@Champollion I was just pulling your leg about the writer part, but you've brought up some good points, even though I don't agree with each and every one of them.

Secret of Mana is actually a more applicable translation, even though it isn't 1:1 either, but collecting Mana and how to use it, is very much an important and intrinsic part of the world, whereas the fictional book mentioned in the Tengai series is not. It is only one of the many, many parts of the entire lore that encompasses books, animes and games, so that's a pretty big difference.

It's like renaming "Lord of the Rings" to "The Red Book of Westmarch"...

I would love to see what the translator of the game has to say about that, so maybe you should share your point of view with him. I'm pretty sure he's not going to agree.

My point was also more that I find it strange that people completely accept almost any translation and go with it, simply because they don't understand the language or care to investigate into the background of a series.

Say for example that the original writer would want to pull a prank and translate the title to "The grass is always greener in Eden", then that would now have been the title of the series, even though that is an even more lacking and ridiculous title than "Far East of Eden".

Makyou is a word used to describe/mean a place (in Japanese lore generally caves or grottos) of evil ghosts or demonic beings, so that part should at the very least also be present in the translation. (side note: in modern day Japanese life, the term is still used, but then as a synonym for "illusion")

And of course, English is NOT the original language, so Tengai Makyou is not the translation of Far East of Eden, but the other way around.

Besides all that, I think I've provided enough evidence to support my point of view:

https://www.giantbomb.com/tengai-makyou/3025-1326/

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TengaiMakyou

As for the Legend of Zelda: she actually IS an ever present part of the series, albeit not always in the same form. Sometimes she has a different name or a different appearance, but it is still Zelda.

The games that she isn't in, often aren't part of the main story line, but even so, it's understandable why they aren't suddenly going to call these games "The Legend of Link", since Zelda is an established series, so it has instant recognition with its target audience.

Little boy, blond hair, pointy ears, green tunic, sword and a shield: AHA! A new Zelda game! It's become a household name, so Nintendo would be stupid to change that for some spinoffs/minor games.

Now, if they were to name it "The Deku Tree sagas", then it would be strange, because although the tree is there or is mentioned in several games, it's only PART of the entire lore.

A better alternative name for the series would probably be "Legends of the Triforce", since that is almost always there, or maybe even better: "Hyrule Legends"...

Anyways, I think I'm just going to call it a day here. I've got my point of view, you've got yours, and I respect that, but I'm probably never going to agree with all of your points, so I'll simply agree to disagree.