Renaming
Do you rename your characters? Are there some that you like to rename just to affect the dialogue?
Someone once suggested here that I name everyone in FFVII "Sephiroth" I think I'll do that when we do Eyes on Plays FFVII. In FFVIII I like naming Griever as "my ass" and Shiva as "cake."
xD
Wow, I never though renaming had any use
I don't remember dialogue typically, so I don't know what would be funniest. :/ DEFAULT IS BEST! Except III-DS. What terrible, horrible names.
Firion -> Frinel
Gus -> Guy
Kain -> Cain
Rydia -> Lydia
Tellah -> Tella
Edward -> Gil
FuSoYa -> Fusuya
Bartz -> Butz
TERRA -> Tina
SABIN -> Mash
CYAN -> Cayene
Aeris -> Aerith
And sometimes, just for fun:
Dagger -> Sarah
My last playthrough of VII when I was 13 years old.
Cloud >> Playboy
Tifa >> Hooker
Barret >> Mista T
Aerith >> Flower
Red XIII >> Kitty
And I think that's all who I got to name before my memory card decided to suck. Yea, these names suck.
I think in FF9 instead of renaming Garnet to Dagger, I named her Garnet, and she was like, "My name shall be Garnet"
I would check to see, but I don't feel like playing to that point
EDIT: 1000th post, yay
Wasn't that a mistranslation of "Matt" or "Matthew"? At least, I always assumed it was.Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryűkishi
No, that's a misconception started by people who don't know how to read kana.
Because of the way kana is constructed, you don't technically have "shu"; written down, you have "shyu." But you still pronounce it "shu" -- or, if it's at the end of a word, maybe just "sh."
"Mash" written in kana is "Masshyu," and if you didn't know you're supposed to ignore the Y (and downplay the U), that might look like it sounds like "Matthew." But it's really just Mash.
ah; I'd somehow also obtained the misconception that "sh" and "t" could be interchangeable in kana. So it goes.
I did this my first time through the game, too, because "Dagger" just sounded too bland to me. Unfortunately, I eventually found that there are some scenes where you need to be using the default name for the symbolism and wordplay to work.
I don´t usually rename characters and if I do I name them other FF game characters. I have now FF6 playthrough going on where I have renamed characters following way:
Terra- Rydia
Locke- Blank
Edgar-Al-Cid
Sabin- Ward
Shadow- Tseng
Celes- Ashe ( I would have used Beatrix but it didnt fit)
Cyan- Auron
Gau-Guy ( I prefer Gus of Gai but oh well)
Setzer- Luneth ( I regret not using Ingus or Desh)
Mog- Yenke
Strago- Galuf
Relm- Eiko
Umaro- Biran ( havent get him yet but this name I will use)
Gogo- ( havent yet get him)
If I rename summons then I put something really stupid, usually nothing FF related.
"Mash" is an incredibly stupid name for anyone, let alone royalty, so I leave him as Sabin.
I change names for amusement's sake sometimes, but that's about it. I'm going to do the obligatory "my balls" playthrough of FFVII sometime, with a few other changes as well...
Yeah the 'My balls' one is a classic.
I saw an hilarious review of VIII where this guy named Rinoa 'A whore' and her dog 'anus'. This results in funny quotes like "When walking the streets a whore's anus learns new tricks."
On my second p;aythrough in VII I named Red XIII Nanaki. I regretted it when I got to Cosmo Canyon. Nanaki: "I'm home." Cloud: "Who is Nanaki?"
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