - February 12, 2009 12:59 PM
@35 That would be ERROR SVM.
37. Remo - March 9, 2009 7:34 PM
How do you say "I am Error" in latin?
38. hdofu - December 1, 2009 4:42 PM
if you can beat OOT, you can beat Zelda II