How the heck do you pronounce "Adol"?

[Lost Monkey]

Gray-dee-uss

[Black Tiger]

Bitd everyone I new called it Grad-ius.

[DragonmasterDan]

I've always used the Ys Book 1 and 2 US Pronounciation.

Are there any Sega fans using the Master System version of his name which is Aron?

[MotherGunner]

I say Add+All, like "Adderall" without the emergency room.

[Black Tiger]

I've always used the Ys Book 1 and 2 US Pronounciation.

Are there any Sega fans using the Master System version of his name which is Aron?

I like to use the alternate names of various versions, like Dulk Dekt and Maficious, as I see them as alternate realities.

I hate the name Lutz and will never call Noah that, as much as I wasn't crazy about the name Noah. The worst translation I've ever seen is the original fan translation of Phantasy Star. It was supposed to be extremely accurate, while taking into consideration the inspiration of names and words. So Alis became Alyssa and not "Arisa", because Alyssa is a real western name. But they took the phonetical name of "Tyrone" and made it TYLON. How the hell can you screw that up so badly in that kind of translation which was supposed to fix that kind of stupid localization?

[o.pwuaioc]

Bitd everyone I new called it Grad-ius.

Yep, same, although why we thought that and not likened it to gradient I'll never know.

[Black Tiger]

Bitd everyone I new called it Grad-ius.

Yep, same, although why we thought that and not likened it to gradient I'll never know.

I don't remember any 10 year olds talking about gradients back then. I do remember most 14 year olds needing "gradient" explained in art class.

[esteban]

Bitd everyone I new called it Grad-ius.

Yep, same, although why we thought that and not likened it to gradient I'll never know.

I don't remember any 10 year olds talking about gradients back then. I do remember most 14 year olds needing "gradient" explained in art class.

I still say Grad-ee-uss because, as a kid, I was thinking about "gladiators" from ancient Rome. It was the only logical connection I could make (warrior, combat) for a shootemup.



Valis = Philip K. Dick, IIRC...I still want to read that...just because.

[ClodBuster]

. The worst translation I've ever seen is the original fan translation of Phantasy Star. It was supposed to be extremely accurate, while taking into consideration the inspiration of names and words. So Alis became Alyssa and not "Arisa", because Alyssa is a real western name. But they took the phonetical name of "Tyrone" and made it TYLON. How the hell can you screw that up so badly in that kind of translation which was supposed to fix that kind of stupid localization?

I've seen similar things with anime fansubs and scanlations. More often, viewers and readers will rant about name pronunciation and spelling once an official release is coming out, since they're already used to a fan translation. Little do these fans know that nowadays official translations are often done in conjunction with the original studio or artists. To make sure they're faithful in the intention on how the original creators want their characters to be named outside of Japan.

At least that's the case with more serious publishers.

[TR0N]

Bitd everyone I new called it Grad-ius.

Yep, same, although why we thought that and not likened it to gradient I'll never know.

I don't remember any 10 year olds talking about gradients back then. I do remember most 14 year olds needing "gradient" explained in art class.

I still say Grad-ee-uss because, as a kid, I was thinking about "gladiators" from ancient Rome. It was the only logical connection I could make (warrior, combat) for a shootemup.



Valis = Philip K. Dick, IIRC...I still want to read that...just because.

Just say it like the commercial.