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* One level in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' is called "Peaceful Pier". Other than three very small wooden platforms floating in the sea, there is no pier, and the level consists of piloting a rocket-powered barrel over an ocean while being perpetually bombarded by fire from a pirate ship.
** Similarly, ''Continental Circus'' is a race game. ("Circus" was a mistranslation and should have been "circuits"; this was later corrected.)
** The Wind Fish in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' is actually more of a [[Space Whale]]. [[Lampshaded]] by one of the Owl Stones:
{{quote|''THE WIND FISH IN NAME ONLY, FOR IT IS NEITHER.''}}
:* Also a Non-Indicative Name is the title—this and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'' are the only Zelda games that don't feature a Zelda. Although she's mentioned early on, and Marin's her Expy, it leaves you wondering why Link's awakening {{spoiler|(that is, dream)}} has anything to do with Zelda's legend. Zelda ''technically'' appears in the game, but only in a flashback, and apart from re-teaching Link the Song of Time, her role in the game is otherwise irrelevant.
:* In ''Ocarina of Time'', the Forest Temple is actually a ruined old mansion, and the Shadow Temple is actually a series of torture chambers - no reference is made to either being used for worship.
:* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]'', Clam Chowder is not made with clams, it is actually made with a Hearty Blueshell Snail (a freshwater snail), along with Fresh Milk, Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter. Indeed, it does not seem like there is anywhere in Hyrule where Link can find actual clams. ▼
▲::* In itself, [[The Legend of Zelda|the series proper]] is a misnomer. Certainly, the eponymous character plays a prominent role in most of the games, but the Hero of Legend is the boy in the green hat.
▲* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]'', Clam Chowder is not made with clams, it is actually made with a Hearty Blueshell Snail (a freshwater snail), along with Fresh Milk, Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter. Indeed, it does not seem like there is anywhere in Hyrule where Link can find actual clams.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', the ''blaze gun'' shoots ice and the ''glacier gun'' shoots fire. This is one result of the [[Blind Idiot Translation]] that plagues the original [[PlayStation]] release - the guns were "'''Anti'''-Blaze Gun" and "Anti-Glacier Gun" respectively in the original Japanese, and the PSP remake fixes this by simply swapping the names.
** While we're at it, the NPC ability "Steal Bracelet"? [[One-Hit Kill|Instantly kills the target]]; "breath" was consistently mistranslated as "bracelet" in the English release, which is why dragons had "Fire Bracelet" as an ability.
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