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I thought the English names were well done to be honest. While none of them seem have the same meaning as the original Japanese names, I do think they are good. Doesn't anyone agree?
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As for the Gavinners, if they left it a 'Gavin Wave' it would have been perfectly fine.
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Others than that, I find them lovely. Even Trucy, which I love the most while others hate it. :/
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Although Trucy is very, very strange...I'm going to just assume there's some spoiler that has to do with the word truce...
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Hmmmm... whatever, it is time to 
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But on topic, I like all of the names we've heard so far. What with Wocky being silly and ironic, Apollo Justice only being slightly weirder than Phoenix Wright, and the other names fitting.
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Minuku = see through, which is where "Minuki" comes from.
When you reverse the syllables in Trucy, you get cee-tru. See through. Get it?
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Nope. I'm fine with these names by now...Apollo's fine and I like Trucy. Klavier is cool and Kristoph is...that just sounds cool for him ^^
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Hmmmm... whatever, it is time to (7o_o)7 Sprite Arts Game char Deja-vus? Chores AA char in 3D! Ryu ♥ CR!
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Let's see..:
Apollo Justice: Debatable. It doesn't hurt all THAT much... if it wasn't for the Justice-part. A weak name, though, and I feel that Capcom could have put some more effort into the naming. 2/5.
Kristoph Gavin: An okay name that I don't mind. Nothing special, but it's fine. No prob. 3/5.
Klavier Gavin: YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. Piano? WHY? Really, you can only appriciate his name if you can only speak english. 1/5.
Trucy: A cute name, in my opinion. I'm not sure how accurate it is to anything, but it's okay. Looks like a name too, unlike 'Justice' and 'Klavier'. 3/5.
Shadi Smith: Really... bland name. Of course, it's a victim, so.... 3/5.
Borscht Belt Restaurant: Why add Belt? Borscht was fine without it. It turns it from "cool name" to "bland restaurant chain name". 2/5.
People Park: Ehm.... no. Just... no. Why on earth call a park 'People Park'? Unless it's about communism? 2/5.
Wocky: OH GOD, WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU?! 1/5.
The Gavinners: I honestly can't think of a worse name to give the group - and there's only one "Gavin" to boot! 1/5.
Overall, 18/45, 40%. AA4 so far seems the worst excuse for naming in a capcom game since Squaresoft translated Breath of Fire.
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I don't think it's your place to post simply to correct people's grammar, whether you make mistakes yourself or not. Before you post, please make sure you are adding to the current discussion. Advice like that can be taken to PM.
Back on-topic: I've thought a lot about Wocky today. Weak localisation? Neh, I'm getting used to all of them. They got their charm.. I can't wait for the list of full names and to see them in game context. :)
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Minuku = see through, which is where "Minuki" comes from.
When you reverse the syllables in Trucy, you get cee-tru. See through. Get it?
Holy crap, I never noticed that. Awesome.
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In this case, I don't think any of the names are horrible. APOLLO JUSTICE and Klavier are just plain cool. Although the Gavinners.... yeah, that sounds kind of dumb.
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When you reverse the syllables in Trucy, you get cee-tru. See through. Get it?
Although I knew that and had deduced it myself, it still brings me the question of what the Minuku system is going to be called. 'Trucu system'? 'Truci system'? 'Truco (like a truck *shot*) system'?
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I've been a big advocate of how good and weill thought out the names are in the fourth game. Here's my rather ignored findings on the Gavin name from the "Interesting Name Translations" thread:
Interestingly enough, Gavin is a British name, not German: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin
And Gavin Rossdale plays the Guitar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Rossdale
And Gavin DeGraw plays both the Guitar AND Piano: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_DeGraw
To quote our favorite Judge:
- "True, that is a possibility. However, two coincidences at the same time seems more like a 'pattern' to me."And the dept doesn't end there, Gavin is said to be based off the name Gawain, King Arthur Pendragon's nephew, thus adding the "Garyuu could also mean Dragon's Fang" Parallel.
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oh my god im still traumatized with apollo justice ;-;
and i HATE him 37's years old voice
i dont like trucy too, they could have done a better name for minuki, "MARY" would be better than it
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ill probably like a lot of the future translation of the names, but, what is capcom thinking about?
im a little disappointed....
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(Granted, there are some variations in cleverness, but that's for both sides)
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(Granted, there are some variations in cleverness, but that's for both sides)
Yes, but in the japanese language, those silly-punny-names... I get the feeling that they are treated more like actual names, which justifies them. Just because Ryu means Dragon doesn't mean Ryu isn't a name, but Dragon sure as heck isn't a name in western culture (Unless you go to Drake or something, but thats a rewording which doesn't really take place in this case). The closest thing you could get some name puns on would be to call them something others have been called in the past, with a speciality in that area (Manfred von - the Red Baron, Gavin - musician, etc...), or fit them into names that sound like names while still being punny (and it even meens that not all people get them. Surprisingly many didn't get Sahwit or Sal Manella at all, for some reason, but downright naming someone 'Justice' or 'Piano' really isn't the same thing).
I honestly think that it's definetly okay to have clever names, but stupid names is another thing. Trucy is okay, I think. So is the AA1 and AA3 puns (especially Luke Atmey). But there is a limit.
I've said earlier that Justice might be relieved because it's supposed to be strange, and is apparently even strange as a Japanese name, but Piano? No way, man.
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(Granted, there are some variations in cleverness, but that's for both sides)
Yes, but in the japanese language, those silly-punny-names... I get the feeling that they are treated more like actual names, which justifies them.
Yeah, nobody in Japan will think it is strange if your name is Naruhodo.
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Like Ron DeLite?
I liked Ron DeLite. I thought it was cute and fit him well.
If there were names in the original I *didn't* like (and I mean, to a point where it was unacceptable), I could perhaps note....
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Oh well. Ehm.. yeah.
I seriously can't think of anyone I couldn't accept. Right now, I refuse to accept Piano and Wocky, as the first two in the AA universe so far.
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Also, if they were trying to make Klavier german, at least call him Guitarre to match the instrument he plays (which is not a piano. >:( ) It's not a bad name, though.
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I like the English names, though.
But I wish they would have spelled it "Kristoff". It looks so much cooler that way.
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