“Horsebirds” Now “Chocopo”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Sep 23, 2010 20:30 JST
- Tags: China, Final Fantasy, Made in China, MMORPG, Square Enix, Translation
Square Enix has renamed Final Fantasy XIV’s “Horsebirds” to “Chocopo” – this along with a slew of other spelling mistakes has solidified the suspicions of Japanese players that the game was made in China.
After making good its promise to remove “pseudo-Chinese” names, Square Enix seems once again to have inflamed the situation – the sloppy spelling mistakes introduced during the patch are being interpreted as evidence the job was not handled by native Japanese speakers.
“Chocobo” is misspelt “Chocopo”
Just whether this is any improvement over the previous “horsebird” is hard to judge.
More examples:
“Physical Bonus” is misspelt “Physical Ponus”
“Telepo” is misspelt “Telebo”
“Support Desk” is misspelt “Subbort Desk”
In all cases the errors are caused by confusing the dots and circles which turn syllables like “ho” (ホ) into “bo” (ボ) and “po” (ポ). Most Japanese seem to consider it “absolutely impossible” for a native speaker to have made such an incredibly basic error, let alone so many times.
Such bizarre and blatant errors seem to indicate not only a lack of proof-reading but also a curious lack of familiarity with the Japanese language, again prompting speculation that the game may be suffering from “China quality.”
2ch’s digest of FF14 oddities also includes duplicate player listings and a server with a grand total of 9 players logged in, 45 minutes after launch:
These and other incidents have all been very widely reported on the Japanese Internet, creating a major PR disaster amongst the very people who were the core audience for the previous game – speculation is now not just confined to whether the Final Fantasy series will suffer an untimely end with XIV, but also whether Square Enix itself is in good condition.













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ibk zometimez i qet letterz mixeb up in enqlizh too.
Ponus!
Ponos!
Hi guys I cant help it but all these bad news/changes of the FF we used to know got me thinking.
Is the company trying to kill the franchise? I mean you know how every FF related titles take years and manpower to make, it is a big risk for a company to make something that take ages to produce not even knowing if they're gonna make much money out of it.
And seeing SE acquainted Eidos and got involved in lots of other games lately I cant help it but to think the company is trying to re-brand themselves.
FF14 is the pest mmo.
FF has been shit ever since Square merged with Enix.
Well i guess u would be happier if both of them had went bankrupt and all the franchises before and after the merge had gone lost forever.
The change of name of Chocobo was made by the people of Kellogg's
Square Enix needed the money.
Where is the proof that Square Enix is having trouble? They are probably doing just fine and are nowhere near the end of the final fantasy franchise. People talk like the games are not making any money.
Also, as a side note. If there is a game I don't like or a company I don't like, I don't waste my breath talking about it.
Launch? Is it out already?
In the Chinese developer's defense, the Japanese diacritics are very hard to distinguish -- especially in smaller fonts (they're much more distinguishable when hand-written). Also, this is payback for the years of Engrish we've been subjected to. Take that, Japan!
And Final Fantasy finally met its finality in China..
This dicks are doing this on purpose. You can't get it wrong unless its intentional.
Maybe they're just hoping the chinese community will throw the towel out of exasperation, though its more likely that the game design and engine will get plagiarized more times than you can fap to K-ON! once its out.
OK now that's just retarded.
This either the biggest case of QUALITY ever, or the biggest case of trolling ever.
Either way, I get to be entertained by the inevitable fallout.
Oh come on everybody, if a company wishes to flame out into bankruptcy. Who's to say how it's done?
Go Go squenix! Right into the crapper of history you all go!!!!
I totally don't get you people. You keep saying that FF is dead, and they should abandon the series... but when was FF is a series? It's a series in name only. If they would actually make FFXV a great RPG, it would sell, it doesn't matter whether XIV or XIII sucked or not. What only matters if it is good or bad, not what's it called...
This game just gets better and better... /sarcasm off/ chocopoopie! great job squeeenix, keep beating the dead chocopo over and over! ... i fail to understand their higher-than-gagazet level idiocy... i suppose this must be some kind of sabotage... trying to ruin their own series, arent they? *triple facepalm*
If you want my opinion, I think that Squeenix is slowly diverting funds from Final Fantasy development and funneling them into Deus Ex 3 in the hopes of making Dues Ex into their new flagship series.
If they can recover from that failure of a spirits within movie, then I don't see how they're in any major financial situation now.
Actually, Square Pictures didn't recover from that film.
And they also lost Hironobu Sakaguchi along with the capital prior to Sakaguchi's resignation.
The FFs after which are like watching Dragon Ball GT. Seemingly familiar on the outside, different author, crabby on the inside.
I'm hoping to see an article about the patcher and the alt-tab error, seems SE is truly M and only reacts to massive negative feedback.
9 people logged on? Yeah, not on my server, where I'm hard pressed to get to a monster to kill it before one of a dozen+ other people do. There's tons of people where I'm playing and we've still got the regular edition people to come next week.
they're turning ho's into bo's and po's?
hoe's into boe's and poe's???
haha at least it is cuter than horse bird
that seems like such a simble thing how could you make an error as dump as that next they will missbell a major charicters name bathetic simbly bathetic
I think when a company such as SE releases a subscription based game they should release a very polished game. Not only do consumers have to pay the initial price of the game but the subscription for online content is a drain on my pockets that I wont welcome. Ive played many of the FF games up until now. i started to lose faith in the FF series around X-2 and I never got into FF11. FF13 was pretty good but lacked some of the depth of previous games. But now...After reading reviews and countless posts labeling this game garbage I think I will pass on 14. Sorry, but get your act together SE. Maybe next time...
I fail to see how this will kill the franchise.
