It's Aeris . . . I don't care what the Credits said

[Orophin]

[QUOTE=Ryushikaze;1902890]

If we're

Not only that, but FF7 itself has her name listed as Aerith in several thousand (or so) american copies. So now not only do we have The game in Japanese version, the creator, the sequel, the spin offs, the company, and all other official materials to bring against your one badly translated game, we have that selfsame game as well.

It's like we're arguing Neitzche.

It remind me of Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior, some peoples say Dragon Warrior VIII and not Dragon Quest VIII because the 7 firsts were named Dragon Warrior in America... The real name is Dragon Quest but they can't accept it and they say that Dragon Warrior is the real name because it was out as Dragon Warrior (on the Nes) in America. They think that America > Everything else... If the english translation says that, it's that! lol, I think I said enough.

[PhoenixAsh]

If we're gonna talk official, how is it actually pronounced in Japanese? It can't be Aerith.

Course it can. Or at least close to, like Sephiroth.

How? Do they pronounce it Aerit? Or Aeris? I'm not argueing, I genuinely don't know, I just don't really see how it could be closer to Aerith than Aeris.

In all this time I still haven't worked out where she actually IS called Aerith apart from outside of the game itself.

You mean 'Aeris' in the above, right?

Actually no, I'm English, and thus have only seen Aeris as the name used for her in games. I have absolutely no idea which regions named her Aerith in the game itself. I presumed given the amount of debating that it was she was known as Aeris in at least some places other than than England.

[Orophin]

I presumed given the amount of debating that it was she was known as Aeris in at least some places other than than England.

Yeah, America, and I think that's all.

[Ryushikaze]

If we're gonna talk official, how is it actually pronounced in Japanese? It can't be Aerith.

Course it can. Or at least close to, like Sephiroth.

How? Do they pronounce it Aerit? Or Aeris? I'm not argueing, I genuinely don't know, I just don't really see how it could be closer to Aerith than Aeris.

Well, at this point you're making the mistake of following the katakana, which are just syllabized versions of foreign words under most circumstances. For example, to follow the kana for computer, you get co n pi yu - ta, or conpyuta, though the japanese are perfectly capable of saying computer. Another good example would be the Physalis from Gundam 0083. You cannot literally get 'physalis' in japanese kana, but you can come close, and it is understood that the proper name is Physalis. Same with Aerith, though it's made worse by the problem that japanese does not have a kana specifically for 'th' and uses the 'su' instead.

Actually no, I'm English, and thus have only seen Aeris as the name used for her in games. I have absolutely no idea which regions named her Aerith in the game itself. I presumed given the amount of debating that it was she was known as Aeris in at least some places other than than England.

She was known as Aerith in the original game, numerous english copies of the game, FF7:AC, FF7:BC, KH, KH2, The UG, the UOG, The prologue book, the Reunion Files, etc. etc. etc.
Meanwhile, she was only called Aeris in translated versions which were wrought with other errors.

[PhoenixAsh]

So Japanese speakers can pronounce Aerith then? I figured it was just a sound that they didn't use, like a lot of Spanish sounds which just don't appear in English. Is her name supposed to sound foreign in Japan?

[*~Angel Wing~*]

Aeris is more pleasing aurally. Aerith looks prettier, but she's gone down in videogame history as aeris. Leave good enough alone.

Hear hear!

[The Infinite Telomerase]

Really, you can call her whatever you like; you'll just be horribly, horribly wrong if you don't consider Aerith to be her official, canon name.

[Zeromus_X]

So Japanese speakers can pronounce Aerith then? I figured it was just a sound that they didn't use, like a lot of Spanish sounds which just don't appear in English. Is her name supposed to sound foreign in Japan?

Well, alot of RPG characters have distinct western names, so I guess you could say that about a multitude of RPG characters.

[~SapphireStar~]

Really, you can call her whatever you like; you'll just be horribly, horribly wrong if you don't consider Aerith to be her official, canon name.

Havent you just gone back on what youve said? You say we can call her whatever we like, yet we are wrong if we dont refer to her as Aerith.

[The Infinite Telomerase]

Havent you just gone back on what youve said?

Nope

[~SapphireStar~]

But you have though. You say we can call her what we want, yet you see us as being horribly wrong if we dont consider Aerith to be her offical name.

[The Infinite Telomerase]

Claiming something to be correct and actually being right about it doesn't have to be mutually inclusive.

[Ryushikaze]

But you have though. You say we can call her what we want, yet you see us as being horribly wrong if we dont consider Aerith to be her offical name.

Let's say this differently. You can plug your AV cords in in any order, but if you don't put them in the right way, you AV system will not work.

[G3ORGE]

ANyone know when KH 2 is out in the UK?

Soz about doble posting but has anyone thought she could of got a name change?

Next time please edit your post instead of adding to it.

~Void

[~SapphireStar~]

what do you mean? Its the translations.