74 TNT & Cyber Train! | Hermitcraft 10 | Ep.4
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2024
- Today our rivalry with @xBCrafted continues. I get @Grian to come help and I can tell you.. STUFF HAPPENS. Leave a like and comment and subsccribe if you're new :D
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Thank you Mr.Beans Jr. FYI I am still going..... 😂
i laughed so hard when i saw you flying Keralis xDD
wheeeee
Keralis how low did you get from the XB explosion?
Launched into space 🚀
I loved that part!
Hi Joel! Japanese speaker here, ヒカリイカ is directly translated into English as “Light” and “Squid”, which is accurate enough! The グロースクイッド (1:47) is just the phonetic spelling of “Glow Squid”, but in katakana (カタカナ). Literally said out loud as gu-roー su-ku-i(kk, which is basically a pause/shortening thing)-do, AKA glow squid in a Japanese accent.
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@@Jed-vn9mo same lmao the beans needs to know it’s not offensive and he wasn’t being trolled I wouldn’t be suprised if someone was like it means “something offensive” just as a joke lmao
Wow so informative thank you!
Same
I'm learning Japanese, adding this to my vocabulary list. So whenever someone talks to me irl about squids that glow, I will make sure to use this!
i've watched joel for YEARS now, so i'm well adjusted to his energy, and i never truly thought about how he may appear to new viewers who are used to other hermits, and having someone say HE'S ON THE VERGE OF MANIA is the funniest thing ever i cannot get over that
No because I feel the exact same! I'm so used to his energy that I never thought that someone might be weirded out by it
I first started watching Joel back in empires s1, and I honestly just think he's fun and never think much about it somehow 💀
i had a fit laughing over that post its SO FUNNY😭
SAME
as someone who has mania it was even funnier because literally WHERE 😭
new joel viewers don’t truly know joel until they sit through a material gathering montage in french or through a poem
What the heck did I sign up for by subscribing
@@samgiesbrecht Good luck :') It's okay you'll get used to it in no time (don't worry if you notice braincells deteriorating that's normal)
@@Catsgirl32yes very normal 😊
@@Catsgirl32average smallishbeans fan
@@samgiesbrechtit's so fun, trust me you'll love it
Joel's not on the verge of mania, he's just being his regular, humble, handsome, tall, strong, big self.
Yes he is
So true
ya he really is 9ft sp handsome and humble
He’s tall, strong, humble, big, humble.
Damn you got a heart from the big man himself I'm so jealous I wish I was him 😭
1:20 It says "Hikari Ika" which means "light/shine squid" in Japanese!
No prank there!!
Katakana is 1 of 3 Japanese alphabets typically used for foreign words like "coffee" or "ice cream"-
Just checked myself. ヒカリイカ is the official Japanese Minecraft name. ホタルイカ (hotari ika) is the translation for the IRL Firefly Squid.
Interesting…(also hi cocoecake 😊)
Yep, and the reason Google translate said グロー•スクイッド is because that's the closest transliteration from English. It reads "gurō sukuiddo"
Currently learning Japanese so I was so happy to see some some familiar Katakana! 😁
Just FYI, Japanese Rs sound like a mixture of L and R. So both Grow and Glow sound the same in katakana.
joel taking being called "on the verge of mania" as a compliment is something joel would do
Joel moment
17:57 Scar described Joel’s base as having big “San Fransokyo vibes from Big Hero 6” and I think it’s a perfect description especially with the rail system going in. The base is looking singularly awesome!!
Omg, I wqs literally about to comment that on his last video!! Massive San Fransokyo vibes since he added the glowsquid farm!
San Fransokyo is such an underrated setting
Leaving a book for Etho that's signed "Neck Kisses" is absolutely WILD energy. I'm so happy Joel is on HermitCraft now
were you there for his deckout stream? a joke thats gone too far😆
Joel is truly verging on mania
What will Etho’s reaction be after reading Joel’s note? 😆
Neck kisses absolutely killed me lol 😂 deceased lol 🤣
joel in slow motion majestically kissing etho's neck, sparkling eyes and all, is now stuck in my head
14:06 "If he died the first time we wouldn't be in this situation"
Of course Joel cut out Xb saying "you mean if you guys got good" 😂
yeah i laughed SO MUCHed when i heard that in grians video, to be fair he kept the best bit in(keralis flying off screen i mean) that explains why i didnt hear it in this one! joel is just being joel
Xb is so funny
Lol this was the funniest part of the video
“neck kisses,
-joel” absolutely killed me
21:01 Joel's leaving the back unfinished? Man, he's already fitting in so well!
