Lightning's real name... (spoilers)

[Vermachtnis]

Eclair??

[Shlup]

I hope the game lets me change her name so I can make it Cupcake. Eclairs are gross.

You cannot rename her. Otherwise the characters couldn't call her "Lightning" or "Light".

That's one thing I don't like about the newer games, where they have audio of the characters' names. I mean, I never did change their names, but I want the option dammit. The only time I've ever changed a character's name was when Garnet wanted to change her name to Dagger; I made it Tenrag.

[Del Murder]

I always changed the names. It was annoying in FFX though when they never say Tidus's name. It would be cool if they had voice recognition of what you put in, but I imagine that would be hard to program.

[Sephiroth]

It would be cool if they had voice recognition of what you put in, but I imagine that would be hard to program.

Then they would have to censor 10000000 words.

And I like it you cannot remake the protagonists in the newer Final Fantasy. Many people rename them when they have the option and I don't want such great characters to be "offended" because they have idiotic names which ruins the character or at least makes a fool of them.

[Del Murder]

Then they would have to censor 10000000 words.

And I like it you cannot remake the protagonists in the newer Final Fantasy. Many people rename them when they have the option and I don't want such great characters to be "offended" because they have idiotic names which ruins the character or at least makes a fool of them.

That's part of the fun of it. Also I'm not sure how a fictional character can get offended by naming him 'Buttwipe'.

[Rye]

Whenever I name a character something like that Del, I feel insanely guilty and erase file almost immediately.

[SuperMillionaire]

Well, Tetsuya Nomura likes picking extremely exotic names having to do with the sky. How he came up with that concept, I have no idea.

[Momiji]

And sweet things as well, now that there is Eclair and Vanille.

[qwertysaur]

Well, Tetsuya Nomura likes picking extremely exotic names having to do with the sky. How he came up with that concept, I have no idea.

How the mind of Tetsuya Nomura works will forever be a mystery to all

[theundeadhero]

kooladria would be awesome.

[SuperMillionaire]

And sweet things as well, now that there is Eclair and Vanille.

Yes, sweet treats too, like bakery pastries and frozen desserts...

Well, Tetsuya Nomura likes picking extremely exotic names having to do with the sky. How he came up with that concept, I have no idea.

How the mind of Tetsuya Nomura works will forever be a mystery to all

I know, he's a very... interesting game developer, to say the least...

[SuperMillionaire]

Hey guys, I just found out that in the Western localization, her real name was modified into "Claire," which, to me, makes more sense than "Eclair," although I still find the name interesting.

[Citizen Bleys]

Eclair?

Win.

[q=Rye]Whenever I name a character something like that Del, I feel insanely guilty and erase file almost immediately.[/q]

Conversely, on my favorite Suikoden V playthrough, Prince Assface led the Bad Mothersmurfer Army.

[Loony BoB]

I thought the name was revealed to be (SPOILER)Claire in the game... I mean, when the person who said it said it, she certainly reacted as though it was accurate.

EDIT: And a quick check confirms what I thought. Sure, the Japanese translation is basically Eclair, but not the English translation.

[SuperMillionaire]

Her real name in the Japanese version is Eclair, but was changed to "Claire" in the Western versions, and I had a feeling they would do that.

I think her real name should have been "Claire," but it's alright. Maybe she'll own a bake shop someday and sell eclairs... LOL