Elden Ring Message Translations Are Causing Confusion

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From Software games utilize multiplayer in a unique and special way, and Elden Ring maintains that tradition. Whether it's summon symbols for cooperative play or the rich rewards of accepting an enemy invasion, many of the Dark Souls franchise's most iconic features have returned. That includes the ever-popular message system, which Elden Ring players have used to share hints, point out secrets, and drop dank memes across the world. There is an issue, however, when it comes to translating Elden Ring memes into other languages.

JapaneseElden Ring player 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 or absurd jokes about Fortnite. In Japanese, however, the words don't sound out as Fortnite. The characters read out as the Japanese characters toride and yoru.

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ETC_only sees these messages like any Japanese player would. He sees them as potential hints, as many Elden Ring messages are. 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 through Elden Ring's many forts at 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