Sandy Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 Yes, this thread is about [i]inventing original names for your characters[/i]! Well, this has probably been under discussion in the past, but I didn't see any thread of this sort at the first page, so.... So, do you usually change the names of the characters in your FF-game? In almost all of them, there is that option, save FF8, where you could only change the names of Squall, Rinoa and the Guardian Forces. What kind of names do you give the characters, if you change them? When I played FF9 for the first time I changed almost everybody's name, eg Vivi was Magus, Freya was Rhea and Eiko was Echo. Yes, pretty stupid, I know...:rolleyes: Currently I'm playing FF6, but I haven't changed the characters names, except Sabin's by accident: I pushed a wrong button and deleted the n-letter from the end without noticing, and now my Sabin is called SABI. I'd really like to know what kind of names you have made up!
Guest Camilla Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 I normally stick with the original names...but when you can rename any enemies (in any game, not just the FF series) I usually rename them after my brothers *grins evilly*
Desbreko Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 [color=indigo]Pretty much the only time I change the names of characters, is when the name is in all caps--I hate that. I always change all but the first letter into lower case letters, if I can. As such, my characters in FFVI are named Terra instead of TERRA, Edgar instead of EDGAR, and so on. Oh, and Camilla, we're only allowed one image in our signatures. Please remove on of the images in your signature. Thanks. :)[/color]
Zanarkand Abes Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 I try to name them after my friends and family. Like in FF8, I named Squall Wheeler which is my last name, and Rinoa was Stacy (this girl I liked at the time). But now I try to keep the original names, unless I change the main character to mine.
Zidargh Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 [SIZE=1][COLOR=darkblue]Well I keep the usual names at first so I can simply understand the story line more. But then I just name the main characters as myself, hehe, and the love interest after a girl I like at the time. *Looks around*What? it works.[/COLOR][/SIZE]
NeoCactuar Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 Well... the first time i play a game i always stick with the orginal name. But... after playing FFVII about 20-30 times, me and Flashy get up to some crazy stuff. Lets just say, i can never look at Aeris the same again.
Semjaza Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 In FF games, I generally keep the original names. Changing them kind of pulls me out of the story for some reason. I only do this in games where the main character speaks a lot though. After beating them a few times, I sometimes pop in whatever names I feel like though. In games where the main character doesn't speak at all, and others speak to him... I generally name him after myself. I tend to pay more attention if I see my name in the game haha.
Break Posted January 15, 2003 Posted January 15, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i] [B]In FF games, I generally keep the original names. Changing them kind of pulls me out of the story for some reason. I only do this in games where the main character speaks a lot though. After beating them a few times, I sometimes pop in whatever names I feel like though. [/B][/QUOTE] [size=1][color=crimson]Yeah, I found that it kinda pulled me out of the story too. But, my brothers have named a few on FFVII: Cloud- SOLDIR Red XIII- NANAKI Aeris- Erisboneris Tifa- GIRL (something like that)[/size][/color]
zidane11 Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 I have never changed names in any of the games. It just doesn't seem the same to me.
Sniglefager Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 well, like a lot of people here, I change the main charecter to me, and the love interest to the girl I like. I havn't done that in a long time, though, because I started to realize I don't have really cool swords, and a really hot chick in love with me. That kinda ruined the whole RPG experiance for me after that
conpiracymonki Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 [b][size=1]^_^ Lots [u]Final[/u] [u]Fantasy[/u] [u]VI[/u] SABIN = Sabe (yes...that's it, lol) [u]Final[/u] [u]Fantasy[/u] [u]VII[/u] Cloud = AJ Ghurry (for the first two hours, my cousin played it with me,..so I put his last name at the end of my name) Red XIII = Red Cid = Mr. Pilot (don't.. say anything) Cait Sith = Cat Sith Vincent = Vamp Yuffie = Girlie o_o Barret = ??? (I can't remember what, but my cousin named him something French, which to this day I have no idea of the meaning) [u]Final[/u] [u]Fantasy[/u] [u]VIII[/u] Squall = AJ2K1 Quezacotl = LightninQ Shiva = IceS Siren = NoiseS Ifrit = FireI Carbuncle = ReflectC Tonberry = Tonberry Bahamut = Bahamut Brothers = EarthB Eden = Eden Cerberus = Cerberus (I didn't know it cast Triple, lol) Cactuar = Cactuar I didn't get Doomtrain...and I can't remember if there were anymore GFs.. [u]Final[/u] [u]Fantasy[/u] [u]IX[/u] Zidane = AJ Vivi = Mac Freya = DOIK! (I swear, I need to 'namingway' that...keep forgetting) [u]Final[/u] [u]Fantasy[/u] [u]X[/u] All Aeons have their original names :) [/b] There. :)[/size]
Guest Zeh Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 [COLOR=royalblue]Like 'Sko i usually just spell there names right, without the caps. The only time off the top of my head i can remember re-naming a character, was my second time through FFIX... man, my watch wouldn't stop beeping, so i was going crazy.... without realizing it/accidentally i remnamed Vivi "Beep"... [/COLOR]
Semjaza Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Break [/i] [B][size=1][color=crimson]Yeah, I found that it kinda pulled me out of the story too. But, my brothers have named a few on FFVII: Cloud- SOLDIR Red XIII- NANAKI Aeris- Erisboneris Tifa- GIRL (something like that)[/size][/color] [/B][/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure Red XIII's name is Nanaki anyway. The only other character I've changed is Frog in Chrono Trigger to Glenn, which was his name in the past. I also change the names in the older FF's to proper case. The only thing that's annoying is the NPCs because they'll have names like KING (or whatever) and all my guys are like Locke, Relm and so on. That has annoyed me for years heh.
