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Uboa
“Uboā” (ウボァー), also romanized as “Uboar” or “Uvoa”, is a death throe that was uttered by the Emperor of Palamecia from Final Fantasy II.1) The dialogue was presumably written by Akitoshi Kawazu, who went on to establish the SaGa franchise in the following year.2)
Summary
The death throe stood out in the Japanese community because, while the dialogue is indeed concise, having “uboa…” with no exclamation point at the end3) made it sound very stupid. It doesn't have the same effect in English because the game didn't release until 2003, the line has been translated in many different ways, and it takes hours for any player to beat Final Fantasy II4) due to its unique leveling system.5)
Interestingly, the Final Fantasy II prototype considered leaving the dialogue as “u.. boaa..”, but the game was never officially released. The first official translation was “Rrrraaaaagh!” in the PSX port, then this became “Ungaahhhh!” in the GBA and PSP port, which is the translation that Dissidia Final Fantasy borrows. For the Pixel Remaster port, it was changed once more to “Uraaahhh!”.
Original dialogue
Final Fantasy II (FC)
Released 1988
こうてい「この わたしが やられるとは….
しんじられ..ん…. 2どまでも..おまえに….
..おまえは いった..い な..にもの….
ウボァー
皇帝「この私がやられるとは……
信じられ……ん……2度までも……お前に……。
……お前は…いった……い、な……にもの……
ウボァー
English translations
Final Fantasy II (NES)6)
Prototype (1991)
Emperor “ u.. boaa..
English fan translations
Final Fantasy II (FC/NES)11)
Neo Demiforce (1998)
Emperor: I.. I was beaten
twice..?
How can it be!?
Gwaaaahhhh!!
Final Fantasy II (WSC)12)
RPGONE (2002) - Incomplete
Emperor: The Light
Warriors..again are
victorious…Curse you
to Hell!
Final Fantasy II (FC/NES)
Chaos Rush (2020)
Emperor:Unbelievable…
Defeated by you…twice!
What…are…you?
Ungaaah!
Notes
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- In addition, Tidus from Final Fantasy X references this line when facing the Emperor.14)
- For the English localization, the Emperor is voiced by Christopher Corey Smith and they use the recent “Ungaahhhh!” translation.15) Likewise, Tidus still retains the reference to this line.16)
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