The "Sorry!" icon was changed in the international versions, as the Japanese gesture for apologizing is more closely associated with praying in other countries.
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English
The English version says "Hello!" instead of "Hi", and uses a font style more uniform with the other English communication icons. The Japanese version has transparency instead of white in Link's teeth and eyes.
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English Demo
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The Japanese version has transparency between Link's right arm and head, similar to the version shown during Nintendo's demonstration.
The European and North American versions of Tri Force Heroes have two very different translations. Once again, the American translation has more liberties compared to the European version, which uses a more serious tone.
Hey, you! Listen up, and I'll tell you
how our story begins...
Let me tell you how all this started.
Once upon a time there was a kingdom
called Hytopia. At the heart of this
fashion-obsessed land was the lovely
Princess Styla.
Once, there was a kingdom in love
with fashion. The people there lived
and breathed it, lovely and stylish.
And of them all, none were more lovely
and stylish than the Princess Styla.
The people adored their fair princess...
but the Drablands witch despised the
girl's unbearably cute fashion sense.
Alas... There was one who
did not wish the princess well.
A witch, residing in the Drablands.
One fateful day, a beautifully wrapped
gift arrived at the castle.
On the fateful day, a gift-wrapped
parcel was delivered to the princess.
The sender was unknown, and the box
was brimming with an aura of mystery.
The princess simply had to open it!
Naturally, this was a HUGE mistake.
The sender? Unknown. Suspicious?
Well, of course, but a box so fancy the
princess could not help but open.
When the smoke cleared, Styla was
met with a terrible sight, followed by
the witch's voice in her pretty head:
"A perfect outfit for a perfect princess."
When the dark smoke had cleared,
the princess was clad head to toe in
clothes she wouldn't be seen dead in.
"I fancied it'd suit you!", she heard a
voice say. The box was from the witch!
This cursed outfit of ultimate ugliness
could not be removed no matter how
the princess tried. Humiliated, she fell
into misery and isolation. The people
of Hytopia wept for her terrible fate.
The witch had cursed the costume,
and only her magic could remove it...
Shame-stricken, the princess locked
herself in her room and wouldn't leave,
which cast a dark pall on the kingdom.
The king, too, was in agony. As only
chosen heroes may enter the witch's
domain, the despicable Drablands,
King Tuft issued a call to kingdoms
near and far for a hero to save the day.
The Drablands were the witch's domain;
a nasty land, where only heroes ventured,
and reluctantly at that. And so the king,
in dire need of a hero, sent out envoys
to neighbouring lands.
Luckily, it wasn't long before this
courageous young fella came
passing through...
The North American English script infamously appears to include a reference to Doge in one librarian NPC's dialogue; the European English version, meanwhile, is a direct translation. As the Doge meme was widely seen as outdated in 2015, the line drew quite a bit of debate on social media between those who saw the North American version as trend-chasing and those who saw it as more appealing than the European one.1
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Europe
Still, coming here has at least afforded me the rare chance to explore these ancient ruins. So ancient. Such ruin.
And that may be precisely why the ancient ruins I encountered had been left undisturbed for me to explore!
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