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[Vincent Grayson]

FFXIV the thread. Seriously, look at this list of names (grabbing random ones that stand out):

Alphaniaud
Eynzahr Slafyrsyn
Merlwyb
Byrglaent
Durim Falurim
Dyrstweitz
Ealdgyth
F'lhaminn
Fyrilsunn
H'loonh
J'brohka
K'lyhia

I could go on, but you get the point. I swear it's like they just used a random name generator and took anything they could kind of pronounce.

 

[Crayolan]

All the trainer names in Pokemon Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness are basically just random assortments of letters with random vowels in between them and the boss names are sometimes even weirder.

Some examples:
Browsix
Blusix
Yellosix
Purpsix
Greesix
Es Cade
Snattle
Dakim
Nascour

And here's something I found with a bunch of hilarious random trainer names from XD.


I think my favorite is "Kuxor."

 

[Poodlestrike]

Melinda Megamelons from Way of the Samurai 4

The ambassador she is protecting is also a little girl named Laura Lita (lolita)

WOW that's awful.

 

[Golnei]

WOW that's awful.

This might be the most cringeworthy name yet.

To be fair, her original last name (Decameron) was at least a tiny bit more subtle; even if it was essentially the same pun.

 

[Scipio]

The new trend in sci-fi/fantasy worldbuilding is to be as vague and general as possible, then, when your fanbase fills in the gaps with theories and idea, you appropriate one of them and claim it was your "vision" all along.

It's crowdsourced fiction.

Not really new, Tolkien did it, but it has become a really irritating trope to just take a normal word and put 'the' in front of it.

 

[Soriku]

All the trainer names in Pokemon Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness are basically just random assortments of letters with random vowels in between them and the boss names are sometimes even weirder.

Some examples:
Browsix
Blusix
Yellosix
Purpsix
Greesix
Es Cade
Snattle
Dakim
Nascour

And here's something I found with a bunch of hilarious random trainer names from XD.


I think my favorite is "Kuxor."

Nascour is kinda cool.

 

[Akuun]

Butz from Final Fantasy 5.

Max Danger from the Game Boy Color Perfect Dark game.

 

[Boss Doggie]

He's the polar opposite of KOS-MOS, whose named is spelled in all capitals. So his name is spelled with a lowercase.

His name probably has something to do with his role in the game's universe. He's not even human anyway.

Isn't he

Spoiler

God

?

 

[Rlan]

Big The Cat.

 

[Garlador]

Final Fantasy names can be truly silly.

I think Yuj, Nooj, and Yaag are my personal picks.

Are they names or the description of the gunk in your nose when you have a sinus infection? YOU decide.

 

[Random17]

Halo 4: Promethean Battlewagon. Dangerous enemy but with that name it's hard to take it seriously. Head canon says its the next upgrade from the Battlewagon unit in Age of Empires.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Anything that Square-enix ever comes up with.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Hot Coldman should've made this thread

 

[Grimpadlock]

Shujinko from Mortal Kombat Deception is pretty funny considering it's the equivalent of a Japanese game naming the hero "protagonist".

 

[Boss Doggie]

Filthy Acts at a Reasonable Price

hahahahahaha

 

[Soriku]

Isn't he

Spoiler

God

?

No. Edit: Well sort of but not really. I'm guessing you haven't read the Perfect Guide.

Spoiler

God is kind of a loose concept in Xenosaga. His role is to be a failsafe for the universe. In the instance where the universe starts to collapse, he would destroy the Lower Domain (where the game takes place) so its collapse doesn't also cause the Upper Domain (where U-DO resides) and its lower domains to be destroyed as well.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Yeah I haven't. Never realized he's a bit more complicated.

 

[PSqueak]

Bob-Omb.
Not Bomb, Bob.
Everybody I know always calls them Bomb-Omb because that is much more natural, but nooo better call them all Bob.

It's not hard, because you're supposed to pronounce it like you're panicking about the fact that there is a bomb in room, like "buh-b...Bo-bomb!!"

 

[nikos]

Master Chief, which doubles as the worst name in gaming.

 

[SilentRob]

Master Chief, which doubles as the worst name in gaming.

That's not a name, that's a (very real) military rank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_chief_petty_officer

 

[Strangelove77]

Another vote for Hot Coldman.

 

[TI82]

 

[nikos]

That's not a name, that's a (very real) military rank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_chief_petty_officer

Welp. :|

 

[Dreadx_Jecht]

Funguy, Chrono Cross.

Brilliant

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

FFXIV the thread. Seriously, look at this list of names (grabbing random ones that stand out):

Alphaniaud
Eynzahr Slafyrsyn
Merlwyb
Byrglaent
Durim Falurim
Dyrstweitz
Ealdgyth
F'lhaminn
Fyrilsunn
H'loonh
J'brohka
K'lyhia

I could go on, but you get the point. I swear it's like they just used a random name generator and took anything they could kind of pronounce.

