From Software games utilize multiplayer in a unique and special way, andElden Ringmaintains that tradition. Whether it’s summon symbols for cooperative play or the rich rewards of accepting an enemy invasion, many of theDark Soulsfranchise’s most iconic features have returned. That includes the ever-popular message system, whichElden Ringplayers have used to share hints, point out secrets, and drop dank memes across the world. There is an issue, however, when it comes to translatingElden Ringmemes into other languages.JapaneseElden Ringplayer ETC_only shared a message on Twitter recently detailing their hilarious struggles with confusing English messages. Specifically, they detail an experience where they come across messages that read “Fort, night” in Japanese. Obviously, in English it’s clear that these messages are shared by gamers making puns orabsurd jokes aboutFortnite. In Japanese, however, the words don’t sound out asFortnite. The characters read out as the Japanese characters toride and yoru.RELATED:Elden Ring Player Gets 100% Completion After 100 HoursETC_only sees these messages like any Japanese player would. He sees them as potential hints, as manyElden Ringmessagesare. He explains that as a result of these messages, he’s been searching for a Fort, which he then explores at night. With so many messages about it, there must be a significant reward or story element hidden in this fort. Of course, his adventure did not have a reward at its end.
It’s unclear how long ETC_only spent looking throughElden Ring’s many fortsat night, but they say they did eventually get clued in to what the messages meant. After being told what it meant, they said they were crying laughing over the confusion. Even with such a silly, embarrassing situation,Elden Ringplayers are united in the ridiculousness of it all.
TheFortnitememes aren’t the only confusing messages that Japanese players are struggling with, of course. In response to ETC_only’s message on Twitter, another JapaneseElden Ringplayer asked what’s the “butt and fingers” messages mean, in reference to English players' “Try finger, but hole.” memes. Helpful players were more than happy to explain the context ofElden Ring’s most popular perverted joke.
It’s a fascinating situation, and would be interesting to study in a deeper way. It is unclear if EnglishElden Ringmessages are being automatically translated by the game’s servers and shared in Japan, or if Japanese players who have heard the English memes are posting loose translations of them in Japan. Both would reveal interesting layers to theElden RingandFrom Software communities, connected in ways that they may have never realized.
Elden Ringis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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