> it's all a bit odd of course, because in typical japanese fighting games (or even chinese wuxia films) the characters normally yell the name of the skill befo

> it's all a bit odd of course, because in typical japanese fighting games (or even chinese wuxia films) the characters normally yell the name of the skill before doing their special skill, like "wave fist" or "dragon subduing 18 palms", rather than yelling something the hero intends to achieve. they'll never say something like "die!" because that's just not heroic. While, yeah, calling your attacks is common, I've also seen Kurae! ("Eat this!") in anime and toku more times than I can count. Honestly, that would make a good translation for those phrases...