visibleghost
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maybe i should choose a longer name then, just to utilise this feature...
10 character island name confirmed!
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sierra
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sierra
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Nice! My planned island name fit within the previous 8-letter restriction anyways, but I'm happy for those who wanted longer town names!
In regards to the suffix discussion... IIRC the town in the Direct was referred to as "Ninten" in the characters' dialogue and "Nintenland" on the town map, so theoretically the suffix will stay in the English localization of the game? But if it only shows up on the town map and not anywhere else, then I'll be disappointed. I'd prefer it if the suffix was there either all the time or not at all (if there's a "no suffix" option). :/
In regards to the suffix discussion... IIRC the town in the Direct was referred to as "Ninten" in the characters' dialogue and "Nintenland" on the town map, so theoretically the suffix will stay in the English localization of the game? But if it only shows up on the town map and not anywhere else, then I'll be disappointed. I'd prefer it if the suffix was there either all the time or not at all (if there's a "no suffix" option). :/
thegunpowderincident
net light side shift
I hope this means we have a 10 letter limit for our character’s name too! That would mean I can finally use my actual name in an AC game, since it’s 9 letters long.
Khaelis
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Yeah, so if you have at least one "space", you have 9 characters to work with.
In the Japanese, you're not actually choosing the suffix, which is 島. You're choosing the pronunciation.
The reason there are 3 versions is because of 'on', 'kun', and 'rendaku'.
'On': means sound. Since kanji are characters taken from Chinese and imported into Japanese, this reading gives something closer to the original Chinese pronunciation of the character
'Kun': means meaning. This was about trying to read the kanji character using the pronunciation of the Japanese word for it that already existed, that is, using the meaning of the kanji to govern its pronunciation.
'Rendaku': sequential voicing, which governs how to pronounce the consonant of the 2nd part of a compound word (formed by putting two whole words together). So "k" becomes "d", "t" becoms "d", "sh" becomes "j", "h" becomes "b". The name of the brand "tokidoki" is governed by this. It's actually "toki" + "toki" = tokidoki. So the word "sometimes" is formed from saying "time time", but changing the first consonant of the second word so you understand it's a compound word. Like if saying "timedime" meant "sometimes" in English.
So here:
'On' reading: とう (tou)
'Kun' reading: しま (shima)
'Rendaku': じま (jima)
As you can see, there's literally no equivalent for this in English. You don't pick the pronunciation of "island".
The reason there are 3 versions is because of 'on', 'kun', and 'rendaku'.
'On': means sound. Since kanji are characters taken from Chinese and imported into Japanese, this reading gives something closer to the original Chinese pronunciation of the character
'Kun': means meaning. This was about trying to read the kanji character using the pronunciation of the Japanese word for it that already existed, that is, using the meaning of the kanji to govern its pronunciation.
'Rendaku': sequential voicing, which governs how to pronounce the consonant of the 2nd part of a compound word (formed by putting two whole words together). So "k" becomes "d", "t" becoms "d", "sh" becomes "j", "h" becomes "b". The name of the brand "tokidoki" is governed by this. It's actually "toki" + "toki" = tokidoki. So the word "sometimes" is formed from saying "time time", but changing the first consonant of the second word so you understand it's a compound word. Like if saying "timedime" meant "sometimes" in English.
So here:
'On' reading: とう (tou)
'Kun' reading: しま (shima)
'Rendaku': じま (jima)
As you can see, there's literally no equivalent for this in English. You don't pick the pronunciation of "island".
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tajikey
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Neechan
There's Only One Truth!
This confirms 10 characters~ Also shows one of the RV villagers
I’m noticing that plucky’s flower petal is missing from her head...
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Imaginetheday
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Maybe the "isle, island, whatever" is later in the naming process. They're only showing us the first part of the conversation.
I want "isle", but I'm just glad to have more than 8 characters! I need 9.
I want "isle", but I'm just glad to have more than 8 characters! I need 9.
The Hidden Owl
hm?
I was just going to comment about this, thanks for the great explanation!
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