wiifanboy
May 20th, 2008, 14:50
Filed under: Virtual Console (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/category/virtual-console/), Imports (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/category/imports/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.nintendowiifanboy.com/media/2008/05/gynoug052008.jpg (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/lineup.html)That's how you pronounce "Gynoug!" Until we saw it written in Japanese katakana (a system that has the benefit of being predictably phonetic), we totally pronounced the title of NCS's shooter "Guy-noog." How embarrassing! We hope we didn't sound stupid the last time we were talking about it in public, which was approximately never. Although we're not the only ones -- even Wikipedia's got an inaccurate IPA transcription (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_Wor)!
Of course, here in the States we call it Wings of Wor, and we never really had occasion to talk about it either. It's not that our friends aren't as into retrogaming as we are, it's more that they don't exist.
Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_fmg/index.html) (Super Famicom, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Gynoug (http://vc.sega.jp/vc_gynoug/) (Mega Drive, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)
Break In (http://vc-pce.com/jpn/j/title/breakin.html) (PC Engine, 1-4 players, 600 Wii Points)
Fatal Fury 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Fury_2:_The_New_Battle) (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points)
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.nintendowiifanboy.com/media/2008/05/gynoug052008.jpg (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/lineup.html)That's how you pronounce "Gynoug!" Until we saw it written in Japanese katakana (a system that has the benefit of being predictably phonetic), we totally pronounced the title of NCS's shooter "Guy-noog." How embarrassing! We hope we didn't sound stupid the last time we were talking about it in public, which was approximately never. Although we're not the only ones -- even Wikipedia's got an inaccurate IPA transcription (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_Wor)!
Of course, here in the States we call it Wings of Wor, and we never really had occasion to talk about it either. It's not that our friends aren't as into retrogaming as we are, it's more that they don't exist.
Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_fmg/index.html) (Super Famicom, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Gynoug (http://vc.sega.jp/vc_gynoug/) (Mega Drive, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)
Break In (http://vc-pce.com/jpn/j/title/breakin.html) (PC Engine, 1-4 players, 600 Wii Points)
Fatal Fury 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Fury_2:_The_New_Battle) (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points)
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