Google+ Pieces o' Eight: July 2013

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Continental Circus was not a mistranslation

In 1987 Japanese arcade game manufacturer Taito released a racing game called Continental Circus. Internet legend states that this was a mistranslation and that the game should have been called Continental Circuits, and indeed for its US release the cabinet artwork was changed to use this name.

Was this really a mistranslation, or could it perhaps just have been a misunderstanding or a marketing strategy?