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[Porcupine]

Every "true name" in Tales of Zestiria.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I refer you to my earlier post:

I'm pretty sure nicknames are still names.

 

[SomTervo]

Starkiller from The Force Unleashed.

Starkiller is nowhere near as bad as some of the ones on this list. It just follows the SW trend behind names like Skywalker.

Some people clearly don't know that Luke Skywalker was originally penned as Luke Starkiller. It's a reference.

Also in TFU is name isn't Starkiller. That's a code name.

 

[Markitron]

I'm pretty sure nicknames are still names.

But it's not a nickname.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

But it's not a nickname.

I'm pretty sure codenames are still names.

 

[Arttemis]

4&5) C'mon, Master Chief and Cloud Strife too...

Dude... that's his rank.

 

[Markitron]

I'm pretty sure codenames are still names.

If you don't see a difference between a codename and a name there is no point in us having this discussion really.

 

[MrHoot]

Ragna the Bloodedge

It's just perfect

 

[Dunan]

2) Wakka from Final Fantasy X

Wakka means 'water' in Ainu (as in the northernmost city in Japan, Wakkanai, which means a river of pure water). It is perfect for him, though I admit that the Ainu live in a much colder place than Wakka's Besaid. (His weapon requires the Mercury Crest, and Mercury is the 'water planet' in Japanese.)

All the characters in persona 3&4

The Persona characters all have names that are so normal and commonplace that anyone living in Japan probably has acquaintances with most of their given names and a good portion of their surnames too. Just off the top of my head, I know more than one of Daisuke, Kou, Yukiko, Chie, Ai, Ken, Yukari, and a few others. I have a friend with a baby daughter named Fuuka, even. They really are that common.

Noctis, Tidus, Roxas...

Tidus (well, Tiida) means 'the sun' in Okinawan. So you can guess that the Sub Crest is associated with him.

I like these names in languages that most players are not likely to know, and can easily forgive how they might sound a little weird. I think the educational/trivia benefit outweighs that.

 

[CadetMahoney]

Starkiller is, like, a name a pre-teen star wars fan would make up.

Ragna the Bloodedge.

It's just perfect

you mean good?

 

[MrHoot]

you mean good?

I mean perfect

:^)

 

[SomTervo]

Starkiller is, like, a name a pre-teen star wars fan would make up.

Oh, you mean George Lucas?

 

[BPoole]

Miles Kilo from Syndicate

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Deepthroat mgs1. Maybe this name has some other meaning in Japanese but its hard to take someone seriously with a name like that.

Have you already been corrected on this?

If not, Deepthroat is the infamous name of the anonymous contact that leaked information to the media about Richard Nixon and Watergate.

It's basically the most famous codename of all time. That's the joke. A "Deepthroat" is an anonymous informant.

Starkiller is, like, a name a pre-teen star wars fan would make up.

Or George Lucas. Who, to be fair, is about as talented of a writer as a preteen Star Wars fan.

 

[zackmorris]

Deepthroat mgs1. Maybe this name has some other meaning in Japanese but its hard to take someone seriously with a name like that.

Ummm you know that has a different meaning in America right? Deep throat is a name for an unknown informant. It was originally one guy, but since then it's just become a term to describe unidentified informants.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Dick means detective

Gumshoe means detective

It's an utterly fantastic name OP you fucked up.

 

[Linkyn]

In before Mario Mario...

But seriously Princess Toadstool...
Peach is way better cause is it really Toadstool or Toad's tool or Toad stool...

It's Toadstool. That's why she rules over the Mushroom Kingdom

 

[Gojeran]

Basically every NPC in FFXIV.

 

[Sephzilla]

Oh, you mean George Lucas?

Lets not pretend George Lucas's writing ability is any better at this point

 

[thelurkinghorror]

Dick means detective

Gumshoe means detective

It's an utterly fantastic name OP you fucked up.

So is Mr.Detective Detective?

 

[10k]

Anything named by Tetsuya Nomura
Final fantasy anything
Jrpg characters.

 

[MrBadger]

The franchise that gave us Deid Mann and Carmine Accidenti and you say Gumshoe has the dumbest name? Huh.

Lets not pretend George Lucas's writing ability is any better at this point

What, you mean Darth Icky isn't a brilliant name?