He’s fitting in perfectly lamo
It’s canon to leave the back unfinished
@@FauneSawyer when people are in a relationship for a long time they tend to become one single entity with a mix of characteristics of both people
Joel in Season 10: "I haven't started a cult YET"
Grian in Season 9: "I haven't started a war YET"
Ah, the circumstances behind intra-Hermit wars never fail to innovate.
And in this season, Grian started a cult (fishing), so naturally, Joel will start a war
@@schematticYT do I hear cult vs cult warfare?
Well, there will be different war this season. Doc vs Big Salmon
@@schematticYT He's halfway there with xB....if xB wasn't the most chill dude on the planet
Honestly Joel’s insults are basically compliments to me
so real.
OMG SAME
So true only Joel Fans would take it as a compliment:)
yep
helps making us immune to insults
i still giggle over how people are like "he's on the verge of mania !!" but no he's just Like That. i'm just waiting for new watchers to find out about jeremyism
They're gonna have a heart attack once they find out about Jeremyism
To be fair maybe he is on the verge of mania but it's a permanent feature of his so it's normal for us by now ... ;p
@@Catsgirl32yeah… I have been watching him for a while and I can confirm
PETITION TO RETURN JEREMYISM THIS SEASON
@@singingofsilver YESS AGREED AND SIGNED!!
I dunno if someone's told Joel this, but waxing signs (making them uneditable) will help tremendously with reducing lag! You might want to go bother Xisuma or someone else who has Bees.
You can wax signs????????????????? I have to read up on the last few updates, I barely knew editing them was a vanilla thing, BUT WAXING THEM?! It makes sense but also absolutely doesn't
@@Catsgirl32 Yup! Just look up "waxing signs in minecraft". And it really is an odd feature when you point it out lol
@@Catsgirl32Since its wood signs it actually sorta does!! Normally wood-crafters wax their wood creations with a wax finish to protect it from fading and drying out! ^^ So technically, it’s “protecting” the wood from being edited?
That's so useful to know - thanks
Cool tip
12:39 Grian yelling "OBLITERATE" as everything blows up is beautiful
Ah, a fellow person who makes sure the timestamp is correctly done.
Thank you
Bro said OBLITERATE like a Harry Potter spell man 😂
You saw grians video first didnt you
@@pretty.person.bedroom I did not.
I did just thought I would spread the wisdom to others who don’t watch him
the letter to etho i can't-
"Neck kisses,
Joel"
😭😭😭
In case anyone didn’t know, neck kisses is from when they were all playing Decked Out and Joel “Accidentally” asked for a kiss on the neck instead of the cheek. Joel will forever be my favorite. 🫶🏼
I RAN to the comments the moment I finished laughing from it
He is never beating the neck kisses allegations
OMG HE LIKED MY COMMENT OMG OMG AAAAA
Hello Georgia
The way grian shouted OBLITERATE had me cackling... what a champ XB was, and the rest of the crew that helped repair afterwards :)
Grian in this episode reminded me of 3rd Life Grian. He pretends like he's doing these traps to help Joel, but really he just wants to see the world burn
Grian is 100% just in it for the mayhem.
6:46
"Last night during our Hermitcraft meeting"
**Joel almost a year ago: "What're they going to say? Oooh we play minecraft, good for you."**
I literally just watched that video how the turns have tabled
us😭
Which video was this?
@@SilverLightning1729pico park on Jimmy's channel
@@SilverLightning1729 Jimmy's Pico Park vid with Joel, Lizzie, and Grian!
Joel being desperate and erratic trying to kill xB and xB just being mega chill was soo funny from xBs pov. I have no idea how he was able to avoid all the first traps with such grace
xB is just built different, pfpff-- Even during PvP battles where he was low on hearts he stayed level-headed and chill about everything. I'm sad he didn't win Demise, but I think the levels that Joel had to go to kill him kinda makes up for it-- 74 TNT minecarts is mega overkill, I love it
@@TheTrueTurtlegirl "it takes a great man to [require being] blown up with 74 TNT"
Xb is verry observant everything rolls off him easily verry zen chill dude but also badass
On the VERGE of mania???
