Sunken Fossil World/Translation notes

Sunken Fossil World is one of two Touhou Project games to have received official localizations. However, the Touhou series has been reliant on community-based translations for well over two decades. Therefore, some aspects of this localization, such as locations, might differ from what is best known by fans.

Character names

• Yuugi Hoshiguma is romanized as "Yugi Hoshiguma".
• Yuuma Toutetsu is romanized as "Yuma Totetsu".
  • The Gouyoku Alliance part of her title is also romanized as "Goyoku".

Stage locations

Forest of Magic Wetlands

• The game does indicate the location is the Forest of Magic, but the stage name makes it sound like the Wetlands are magical, rather than the Wetlands are an area in the Forest of Magic. The Japanese name of the stage is 魔法の森の湿地 Mahou no Mori no Shimeji, literally translating to "Wetlands of the Forest of Magic".
• The translation also does not take a pun into account. The translation provided by the community is "The Forest of Magic's Mushy Wetlands". The Japanese version provides furigana for 湿地, specifying it must be read as shimeji and not shicchi (two different readings for "wetlands"), which is in reference to Shimeji mushrooms. The Forest of Magic is well-known for the many mushrooms found within it, explaining this word play.

Earth Spirit Rainbow Cave

• Known as the Rainbow Cavern of Earth Spirits. Not to be confused with the Rainbow Dragon Cave from Unconnected Marketeers.

Old Hell Hot Springs

• Known as the Hot Spring Town for short or Old Hell's Hot Spring Town. However, this is not a translation error but rather a leftover from the game's trial version. The English translation bases itself on 旧地獄温泉 Kyuu-jigoku Onsen, which omits the kanji for "town", while the trial version used 旧地獄温泉街 Kyuu-jigoku Onsen-gai.

Miscellaneous

• Team Shanghai Alice is credited as "Team Shanhai Alice".
• The Stamina bar is localized as the Spirit bar, though it is misspelled as "Sprit".
• Youkai Mountain is briefly mentioned in Reimu's Stage 3 dialogue and romanized as "Yokai Mountain".