Its been spelled correctly in the English version, and gotta admit this game is hella fun. I'm enjoying it despite the bad press its gotten.
Oh my god, I think Square-Enix is trolling us and we're falling for it Dx
Chocopo = Chocolate Kupo!
I smell a quest =D
A worthy alternative:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81qFaoe010&feature=related]
Flipping "p"s and "b"s upside-down, huh? Is China known to be dyslexic?
If they're conspiring to make it a scandal, for the free press, its going to be negative press. Which shows that they're not doing it on purpose.
They're just cutting corners by out sourcing the work to programers that work extra cheap.... Prolly programmers fresh outta school that don't play games.
Its just as well, since FF is being rehashed over and over again. This could well be the final straw that kills the franchise.
^_^
Its times like these when i miss Squaresoft~ TT_TT
a spelling mistake for a name that been used for 20+ years...either they did it on purpose or they lay off their proof reader to save money
chocobo-->chocopo....pfft
Aren't Japanese and Chinese somewhat similar like German to people who speak English?
lol. Square Enix days are numbered.
what the hell square? get your shit together. i can't believe they own IP's like Parasite Eve, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest yet they do this shit?
Well, it is called Final Fantasy on the title.
It'll be funny if last Square game will be Final Fanasy. Oh, the irony.
I don´t care since its just an MMORPG.As long as they make great games like Last Remnant.
I'm not sure but is Final Fantasy XIV meant to be a parody or something?
With those kind of spelling, the games is more a parody of itself.
Expect guest appearance by a Miqo'te in Guy Fawkes telling you to 'GTFO', 'Yiff in hell' and become 'an hero' whenever you got killed...
The kill needs to be by fire, and the player must be of any race other than Hume, and was in a Confuse status before death. Oh, and the chances of it happening is 1 out of 100000 deaths.
Sad part is, as proven with FFXIII, there are a significant amount of fanboys who would still pay for their shit(literally speaking).
Today's world doesn't make sense anymore. More men looking and sounding like women, certain countries(ie. China) thinking their own censorship schemes should be followed by territories outside their sovereignty, male pedos get the boot while most female pedos can still get away, and now gamers are keeping afloat the very company that has been repeatedly fucking them over, as if they like taking it in the ass.
don't worry! they are professionals!
Uhhh... question. Why should I care?
Bloody bastards are doing it on purpose I tell you...
:trollfaceSquareEnix:
Problem?
I foresee one more game made by square enix....final final fantasy
Don't say that. Last time they did that it ended up saving the company, and they spent the next 23 years milking it to malnourishment; till they eventually screwed it up with a linear town-less interactive movie followed up by a china quality sequel to their popular MMO spin off.
It's..... Final Fandaby
No(b)e, its not Final Fandaby. There are no B's or P's in "Final Fantasy", so they cant mess up. xD
Someone call TECHNICAL SUBBORT!!!!
or was that, "technicals abort"?
What the hell man
What the fucking hell
Cant I go 1 fucking day without hearing more fail from FF14
For Fuck Sakes SE!!!
Like there is a sort of conspiracy out to ruin the very name of the franchise itself...
yea, that conspiracy has a name - Sangagu.
Chocopo sounds kinda crunchy, like cereal.
you mean..... ur coocoo for cocoa chocopo?
If they can't even get one name like "Chocobo" right, imagine the rest...
what do you mean by "getting it right"?
these guys almost ended up calling chocobos "horsebirds" XD
hmm, delicious cocop O's
nah enix is doing a good enough job killing themselves.... they dont need any help
But what if I'd volunteer!
Choco Poo...
chocopops is a cereal
Like Chocopoop is any better.
yeah but at this rate our "weapons" will be "weabons" and "rape" will be "rabe" OH NOES
We'll be crushed by our own lawsuit!
QUICK! EVASSIVE MANEUVERS!
Sounds like Elmer Fudd did the translating. Didn't know he spoke Japanese, thought he just hunted wabbits...XD
@XxXFl0oD3RXxX
@22:54
this thread has made my day...
raaameeeeeeeee~~~ <3
@美味しいケーキ。Delicake!
lol there, in the menu it'd say:
Attack
Magic
Items
Skip turn
RAEP
This amount of incompetence, it's just impossible for them to be doing it by accident.
I swear, Square Enix is trying to kill off the final fantasy franchise with this last game.
Rabe? If there is 'rape' in the actions menu when interacting with npcs / players, I don't mind paying for the game even with all those mistakes.
rape
rabe
babe
OOOH BABYYY!!!!!
Circle into open quotes more like. Tenten and maru are so hard to confuse. I'm almost convinced they're doing it on purpose to arouse controversy.
Final Faptasy?
CRAP BATTLE
turn that circle into an apostrophe and "po"'ll be "bo" right?
also, "boobs" will be "poops"..
Chinese quality... *sighs*
*agrees and shakes his head*
This...This...
What the f*ck is Square-Enix thinking..?
@KrazedLumberjack
*agrees and shakes his head*
This...This...
What the f*ck is Square-Enix thinking..?
The name sounds like an Indian cuisine dish...
...
...
...
*licks lips hungrily*
Mmmmmmm...Curry Chocopo with potatoes...
I'm tempted to believe that yes, they're doing it on purpose. Trolling perhaps?
if it is meant to be an epic troll by enix..... then this would be the greatest troll backfire evar....
Holy Chicken Burguer
They are trollin around with my Chocobos name!
Blasphemy!!!
I'm waiting for players to find such fine messages as "XXX gained a physical penis" instead of bonus... lulz
i saw a couple of ホボ's fighting over a card board box house. lol
i think the ポポ were chasing them too~
"Call the ポポ ho!" - Madea
ポポ tongues taste good :P
ホ!ホ!ホ! ~santa goes