In all seriousness his angry, manic timelapses are my favourite or any creator. "AndThenIKilledSomeMoreHorsesandFoundaMangroveandStrippedOutAlltheMangroveWoodand..."
Glad to see xB having a blast on his birthday
Literal XD
xB is basically a human tank. i’m sure 70 tnt would’ve left him completely healthy so it’s good that you went a bit overkill!
And the dude also cleared a ocean monument by himself without dying before this.
I'm kinda sad that a lot of amazing banter between them didn't survive final cut of this video. They are both masters of sarcasm 😈.
xB is a sturdy man, isn't he--
Joel will insult then he'll be awkward then he'll be a lil confused, then he'll be wholesome about his builds then go back to insulting. It cracks me tf up everytime, makes his content a bit more unique.
HILARIOUS
Welp, that's EXACTLY what I was imagining Joel in Hermitcraft to be like. Controlled, yet infinitely chaotic nonetheless.
Joel: "If he was smart and getting away everytime with my traps, he might cause me a little trouble"
"but would you lose?"
Joel and grian: "Nah, we'd obliterate"
domain expansion: 74 TNT
Probably why Smallish Beans made a squid farm And pretty ugly-faced buildings. . . They wouldn't _Dare_ blow up my base...
Yes. 2,000 tnt is a little excessive.
The neck kisses bit went in a full circle, started in Hermitcraft, came back in Hermitcraft.
XP
The amount of context needed for that Etho note is gonna throw a lot of new viewers for a loop lol
Im not sure it’s much better WITH context because what is NECK KISSES?? Did he mean cheek kisses? Or is he actually that unhinged - I’ve been watching him since third life.😊
@@budgie0003 have you seen joel's decked out stream? that's where it all started :P
@@budgie0003during the decked out 2 stream, joel accidentally asked jimmy for neck kisses when he meant to ask for cheek kisses 😭 and then it just escalated from there
Its rly funny without context tho imo bc it gave me whiplash every time.
@@budgie0003during Tango's decked out stream where a bunch of non-hermits did decked out 2, Jimmy had been giving everyone good luck cheek kisses, but as Joel was about to go, he got confused and asked Jimmy for a neck kiss, it's become a running joke
74 TNT is really on brand for a Grian/Joel collab. Grian tryna pretend he wasn't expecting a hole that size 😂
I love that Joel is the same Joel as the Joel before HC. I'd be so disappointed if he wasnt tongue in cheek sarcastic. And he's very tall. Absolutely smashing it!
Only Joel can get away with bullying his audience on every start of his videos.
Well, I do hope he doesn't go overboard with it. Like, if he enjoys it he shouldn’t stop, but I could honestly do without it.
@@Pegasus579womp womp
I know Joel is not insulting with malice, just pure sarcasm.
@@Pegasus579 There is a Japanese term for what kind of person he is...sumdere or something...when you feel too awkward to show your love to others and end up using harsh language without any malicious intent
So don't worry, it's not like he has an anger issue and like to insult his viewers with sarcasm, no....he just say some meaningless insult to show how powerful, strong, big, tall, humble, and handsome he is..😂
@@Pegasus579womp womp
14:06
"If he died the first time we wouldn't be in this situation"
Grian should become a lawyer
XB should become a roaster
"You mean if you guys got good" was his response (but Joel cut it out ofc 😂)
XB is the most patient person alive. The shenanigans would make me cry
I'm sure they establish each other's boundaries beforehand! If a hermit would not be okay with the shenanigans they wouldn't do it ^^ I love that they do that
one thing i love about hermitcraft is that ppl dont try to destroy ur stuff, but when they do they always help rebuild it or they do it like last season with the war between buttercups and doc, they do it on extra ground where none base is( the terraforming does not count as destroying, also the tnt-diamond-bore accident was an accident so it wasnt wanted to destroy )
13:12 "where is keralis going" is too funny.
Hey Joel, usually the way people prevent drowned from spawning in glow squid farms, is by not building them in drowned biomes
such as ocean, river, and dripstone caves
He's screwed then 😂
you could put it like that lol@@josebaeza4826
😂
What biomes are there that aren’t drowned biomes?
all the rest@@jjwang7597
i hope you and xB continue this looney toons-style rivalry, it’s really funny to watch him be the Roadrunner to your Wile E. Coyote
Best comment.
