No one is flaming you. They're just telling it like it is
No one is flaming you. They're just telling it like it is
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Ted Woosley worshippers? Really, that was uncalled for.
No one is flaming you. We're merely telling you that there was no change in character role. Of course the script has differences. It's no word for word verbaitim, but it didnt cut down Locke's role in order to put Terra higher. Terra has always been the main 'catalyst' for the story, if not the main character (again, I understand the importance of all the characters and so on. Terra is the catalyst for the beginning, you know what I mean).
No, we don't speak Japanese. But we learn things from people who do. From translators. There are lots of things we've learned that were excluded in American versions. The Developer's Room of IV, for example, was known about by American gamers even before the re-releases that included it. Translators work on the Ultimania guides for us to tell us secrets about the games. If Locke was the shining hero main character and then switched out for Terra, we'd see evidence of it even in the translation, and if we didnt, we'd have the good ole internet and fan translators to help us.
Again, we arent flaming you. Apologies if it came of that way.
Well, Tina's lietmotif is the World Map Theme, she's on the logo, and you begin the game with her...I think she's the main main character. But to each their own...
The original SNES logo had Mog. I guess he's up for grabs as the main character as well.
As far as fan translation versions, they aren't a reliable source for anything storywise if it was changed from the original. That's just what the translator wanted it to say. Sky Renderer's version is different than the original Japanese version.
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The SNES logo was thrown on there for the North American release. Look at the actual logo. It's Terra.
EDIT: See?
Last edited by Roto13; 03-05-2006 at 11:31 PM.
By original I meant American original
Last edited by theundeadhero; 03-06-2006 at 04:10 AM.
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But that's not really the original. It's a substitute.
Originally Posted by Michael Belmont
I have. I am still in the process right now.
If you are talking about Sky Render's fantranslation, I'll tell you I have found a lot of debatable translation choices and even some mistakes that just can't be called anything else in his script.
However, I am not flaming you. Actually, you're right when you say there was no major change in roles or in character importance from the Japanese version to the US one.
A lot of attention is undeniably drawn on Terra. You start off the game with her, a great part of the storyline deals either with her (SPOILER) her father's race, the Espers, she is the character who is featured in most Amano's artworks, other than character designs, I mean, and so on.
Yet you can choose to almost completely neglect her in the second half of the game. You start in the World of Ruin with Celes and she is the only compulsory female character from that point in the game on.
This makes the question if Terra can be called the lead character debatable. Probably the answer is yes but only to some extent.
So basically what you say is correct. There is no real leading character in Final Fantasy VI. And this is one of those things that make it really extraordinary.
Like I said, Terra is the flagship character of Final Fantasy VI. Most people immediately think of her when VI is mentioned, plus she features on alot of the artwork. She may not be the MAIN character, but she is the flagship character. It's as simple as that
Why not? shes as good a charachter as the othersWhy Terra?
and I dont think there is a main characther as has been stated before.
If I am not mistaken, the main char. is frequently featured in the logo. Well...char or villain. It has been that way for 1 (it was a fighter...), 2, 3 (upcoming..), 4 (i think...), 8, 10, 10-2, and a bajillion chars were in 11. Terra in her Majitek Armor is the logo for VI....enough said.
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Ummm, Kain is on the logo for FFIV, and Cecil is DEFINITELY the main character of FFIV.
As well, Meteor is on the logo of FF7, and I understand that Cloud is the main in that game.
The logo doesn't mean that you're seeing the main char. Terra was no more the main than Celes, Locke, Sabin, Edgar... or a few others.
The logo for FFI didn't have a character for the NES. It was a sword, axe, crystal, and a castle. FFV was a Dragon. IX didn't have any characters. FFII had the emperor.
Last edited by theundeadhero; 03-07-2006 at 01:25 PM.
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I would say Celes is more of a second lead than is Locke. That's why she starts the WoR.
there isnt a real main character which the game is all about because most characters have equal roles. i consider terra to be the character who you start off with instead of calling her the main character. i suppose celes is probly the main character because she is clearly a main part of the first part of the game and is one of the few people who are neccesary to complete the game and id say that edgar and setzer are less important than celes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
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