Back when I built model airplanes/ships/cars/tanks pretty obsessively, one of the best parts was reading the Japenese translations on some of the imported kids. Hasegawa kits were particularly fun, with malaprops enough to make Yogi Berra and Jessica Simpson vow to quit their evil ways.

But for all that, it’s nice to know some things never change. Via Croc-o-Lyle – one of the best Usability and User-Centered Design blogs around – the Japanese safety manual for the Wii.

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