conpiracymonki Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 [b][size=1] Nah. Only Cosmo Canyon people call Red XIII 'Nanaki'. The playable characters still call him whatever name you choose.[/b][/size] :)
Semjaza Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 I know that... But obviously his real name is Nanaki, since Cosmo Canyon is his home more or less lol. I'd prefer to call him that and not some experiment number or whatever it is Red XIII is from (I forget).
Charles Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 Changing Red XIII's name to "Nanaki" results in awkward moments, from what I can remember. Cloud or someone, says something like "Nanaki's real name is Nanaki," when you first enter Cosmo Canyon. Because of confusing instances like that, I tend to keep the default names.
Semjaza Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 I remember playing FF6 over one time, and I renamed everyone in it after people I knew. It was probably the most confusing experience I've ever had in an RPG. I had no idea what was going on, mostly because I was so used to the default names. It also can make talking to others about the game kind of difficult, as you might accidently say what you named them instead of the defaults.
Sandy Posted January 16, 2003 Author Posted January 16, 2003 Same thing with renaming Dagger(Garnet) to Garnet in FF9... Garnet:"Hmm, what secret name should I choose... *takes Zidane's dagger* This is a dagger, so I will be called... GARNET!" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Zidargh Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 [SIZE=1][COLOR=darkblue]I'm still expecting someone to sterotypically name Barret: Mr.T hehe. Well I'm sure someone will come with a rumor stating taht if you change one character's name to something like 0198CHEAT, it'll let you revive Aeris. Anyway, I find that changing the names gives you alot of flexibility within the game and lets you sink nto the plot, but as many of us have said,there's not a point to changing the names at first in my opinion as if someone came here saying, ''Oh yeah, my favourite character was Kelly''. o_o [/COLOR][/SIZE]
Gelgoog Pilot Posted January 16, 2003 Posted January 16, 2003 HAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!! That's pretty funny sage "hmmmm my secret name will be garnet" yeah i agree that i's stupid to renaim people in games , i did it once in FFVIII and at least it didn't say "Zell's name is zell or anything, but you do get a bit confused.
GinnyLyn Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 [color=royal blue]I've done like everyone else--kept the original names (usually 2nd time around), name them their true names if they had them (2nd time, or if renamer option available), and even named them after other people. What always amused me was how I would name a character after someone I knew because the two looked the same. Then the game character would proceed to act completely opposite of the person I named him/her after. I would keep staring at the screen, saying, "Hey, they don't really act like [i]that[/i]!" :rolleyes: [/color]
Unknownmasterx2 Posted January 17, 2003 Posted January 17, 2003 I did that once! I named Barret Mr. T:mrt: I still have that file saved. As for funny names I once named Edgar Kafka just to hear Kafka say "Kafka you pinhead why do you have to live out in the middle of nowhere!" Let's see I don't know exactly how the censor thingy will handle this but here are the names from the current file of 9 I have Zidane: TWALK (Inside joke) Steiner: Hardass Vivi: Bigpimp Freya: !@#$ Just some out of time got to go by!
Duo Maxwell Posted January 19, 2003 Posted January 19, 2003 In FFIX we named them after ourselves, me and my friends just wanted a game with our names in them... Zidane -Easther Garnet -Karina ViVi -Monique Steiner -Jason Quinna -Mummy Freya -Naomi I beleive that in FFVIII we changed their names when we first started playing then we started a new game and left them as they were.
Bandit Joeykuba Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 I named Barret Mr. T O.o... FINAL FANTASY VII NAME LIST Barret- Mr. T Cloud- Fox Cloud ((don't... ask...)) Aries- Izumi Tife- Kari Red XIII- Nanaki Everyone else kept their name...
BigCajones Posted January 22, 2003 Posted January 22, 2003 I've been playing FFX and I enjoy changing the characters names. Don't ask me why I changed them to what I have there is no reason that I am sure of, basically I just felt like calling them what I did: Tidus- Monk Valefor- Ash Ifrit- Jenkies Ixion- Benjamon Shiva- Dodo Bahumet- Fassy I think they are the right aeons lol, if they are in the wrong order just correct me. Weird though hey? o_O;
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