Spell My Name with an "S"/Video Games: Difference between revisions

*** Ultimecia is translated in some other countries as Artemisia.

** The ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' character known as "Sabin" in the English version is called "Mash"<ref>マッシュ, ''Masshu''</ref> in the Japanese version. Some fans have insisted that Mash is a mistranslation of "Matthew", but this is incorrect since transliterating "Matthew" to Japanese ends up as ''Mashū''<ref>マシュウ</ref>. The point is moot, since "Mash" is actually his ''nickname'' in Japan, his real name being Macias<ref>マシアス, ''Mashiasu''</ref>.

** For extra confusion, in the German translation he's called Ultros.

** Another name issue in FFVI is the Atma / Ultima weapon. While Ultima makes sense for all the future games and is therefore now the standard, Atma actually still works because it refers to the soul in Hindi. Therefore, a boss that has its lifeforce entirely in magic would make sense being a soul weapon. However, Atma Weapon was obviously only chosen for space considerations, and only appeared in the SNES version of FFVI where "Ultima Weapon" wouldn't fit. "Atma" doesn't even match the katakana for "Ultima". It's even lampooned in ''[[Final Fantasy X 2]]'', where the bestiary entry for Ultima Weapon chides the player, "Whatever you do, don't call it Atma."

* ''Bubble Symphony'' aka ''[[Bubble Bobble]] [[Non-Linear Sequel|II]]'': Its [[All There in the Manual|flyer]] stated the name for the orange female bubble dragon as [http://bubblebobblehq.110mb.com/bubblebobble/arcade/bs_jpn_flyer_back.jpg "Cururun"]. The game itself says it's [http://www.vazcomics.org/mamend/png/bubl0059.png "Kululun"]. Chalk one up to C/K and R/L confusion.

** There's a reason to avoid trusting the flyer anyway.

* Nobody can seem to decide whether the Amazon princess of ''[[World of Mana|Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' is supposed to be called "Lise", "Riese", or "Riesz".

* Gray Fox from the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series has had his real name<ref>フランク・イェーガー, ''Furanku Yēgā''</ref> translated as "Frank Jaeger" or "Yeager", depending on the game. Incidentally, Yeager is an Americanized form of the German surname Jaeger. His codename also varies between "Gray Fox" and "Grey Fox".

* In ''Tsukihime'', レン has had issues with her name. Until the release of ''Melty Blood'', she had no official romanization. But ''Melty Blood'' gives Len as her official romanization. There was a dispute about this, fans insisting that her actual name is spelled Ren, citing that Type-Moon sometimes "messes up". But considering that it's been Len throughout the series...

* Lots of these in the ''[[Ys]]'' games: Rea/Lea/Lair, Luta/Luther, Dark Fact/Dulk Fukt, Duless/Dalles, Varestain/Valestine/Ballacetine, etc. Doesn't help that many of the games [[No Export for You|weren't officially translated]]. And others had their [[Dub Name Change|names completely changed]]. Not to mention that the first U.S. release on the [[Sega Master System]] spelled the title ''Y's''.

** Which is a good thing, considering "unbirthing" is apparently a vore fetish.

*** Its actually a translation issue as the Japanese language didn't have an equivalent romanji for the letter "v" and used "b" instead