FFXI and FFXIV have the most ass-sounding names in the entire series. I once made fun that those games were the only ones were you'd find characters named like someone just started typing random letter keys on the keyboard. Like someone went, "Yeah, hmmm.... Walkduosdn Uslkjdlapo can by one name! Pmase Mrwasdls is another!!!". Even with the annoying Latin thing, FFXV's names aren't as bad. And oddly enough, for how much I hate FFXIII, the names sound like names that would be in FF games.

FF series has had some strange names. I mean, names like Setzer Gabbiani, Zeza Matias Surgate, Kelger Vlondett, Kiros Seagill, Seifer Almasy and such. Not normal, mind you, but not as bad as some of the FFXI and FFXIV names. The more stranger FF names are bizarre in an interesting way. That's how to do the "strange name" thing right.

 

[montopolis]

Cornelius Doomguy

 

[GreenTornadoX]

It's not hard, because you're supposed to pronounce it like you're panicking about the fact that there is a bomb in room, like "buh-b...Bo-bomb!!"

 

[tintin1029]

ButtStallion

 

[batrush]

Melinda Megamelons from Way of the Samurai 4

The ambassador she is protecting is also a little girl named Laura Lita (lolita)

Easy winner

 

[Dunan]

Philbright Westriverside Warehouserock XXVI from Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars

The Japanese surnames Nishikawabata (西川&#31471 and Kuraishi (倉&#30707 translate directly to "west river side" and "warehouse rock", so I'm guessing that whoever named her was inserting a reference to some real people. I know a guy named Higashiōhama 東大浜 who translates his name and one-word-izes it into "Eastlargebeach" on social media.

 

[Omega]

Basically anyone that has ever appeared in Metal Gear/Metal Gear Solid/Metal Gear Rising

 

[Beyonce Beytwice]

"Cofagrigus". A hideous chimera of the words sarcophagus, coffin and egregious. So overwrought. Ever heard of the K.I.S.S. principle, Nintendo?

 

[Sponge]

Gruntilda Winkybunyun.

 

[BeeDog]

Has anyone mentioned Bolo Santosi?

Bolo Santosi.

 

[Boss Doggie]

"Cofagrigus". A hideous chimera of the words sarcophagus, coffin and egregious. So overwrought. Ever heard of the K.I.S.S. principle, Nintendo?

TPCI not Nintendo

 

[Beyonce Beytwice]

TPCI not Nintendo

no1curr

 

[Shig]

Has anyone mentioned Bolo Santosi?

Bolo Santosi.

Bolo Santosi is an awesome name. It's the accent that's silly.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Hot Coldman should've made this thread

It's literally the first reply!

 

[Cymbal Head]

Immovable Gonzalez

What happens when an Immovable Gonzalez meets a irresistibly Speedy Gonzalez?

Kin Corn Karn

Needs more appreciation in this thread.

 

[ZerOmegaG]

Don't forget:
- Riesbyfe Stridberg

Was gonna post that one, good old Roastbeef.

Oh Japan and their weird obsession with making up vaguely European sounding names.

 

[L Thammy]

From the Rance series, Ragnarokark Super Gandhi. And his daughter, Magic the Gandhi.

Monster Hunter give us the Darkness Darkblade. Come on.

 

[Jpope]

This is "the silliest names in games", not the "most amazing names in games"

Usually the best things in life are silly.

 

[Boss Doggie]

So... why is s/he called Birdo?

Catherine is a bit better, but why Birdo?

no1curr

And thus ignorance and mistake spreads.

 

[gabagool]

Sometimes you have to step back and remember how good the name Travis Touchdown is.

And Garcia Hotspur and Mondo Zappa.

 

[doctor_zzim]

The thread specifically asks for names and you give us an image without any kind of explanation? what the fuck is wrong with you?

It's for dramatic effect

 

[Tizoc]

And Garcia Hotspur and Mondo Zappa.

That's Garcia Fucking Hotspur to you sir~

 

[petran79]

There was no other character like Shitman...

 

[Cleve]

There was no other character like Shitman...

He was the hero of my highschool days.

 

[StarEye]

M̶a̶n̶c̶o̶m̶b̶ ̶S̶e̶e̶p̶g̶o̶o̶d̶ Guybrush Threepwood.

THRIFTWEED!!!

And the best thing about his first name, is that it stems from Deluxe Paint. When they first drew him, they didn't have a name for him, so they just called him Guy. And it was saved as a brush, which is a tool in DP. So Guybrush was born.

 

[Mister Megative]

A few names that come to mind....

Gabriel Fucking Hotspur
Wakka
Lulu
Liz and Ard
Centaur Man (Half man, half centaur, and of course a centaur is half man, half oh my god, I've gone cross-eyed).
Snow
Squall