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BUT I STILL HATE RON DELITE
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I actually felt that "Luke Atmey" was too obvious and over-the-top, but once I met him in the game it fit perfectly.
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As for Luke Atemy, I love that name. It rolls off the tongue nicely.
I actually prefer the name use in AA3 as oppose to AA1. I mean, Will Powers and Jack Hammer doesn't seem to have any relations to the characters like Jean Armstrong or Furio Tigre.
I somewhat think that Capcom should have used the name "Adam Mada" for "Glen Elg" rather than using it for the guy at the ending credits? Glen Elg looks asian and with the name Adam Mada it seems fitting.
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The only name I didn't like was Ron DeLite.
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Doug Swallow is the worse one. Who the hell would name there kid Doug? And Swallow sounds better with an s on the end.
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The only name I didn't like was Ron DeLite.
I agree. Not to sound like a prick and sorry if I offended anyone, but I think most fandon-made names are awful. Just that the difference between fanmade names and official names is that the former seems to try harder in making the name have some kind of reference or pun, which may please a small amount of ppl. I mean, I would imagine a fan naming Jake Marshal as Clint Eastword or Furio Tigre as Evel Fenix.
Oh yeah, I thought Larry Butz was kinda bad. At least his first name isn't Seymore.
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It's very much a case one spoiler, since
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And you can't say "DeLite" in a way that isn't silly. As a fic writer, how do you use that in a serious manner? "Mr. DeLite?" STILL SOUNDS LIKE A PORN NAME. With most PW names that are silly, at least you can take the given or the surname by itself and it sounds okay (like I don't think I'll ever refer to him as "Furio" but "Tigre" is okay). But RON and DELITE are both bad.
They should have given him a cuter name. Like... Tim! Or Justin, or even Andy. But RON? ;_;
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I didn't think any of the names (other than the DeLites) were that bad though. I'm surprised how many people are still attached to the fan names for Kaminogi. I was really relieved that it wasn't Javado or something equally cheesy. I really liked Diego Armando for him actually, it isn't pun filled, but...
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Furio Tigre's character didn't translate particularly well. I still find myself calling him Zenitora even though I never played the Japanese version. The stereotypical image of the Brooklyn mafioso is one that's sharp-dressed and outspoken. Versus Furio's attire which reminds me more of the black guys at anime conventions that wear silk DBZ shirts. His speech doesn't seem to match up well with his character design. I guess there's not much more they could've done to localize him, though, keeping the yazuka theme would probably be out of the question for the American/European audience.
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will always be Ayame to me. Iris sounds nice, but it... it just doesn't do it for me.Same with
, Once you read the origin of her name, calling Dahlia instead of Chinami just doesn't have the same effect. (at least not to me)
I never liked the sound of "Dolores Willow"And
should've stayed "Zenitora". Its not THAT intimidating, but my god, it sounds cool!BTW, sorry Croik, but I must say that I like Ron's name, and his character. I find him the most interesting, next to Ayame.
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I am happy they went with a name translation as oppose to makin a pun name that probably sounds similar to Dahlia.
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A direct translation wouldn't give an American audience the same effect that it did on the original Japanese audience. They see relatively normal names with interesting puns, where we see exotic Japanese words that are more or less meaningless. True faithfulness comes from evoking the same feelings from the player, not just by maintaining the original names.
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I agree with Whodi. Even though, I prefer dubs to be as much faithful as the original languge, I also want them to retain the puns. I now realize why I didn't like the puns in Ace Attorney, but like TAT. Jack Hammer, Will Hammers, and most of the other puns do not relate to the characters while names like Luke Atmey is a great pun, seein how he is a detective, wants attention, and uses that magnifying glass often. Luke Atmey seems like a great translation to "I want love." I mean, true, that can try to keep with the japanese translated name with "Ivan Love."
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Oh don't get me wrong, I LOVE his character. He's one of my favorites! I just can't stand the name he ended up with. Yuusaku Amasugi is just so much better.
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I think they were close to the Japanese names in terms of meaning this time around. In the first game, they seemed to do that less, but now they seem to be really good at keeping the meaning.
at least, I was surprised and ecstatic when they kept the palindromes in Lisa and Glen, though Elg is a really weird last name. xD
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I'm not particularly fond of Tigre's name. There are many in this game that have names that are either Italian, Spanish or French, and they have their reasons to have one. Jean is a French chef, Bruto belongs to the mafia (Or does he? *memory fails*) DeLite's were chosen to go with MaskDeMasque and Diego looks like Latin person.
But I don't understand why they chose an Italian name for Tigre. I see nothing in him that seems Italianish, quite the contrary.
An American name would be more fitting, IMO.
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By the way, can somebody explain me the pun in Larry Butz?
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Actually, I was initially upset at Ron's name when I first learned it, because it reminded me of Harry Potter (let's just say I'm not crazy for HP).
However, over time I got accustomed to associating the name "Ron" with the cute PW character, and now I like his name. I even refer to him as "Ronnie" sometimes, just to add to the cuteness.
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There's no real pun there; "Butz" is just an embarrassing last name, and "Larry" is just an informal, sleazy-sounding first name. It also lets characters incorrectly call him "Harry/Hairy Butz/Butts," which is a more obvious pun.
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There's no real pun there; "Butz" is just an embarrassing last name, and "Larry" is just an informal, sleazy-sounding first name. It also lets characters incorrectly call him "Harry/Hairy Butz/Butts," which is a more obvious pun.
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Anyway, Butz is used for that phrase he is known for. "If something smells, it is usually the Butz."
I wonder if a similar phrased is used in the original japanese version.
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Actually, I was initially upset at Ron's name when I first learned it, because it reminded me of Harry Potter (let's just say I'm not crazy for HP).
However, over time I got accustomed to associating the name "Ron" with the cute PW character, and now I like his name. I even refer to him as "Ronnie" sometimes, just to add to the cuteness.
I thought of Ron Stoppable from Kim Possible
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The first pw names were random, especially in case 3. The one pun name I like the most in case 3 is Wendy Old Bag. Not only it is close to the japanese one, it describes the character to a "T." I mean she is old and her sentences are long winded.
As you mentioned eariler, Cody Hackins is quite random. It is logical to use the name if he is a computer hacker, but the only "hackin" the kid ever did was physically getting into the studio.
Sal Manella is also a bit random, though I think his name is chosen because of how hideous his face is.
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I wonder if a similar phrased is used in the original japanese version.
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Sal Manella seemed a bit odd at first, but I think it fits with how disgusting he is. So yeah, it's not too bad, I think, whereas the other case 3 names are just ew.
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Bolded the name. Unelss that was done on purpose, I assume you meant Luke, or Atmey for that part.
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