13:05 Everyone's so busy laughing at Keralis being knocked to the horizon that we all missed Hypno being launched to the moon first. 🚀
Yes, I know he actually took off on his own. 🤪
XD
Joel: I'm determined that NOBODY else will get my skull
Gem: We'll see about that. . .
Can't wait for that duel
Geminislay Vs The S-Tier Slayer - Who Will Win?
Would love to see that fight, they are both excellent pvpers
This if Gem wants heads. Gem will GET the heads. And shes already started the collection.
She even got his skull last season
Even Gem fears Joel pvp skills
Joel is one of the kindest, most humble, incredibly tall, and has never started a cult--er, religion concerning a donkey named "Jeremy".
He is the most normal person here.
Or a ‘following’ related to mounds hehe
A cult relating to Jeremy?
I mean Mumbo has started a moon cult before so it wouldn’t be that unusual.
@@AceOfBlackjack Watch his series “X life”
@@Anonyomus_commenteridk if you're a Joel fan or just here cuz he's a new hermit, but go watch his old series called "Xlife" there's an episode with Jeremy on the title(forgot what it is-) then you'll see
Joel: "Is the base okay? We were a bit worried about the base.." XB: What base!?!?"
If Joel is in the verge of mania, then I'm fully in it.
Regardless, I ADOREE the energy that Joel brings to this server. He's such a coyote this episode with xB as the roadrunner I'm crying. Never change, Joel.
The banners are correct!
Hikari (ヒカリ on the banners or 光 in kanji) translates to light and Ika (イカ on the banners and いか in katakana) translates to squid.
So light squid :)
The thing google translate gave you is basically the equivalent of spelling out how you would pronounce “glow squid” in a Japanese accent (glo- skuiddo)
イカ is katakana and いか is hiragana but yes
“There’s no cult going on yet😢” GOT ME CACKLING
16:57 minion
@@shortbread6233 why would you do this? I can't believe you've done this.
I honestly love Joels Inensity and aggressiveness and the insults always hit just right, not demeaning at all but like a screw you between friends
I appreciate the attempt to get a foreign language as correct as possible. A lot of content creators wouldn't bother. Also: Love that xB calls you Beans
Even in Hermitcraft Joel's traps don't seem to work. I don't think it's the Life series curse this time LMAO
i think he might just be bad at trapping people lol
murder? oh yes. traps? not so much.
it's the joel curse
@@Snowstorm174 honestly yeah, his PVP skills make up for his trap making skills LMAO
XB simply staying alive.....
Joel: And I took that personally
Haha this made me crack up
8:45 Start one, START THE CULT JOEL, IT IS YOUR DESTINY
A deal with destiny perhaps?
@@Therisibledeer or maybe a meal with Stephanie?
@@ReignyRaina nice dinner date
@@Therisibledeera very nice dinner date.
Rather than Joel or Etho being obsessed (though we know Joel certainly is) I think the similar base styles tells how boat boys share a braincell :'D
“Which I’m not going to do this time… you stupid little nerds” 0:18
6:42 A conduit would kill the drowned within 8 blocks, so it would increase the time that the axolotols would survive, but the only guaranteed way to prevent this is to avoid building the farrm in rivers, oceans, and dripstone caves, since drowned can't spawn anywhere else.
8:44 the emphasis is on “yet” and “not all the time” because you start cults quite often Joel.
I bet he's gonna start one on hermitcraft
I dunno about anyone else but I enjoy that “manic” or chaotic energy, it’s a nice change compared to all the other hermits mostly calm and collected energy.
7:50 not the neck kisses😭I love this bit lmao it’s so out of pocket thank you decked out
He is so unhinged😂
"Is your base ok?"
"WHAT BASE!?"
This was so "oh no" moment until I saw the chests were okay
1:40 ASK MARTYN!!!!!!!! MARTYN LITTLEWOOD!!!! HE CAN SPEAK JAPANESE - if all else fails, you can at least ask him to double check a translation to make sure someone hasn’t pranked you
as someone who has grian as their main hermitcrafter, I am very impressed seeing u build both the front and back of the buildings in ur base in the same video lmao
I feel like only Joel will take sounding manic as a compliment
Dude I clicked the minute this popped up, I am so excitied to see how Joel progresses during this series.
me too
Same
I love the style joel is doing for his base. The whole cyberpunk Japanese crowed city vibe is just so cool. I also love the idea of a rail going through it. I can't wait to see the rest of your plans for this season!!
