It’s not always easy to come up with a unique name for a character, but sometimes the game development team needs to rename the character for some reason. As a result, the name of the character may be more cool. or confuse the players more than before
This article is a compilation of characters from the game. It was renamed for a very strange reason. but it makes sense So what’s interesting? I can read it in the article.
Puck-Man turns into Pac-Man.
Pac-Man is an arcade game. and characters from the all-time classic Bandai Namco that gamers of all ages know this game.
But I don’t know if Pac-Man was originally named “Puck-Man”, according to the game’s creator Toru Iwatani. It was revealed that the reason for the name change was because Puck-Man was an “inappropriate” nickname for Western gamers, although Iwatani didn’t reveal the exact reason. But speculates that the team fears that foreign gamers will mock Puck-Man for being F**k-Man.
Although the team had plans to change the name of the character Pac-Man only in the Western version of the game, the team eventually changed their mind to the name Pac-Man around the world.
Jesse McCree transforms into Cole Cassidy.
Jesse McCree is one of the heroes of Overwatch that has gained a huge fan base. with a challenging gameplay system focus on shooting accuracy and has a character design inspired by the cowboy era.
Last year, however, Activision Blizzard was heavily investigated. In the case of several rumors that internal organizations have been sexually harassed. As a result, many game projects have been halted. Ready to reform the organization By dismissing an old employee who behaves inappropriately and replace it with a new employee instead.
Blizzard game developer Jesse McCree is among the people who have been accused of corruption within the organization. This resulted in him being fired from the game company. Blizzard also resolved the issue by changing the name of the Overwatch character in reference to the misbehaving employee Jesse McCree to Cole McCree, and altering some of the Lore content to make it more appropriate. climb
Rock Man as Mega Man
Some people call this character Rock Man, others call it Mega Man. The character used to have only one name, Rock Man.
According to the MegaMaster fan page, a Capcom employee previously revealed that The character used to be under the same name as Rock Man. Many employees think Rock Man is quite a nickname. “Bizarre” from the point of view of the gameFwestern mor So they decided to change the character name (with the game) Rock Man. become Mega Man in the West While the original title continues to be used in Japanese games.
Even so, fans of this family of games don’t seem too serious about proper name calling. because nowadays Gamers can also call the characters Rock Man or Mega Man freely.
Eggman as Dr. Robotnik
Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka revealed some interesting facts about the name Eggman or Dr. Robotnik, the series’ all-time villain, through Game Informer in 2016 that some fans may not be aware of.
Iizuka revealed that originally the villain had only one real name, “Eggman.” It was discovered that the Localization team had changed the name of the character Eggman to Dr. Robotnik for unknown reasons. Of course, the incident caused some confusion for SEGA Japan.
to solve the problem In order not to confuse the character’s names further, SEGA adopted Eggman as a nickname and Dr. Robotnik as his real name. for that reason The name Sonic’s villain can be called two names between Eggman and Dr. Robotnik to this day.
From M. Bizon to Balrog.
In the Western version of Street Fighter, the character M. Bizon was renamed Balrog as Capcom feared being sued for unauthorized use of a real-life fighter in the game. Legendary boxer Mike Tyson and such characters He’s also a boxer.
For that reason, M. Bizon in the Western version of Street Fighter Therefore, the name is Balrog while the Japanese version of the game. The name M. Bizon is still used. In addition, Balrog in the western version. While the Japanese version of the game retained the original name Balrog, the name was changed from Balrog to Vega, Capcom Americas explained: “The name Vega doesn’t really match the character.”
Change all characters’ names. After seeing a drama with a surname similar to a member of the idol group Hinatazaka46
Massage Freaks is a music game. The content is suitable for 18 year olds where players have to press to the beat of the music. to massage the body however After the game development team revealed the name of the character and the voice actor. It has a good gamer’s eyes to find all the character names in the game. It has a name similar to the member of the popular idol group Hinatazaka46 who is like copying and pasting immediately. with such an event causing the game to be criticized by the Japanese society quite severely
for that reason The game development team decided to delay the release of the game indefinitely. and release the game via Steam at a later time by renaming the game “beat refle”, changing all character names. with a warning label that states “This game contains fictitious content” versus “This game is not affiliated with any actual person, group or event.”
[แถม] From Kazama’s surname to Fuma.
In Yakuza, there is a character named Shintaro Kazama who is one of the heads of the Dojima Family, Kazama Family, and an ideal yakuza that Kiryu and Nishikiyama respect as a father. But if you’ve played the original Yakuza game before. It can be noted that the name Shintaro is an English translation. It wasn’t called Kazama, but instead was called Fuma.
SEGA has never made a statement as to why the Kazama surname was renamed Fuma in the Western version of the game, but fans have speculated that it was because the Localization team had misinterpreted “風間” because of the Japanese kanji. Both can be read as either “Kazama” or “Fuma”.
Starting with Yakuza 0, SEGA’s Localization team decided to use the Kazama surname, which is true to the original content. Including the remake version of the game Kiwami has changed the new name from Fuma to become Kazama as well.