Undertale's "Get Dunked On" Line Is Completely Different In Japanese

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Releasing a game in another country isn't as simple as putting all the dialogue through Google translate. In fact, it's not even enough to hire a team of pro translators - some lines are just too region specific to ever work in another language. Such was the case with Undertale, and Sans' iconic "get dunked on" line.

As revealed in the latest book from Clyde Mandelin of Legends of Localisation, replicating the feel of "get dunked on" was a much harder task than you might expect. With no equivalent in Japanese, the team were forced to change the line altogether, making it: "All I did was try to hug you..." While this is just one change in an entire RPG full of dialogue, it was enough to change the perception of Sans' character in Japan, giving us two very different depictions of the boss battle.

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Legends of Localisation Book 3: Undertale is available to preorder online now, but a passage from the book is already being shared online. Here, we can see why Sans had to undergo changes in the Japanese release.

"Unfortunately, there's no direct equivalent of the phrase 'get dunked on' in Japanese," reads the book. "The localisation team cycled through a number of potential Japanese replacements, most of which were variations on 'ha, I fooled you' or insults based on Internet slang. Nothing quite had the same 'bite' as the original English quote."

In the end, the team settled on something else entirely: "Huh? You died? That's weird. All I did was try to hug you..."

To us lot in the west, this might be confusing at first, but it makes a lot of sense. Much like "get dunked on", it's a line that will take you by surprise the first time you hear it, and stick with you long