Meaningful Name/Video Games: Difference between revisions

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In video games, when a name is given to a character, it quite often holds a [[Meaningful Name|special meaning]].

 

 

* The first campaign mission of the Military Sim ''[[Arm A]] 2'', you and your squad are ordered to mark an enemy communication centre in the remote coast town of Pusta, Chernarus for aerial bombardment. In the process, you will find that the rebels who occupied the town, {{spoiler|massacred most of the townsfolk, and [[Nightmare Fuel|ditched them in mass graves on the outskirts.]] }} Now, for everyone who speaks [[Bilingual Bonus|Russian]], the town's name foreshadows this unfortunate turn of events. As ''Pusta'' means "{{spoiler|[[Ghost Town|empty]] }}" in Russian.

* From ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'':

{{quote|'''Zidane:''' No cloud, no squall shall hinder us!}}

** In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'', the fal'cie Orphan's name is possibly a reference to the Ophan, a high-ranking class of angel who were described as fiery wheels with many eyes lining their rims. Orphan's design is certainly wheel-like, with those many faces on his rims possibly representing the eyes. Also, during {{spoiler|the final battle with Orphan, he will take on an a very angel-like form when he is staggered.}}

** The name of the series itself was a reference to the fact that the very first game in the series was created by Squaresoft as a last ditch effort to save Squaresoft from becoming bankrupt.

*** [[Jossed]] by [[Word of God]]. "Final Fantasy" is an [[Alliterative Name]], not a [[Meaningful Name]].

* The ''[[Death Jr.]]'' games follow the misadventures of the Grim Reaper's son (nicknamed DJ) and his friends. His best friend Pandora is good at opening locks and has never seen a box she didn't want to open, Seep is a limbless body in a liquid filled tank on wheels, Stigmartha has a hole in each of her hands that bleed when she's nervous, Smith and Weston are conjoined twins who handle DJ's weapon upgrades, and finally there's [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Dead Guppy]].

* ''[[Dark Souls]]'' has Firelink Shrine. This name sounds like standard flowery naming until the end of the game where you realize it is named after {{spoiler|the process of sacrificing one's self to fuel the First Flame.}}