Most of PokeyвЂ™s text in the battle is the same as the Japanese text with some extra polish. The amount of polish on it is nice, in general it flows really smoothly and PokeyвЂ™s taunts have real punch to them.

ItвЂ™s very clear that the editors spent a lot of time on this text and all the text in the final battle.The English line вЂњThatвЂ™s Pokey.вЂќ always seemed weird to me.ItвЂ™s just a strange incorrect consistency introduced by the English writers. So this вЂњEvilвЂќ connection isnвЂ™t a real connection in the original game Gyiyg isnвЂ™t the Mani-Mani statue or anything. But this time the word used really is just вЂњevilвЂќ, with no capitalization or anything else. The capitalization of вЂњEvilвЂќ here is interesting, as вЂњEvilвЂќ or вЂњEvil PowerвЂќ capitalized like that is often how they wrote around the word вЂњdevilвЂќ or вЂњdemonвЂќ in earlier parts of the script.From a technical translation standpoint, this was a clumsy way to handle it. In MOTHER 2, Pokey calls him вЂњMaster GyiygвЂќ until near the end of his speech, when he decides to ditch the honorific and just call him вЂњGyiygвЂќ, which in Japanese culture is pretty serious business.In EarthBound, he calls him вЂњGiygasвЂќ almost the entire time, except until the point where the вЂњhonorific ditchingвЂќ happens, where he calls him вЂњMaster GiygasвЂќ once and then corrects himself.It doesnвЂ™t make too much of a difference though, except maybe for fans wanting to dig deep into the gameвЂ™s story. ThereвЂ™s a slight nuance difference between вЂњthe Apple couldnвЂ™t predict thisвЂќ (EarthBound) and вЂњthe Apple never predicted thisвЂќ (MOTHER 2).

I think itвЂ™s interesting that in MOTHER 2 Pokey will accept that the Apple predicted their arrival but is still super-confident that вЂњoh, but itвЂ™s not gonna be right THIS time!вЂќ In EarthBound it just says that the Apple has made a prediction.

The line about how the Apple of Wisdom had predicted their arrival got messed up in translation.

ItвЂ™s clear in English too, but I think it might just come across as a regular insult if youвЂ™re scrolling through the text quickly.

The вЂњyou guys look patheticвЂќ line makes ever-so-slightly more sense in Japanese вЂ“ heвЂ™s referring to the fact Ness and friends turned themselves into lame-looking robots.

The important things to take away from this are: He has become the embodiment of Evil itselfвЂ¦ which he cannot control on his own. Gyiyg has become вЂњevilвЂќ itselfвЂ¦ Evil energy which not even he can control. Master GiygasвЂ¦ No, Giygas is no longer the wielder of Evil. вЂ¦Master Gyiyg вЂ“ no, just plain olвЂ™ Gyiyg вЂ“ is the embodiment of evilвЂ¦ Or so it might seem, but thatвЂ™s not the case. The Apple of Enlightenment couldnвЂ™t predict this. The Apple of Wisdom never predicted this. Why, you ask? вЂCause of me, of course! It was thanks to Master GyiygвЂ™s guidance that I, the great Porky, made it here. Giygas will be stronger, a more powerful entity than any other! YouвЂ™re going to be defeated, and Master Gyiyg will become even more powerful and even more terrifying. вЂ¦But I wonвЂ™t let what the Apple of Enlightenment predicted take place. The Apple of Enlightenment has already made a prediction.Д«ut things wonвЂ™t go the way the Apple of Wisdom says. The вЂњApple of WisdomвЂќ perfectly predicted that you guys would finally make it here. Man, you look really pathetic now, you know that? I assist only the strong and able! ThatвЂ™s Pokey. Since this is important text, IвЂ™ll just post both versions here, though there isnвЂ™t too much of a difference: MOTHER 2 (literal) When Pokey shows up before the final battle, he acts tough and talks about predictions and Giygas and such.

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