Renaming characters in JRPGs
Have you ever renamed a character in a JRPG that allowed you to do so? I have. I'm playing Dragon Quest V right now I gave the main character my name (John) I gave the main character's son my brother's name (Thomas) and I named the main character's daughter after a Bond girl. (Vesper)
I'm surprised you didn't give them all Batman-related names.
Anyway, in most games, I just leave characters with their default names.
In the type of games where characters don't have names and you have to name them yourself (like Disgaea or Etrian Odyssey), I just name them after friends and favorite characters from other games and stuff. All of my Etrian Odyssey characters have Touhou names.
If they already have names, I always leave it for at least the first playthrough. Then if I want to have some fun I'll change it up. I named everyone Sephiroth for Eyes on FFVII; that was really fun xD
i tried renaming characters once when i first got Chrono Trigger back in '95 but found i didn't like it much and it made discussions harder than they should be, so i quickly restarted the game from the beginning using the default names... the only names i've changed since was Marle to Nadia, Robo to R-66Y, Frog to Glenn, and RedXIII to Nanaki on ocassion... of course in FFI i had to name them myself as they literaly have no identity or personality...
Last edited by Elly; 05-26-2009 at 04:57 AM.
Unless it's a game like FFI, I never do. I'll go with the default names. And even ones without, I'll go with a randomizer if they have one (Such as dawn of souls)
When there is no default name I try and make something that fits. Or I just try and be goofy names. And sometimes I name them after stuff I'm watching. I picked up a bad habit with MegaTen. First cycle I named the hero Acheron and second cycle his name is Fate. Every time since Nocturne. I named the characters in Dragon Quest V: Galahad, Arthur, and Arturia after the King Arthur legends.
I usually name them to curse words since it’s incredibly funny to the one person who will ever see it, me.
I always rename them to people I know or names that amuse me.
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I've taken on my friends convention of naming characters after songs, bands, or band members as long as it fits. His FFXI character is named Numinous for this reason.
Boy am I an unfunny ass.
A Whore uses Anal.
Boy am I an unfunny ass.
If only you could rename moves.... ;D
You can in Wild ARMs. You can rename most stuff in Wild ARMs, even NPCs. I had fun with thatOriginally Posted by Momiji
Main character will always be Arthur. Everything else stays the same.
Usually people I know, funny names, or names of characters from other media.
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