15:40 “yeah take them back joel”💀💀
"Im not starting cults all the time!"
"Its not a cult YET!"
The Tnt prank ain't over the top. He was just built different.
xB-uilt different-Crafted
@@ExcaliburPaladin he had more hearts than a warden
@@JustsomeSpaceG1 Fr tho
Had they only used 73 TNT minecarts, xB probably would have casually walked through the smoke clouds unscathed and giggling /j
@@TheTrueTurtlegirl facts
16:32 I feel like you just sent a challenge to the whole server for the duration of the season...😅
I can respect not giving up, and that was a super satisfying explosion. The cleanup and gear replacement is nice, too. It's a nice reminder that y'all can commit to crazy pranks with a lot of damage, but don't just leave someone out to dry afterwards.
2:07 I think this is the first time Joel said he wanted to do interior decorating. I my jaw was dropping, my hands were shaking, and then it hit. "With a cactus farm"
That makes so much more sense than Joel wanting to decorate, the world had balance restored.
"Verge of mania" perceeds to blow up a person and their home with 74 tnt later in the video. Sounds about right.
Having most of the detail on the street buildings vs the further back buildings is actually a pretty common art tactic for backgrounds and landscapes! Anything closer to the view is more detailed and visible where as the further back you go it gets more smudged and blobby because…well, things get less visible the further they get anyway.
Joel: I haven’t started a cult YET
Me: XLIFE EMPIRES KINGDOM CRAFT!!!!😂😂😂😂
Smaller beans
No, bigger beans
Smallest beans
@@Alphabetical_mayBIndeed
No, Larger beans
Tiny beans
Joel calling us ‘stupid little nerds’ in the first 30 seconds is such a Joel thing
I think Impulse said that waxing you signs reduces lag and makes it so that the signs cant be changed. Might be something for you to try if you want more signs 😊
Hey Joel! The Japanese for both are correct in a way. The one that the Japanese speaker sent you is a direct translation of the word glow squid by combining the two native words for glowing or light(hikari),and squid(Ika), and is what is used in game. What you found was how someone would transliterate the English word into the Japanese text.
I would recommend maybe when looking for what to write in Japanese, if they are Minecraft related to look them up through a Minecraft wiki that is written in Japanese as commonly they use the words that are used in game. The way I confirmed which one the game used was just looking up the English word for glow squid and then just attaching the Japanese word for the Japanese language 日本語, and maybe if it's a more normally used word, specifying that it's for Minecraft, (マインクラフト) will help you find the in-game translations.
Many Japanese wikis will have both the English and the Japanese words somewhere on it so you can confirm yourself.
Hope this helps
Also as far as block names are concerned, isn't there simply a fitting language option in the game..? Take the block (or spawn egg) in creative, change the language, look at the tool tip - shouldn't that work just fine?
@@DaijDjanIt would work but he wouldn't be able top copy/paste it and doesn't really know the characters himself to type them out. So it would work to verify things but not to actually get the words.
@@DabottIe Oh yeah, that's for sure. Was mostly meant as a verification method.
Joel: there's no cult going on yet 😏🤪😁😘
All of us: **X Life flashbacks**
6:44 For the farm, MAYBE some kind of “filter” that the glowsquid can fit through but the drowned can’t? I’m pretty sure glow squid have a smaller hit box than drowned, so maybe having some kind of physical filter (for example, creepers are SLIGHTLY under 2 blocks tall so you can use a trapdoor to filter creepers out of a group of mobs) can help!
I'm not exactly sure the hitbox sizes, so if someone knows if this would work feel free to add to this!
I might try testing this and report back my findings.
EDIT: WAIT SECOND IDEA THAT I THINK IS BETTER. Use turtle eggs to attract the drowned to a different area to then kill them?
Im cracking up that neck kisses is now just an inside joke
I came here from xB's video and goodness, it was absolutely *hilarious* seeing you fail over and over again. I highly recommend everyone to check out xB's perspective on all of this. That man was a maniac when it came to dodging traps.