 

[Magnet_Man]

1) Dick Gumshoe from Phoenix Wright

How dare you.

There's a guy named Egg Benedict in Dai Gyakuten Saiban. Amazing.

 

[akidnamededdy]

Deepthroat mgs1. Maybe this name has some other meaning in Japanese but its hard to take someone seriously with a name like that.

Christ in heaven, the kids these days.

My vote goes to Dingo Egret, like it does every one we do this thread.

 

[SomTervo]

Lets not pretend George Lucas's writing ability is any better at this point

That's what I meant

 

[depths20XX]

Every time I see the name "Shulk" I just think, "What the fuck is a Shulk?".

 

[Paltheos]

Came into this topic to see "Edge Maverick". It wasn't the first post, but it was mentioned multiple times on the first page, so good enough.

 

[Hypron]

They are codenames, like Flattulent Sperm Whale or Twitchy Centipede. I don't know if those two codenames actually exist, but, hey. There's also Naked Snake, Venom Snake, Punished Snake, etc. It's always Adjective + Animal.

I'll grant you that Solidus Snake is pretty stupid, though.

I don't know, it's a line between solid and liquid on a phase diagram. It makes sense.

 

[MrBadger]

How dare you.

There's a guy named Egg Benedict in Dai Gyakuten Saiban. Amazing.

I wonder if he'll be called that in the english version that's never going to happen

 

[Nottle]

So is Mr.Detective Detective?

That's DETECTIVE Detective Detective to you pal!

 

[LaserHawk]

Every main character in Final fantasy except Zidane.

Definitely.

"Cloud Strife"? "Squall Leonhart"? It's almost a prerequisite that Final Fantasy character names were stolen from an emo kid's poetry notebook. Thank goodness we've been able to rename them most of the time.

 

[Pizza]

I'd like to throw in the names of everysingle Org. XIII member from the Kingdom Hearts games. Yeah I get it, they're all jumbled up names with X added, but to me they just look like a whole group of people with gibberish for names.

Axel got it bad when (kh3d spoilers)

Spoiler

he's a resurrected as a guy again or whatever. Fucking Lea the keyblade master

Yeah, we know. The problem is that many countries don't have that rank in their military, so we don't have that instinctive recognition of what the title really means. A lot of non-US gamers will just take the two words at face value and hear something that might as well be "Boss Leader".

Honestly taking the context out of master chief's name is pretty damn cool. I'd love to be John aka Boss Leader savior of the human race.


In fact, Boss Leader is a fucking cool name

 

[sulik]

Rim rebel.

Verge dissident.

 

[Alszem]

All names in French (Vanille, Croix, Cloche, etc) since, you know, they are never pronounced correctly.

Ah the Japanese with their French obsession...

Edit - Dr. Eggman. It's Robotnik damnit.

 

[Mexen]

Not a character but because I'm not Japanese, I always thought this was silly - La li lu le LOL.

 

[Nimby]

I know people have listed GG names but Chipp Zanuff takes the cake.

 

[Shmuppers]

What I love Dick Gumshoe

 

[thelurkinghorror]

That's DETECTIVE Detective Detective to you pal!

 

[g11]

Every time I see the name "Shulk" I just think, "What the fuck is a Shulk?".

is always what my mind sees when I see "Shulk".

 

[Selane]

Peace Walker had Pacifica Ocean AND Hot Coldman, that's pretty bad.

Honorable mention goes to Edge Maverick. But still....Hot Coldman. There are no words.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

is always what my mind sees when I see "Shulk".

Me too.

 

[higemaru]

L'Arc Bright Lagoon from Arc Rise Fantasia.

 

[Sanctuary]

Cloud Strife
Edge (Geraldine)
Yuffie

 

[Iva Demilcol]

Tidus (well, Tiida) means 'the sun' in Okinawan. So you can guess that the Sub Crest is associated with him.

I like these names in languages that most players are not likely to know, and can easily forgive how they might sound a little weird. I think the educational/trivia benefit outweighs that.

Noctis is a Latin word as well but it still sounds pretty stupid for a character's name.

 

[ffdgh]

N

Spoiler

atural Harmonia Gropius

 

[Asharakk]

The name Kor Meteor in Tales of Hearts R always bugged me....

 

[Qasiel]

Tingle

Terrible name for a terrible character.

 

[nkarafo]

Doom Guy

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