Scar is going to immediately get that Top Gun reference, prepare to speak to him for hours about those movies.
When xB shot Joel when he was invis was too freaking funny😭
I think it shows the chill ness of Hermitcraft that Joel can basically meet XB and 2 weeks later blow up his house and he’s basically fine with it (with a bit of fixing up).
Joel and XB's interactions have been GOLD I love seeing how much fun everyone is having this season! Awesome to see everyone basing nearby too. :)
"Unfortunately, as Etho's Canadian, he's probably asleep right now."
As a Canadian I'm not sure how to feel about this...
"Neck Kisses - Joel" killed me
I'm sure others will have mentioned this, but regarding the Japanese letters and translating:
Japanese is split up between 3 seperate syllaberies:
1) Kanji
2) Hiragana
3) Katakana
Kanji is *basically* a more complex way of writing Hiragana, while Hiragana is fairly simple. Katakana is really only used for non-japanese/loan words (hiragana literally meaning "Common" or "Plain" kana). The main reason you're likely finding different or strange results when translating, is most translators will prioritize using Kanji as much as it can. While what is written is read the exact same, they appear different because they're using different kinds of characters. If you want to keep things consistent, or just use a single style of character, you'd have to use translator that specifically only translates into one of the 3 syllaberies.
For more context for anyone that cares: Japanese is a phonetic language. When it is written with either for of kana (Hiragana or Katakana), it's essentially "written out" syllabal by syllabal. Each character represents exactly 1 syllabal in the phrase. Kanji however, is a bit more complex, and has over 50,000 characters that each mean different things.
And some neat history: Kanji was derived from Chinese, and was only taught to male nobles during the Heian period (794-1185). Hiragana was introduced later (some time in the 5th century), and was largely taught to court ladies of the time, as they weren't allowed to learn Kanji. This lead to a stigma against Hiragana, as it was "effeminate, childish, and unsophisticated" unlike Kanji. Today, this isn't really the case, and Hiragana is all over the place, though Kanji is still the primary writing method.
This havoc is the least i was expecting from Joel and Grian being on the same server and neighbours, they really delivered 😂❤
Nothing short of a thermonuclear warhead could destroy XB, so that's exactly what Joel made.
In relation to the subreddit your humour and sarcasm is just very British, I guess it might be quite jarring for people in other countries which arguably makes it all even funnier 😂😂😂
I've been watching Joel, Lizzie, Oli, etc. since Crazy Craft maybe a bit longer, but I've had time to watch most of his videos and I'm so used to his chaotic energy that I haven't ever really thought about how he may appear to new viewers. Him taking being called 'on the verge of mania' is such a Joel thing to do 😂 It's so strange to me knowing that while I've been here getting used to the new people from my perspective such as the hermits, there are others from the hermit's side getting used to the people I grew up with, such as Joel and Lizzie. I think the only hermits I knew before the hermit/empires crossover were Grian + the people already in empires and now I watch them all :D
joels aggressiveness is what makes him joel
For the squid farm, the problem is being in a dripstone cave. If you can move it down below the dripstone cave it will work. Otherwise, you could try putting turtle eggs and powdered snow in such a way that the drowned go after them and die, but I’m not sure of that will actually work. Moving is the best option.
"Exodia"
"Exodia Incarnate"
"Obliterate"
Yup... Grian was 100% Referencing Yu-Gi-Oh! there XD
Non Joel fans discovering Joel for the first time is literally the funniest thing ever😭
“So he insults his fans ??
“Yes, but hear me out…..”
0:24 NOOOOO NOT THAT REDDIT POST ADJFJLAFLJFLHKG we love you joel even if you neg on us and your sense of humor is unmatched
Joel never fails to insult us :D
This was borderline deranged, and I'm here for it.
Dang his first base is already crazy can’t imagine what he will do for his mega base
Idea for getting the Japanese. Minecraft allows you to change languages. Change to Japanese, open the creative menu, find the right item, then write down the characters written for it in game. That way you can avoid others trying to tell you the wrong thing because you literally see what it's called in game
But it mostly wouldn't be written in katakana because katakana symbols are mostly used for words of foreign origin. You'd see a mix of words written in hiragana and katakana and kanji.