GothicSyn
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I personally leave them as it is except for Dagger cos that's just urgh so it gets changed back to Garnet, other than that and with all other Final Fantasy games I leave them as they are.
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SquallKefka17
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Err maybe I did go too far.
Even Gilgamesh is appalled!!!!
My apologies FFIX fans still loving the game at the moment demeaning renaming and all!!!
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I kept them the same apart from changing Dagger's name back to Garnet. I really didn't like the Dagger alias, but I guess it would have made more sense for the story if I'd kept it.
There was a time when a friend of mine (named Tom) was doing his playthrough of the game at my house when I was young. He had to go home for tea and didn't have time to stay to find a save point so he trusted me to get to the next save point and save for him...
Unfortunately for him the next save point was after meeting and naming Freya. I thus named Freya 'Tom's Mom'.
It was funny at the time.
There was a time when a friend of mine (named Tom) was doing his playthrough of the game at my house when I was young. He had to go home for tea and didn't have time to stay to find a save point so he trusted me to get to the next save point and save for him...
Unfortunately for him the next save point was after meeting and naming Freya. I thus named Freya 'Tom's Mom'.
It was funny at the time.
Westershire
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When I played this as a kid I would change Amarant's name because it was too hard to pronounce. I'd usually name him something to the effect of "big red guy."
I've seen that a lot of people chose "Garnet" for Dagger's alias... I never did. I mean the way the story is set up it doesn't make any sense. "Oh I need a different name so people won't know I'm the princess. What do you call this knife? Oh, it's a dagger... You know what, I think I'll go by my real name! That'll fool everyone!"
Sorry, it just doesn't make sense to me. If you don't like Dagger, fine... I don't see what's wrong with it personally, but it seems people could come up with something better than the name she's trying not to use. I never once changed her name, or Vivi's or Freya's. The first time I played the game, not long after it came out, I named Zidane "Gohan" as a DBZ reference, haha I was soooo clever... Steiner was "RoheXley"... I don't even know why. I was like, 10-12 and thought it was funny. Quina was named "Lickitung," in a reference to Pokemon. Amarant was known as "Kumlocki," and Eiko received this misfortune of being named "Oddity." I did not finish that playthrough.
In subsequent ones, I left everyone with their regular names aside from Eiko and Amarant who kept their bizarre nicknames because I didn't like them. My most recent playthrough, even they kept their real names... and I realized there was nothing wrong with those characters at all. I will never rename my babies again.
Sorry, it just doesn't make sense to me. If you don't like Dagger, fine... I don't see what's wrong with it personally, but it seems people could come up with something better than the name she's trying not to use. I never once changed her name, or Vivi's or Freya's. The first time I played the game, not long after it came out, I named Zidane "Gohan" as a DBZ reference, haha I was soooo clever... Steiner was "RoheXley"... I don't even know why. I was like, 10-12 and thought it was funny. Quina was named "Lickitung," in a reference to Pokemon. Amarant was known as "Kumlocki," and Eiko received this misfortune of being named "Oddity." I did not finish that playthrough.
In subsequent ones, I left everyone with their regular names aside from Eiko and Amarant who kept their bizarre nicknames because I didn't like them. My most recent playthrough, even they kept their real names... and I realized there was nothing wrong with those characters at all. I will never rename my babies again.
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As a kid I used to always name my characters in games. I'd always alternate between using my family/friends' names or just random names to get a laugh out of. Now I can't be bothered to. It just doesn't really appeal to me anymore.
Ayen
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I normally name Zidane after myself, and give Garnet a better alias than Dagger. Last time I played through the game I named her after a friend of mine and she was so happy since Garnet was her favorite character.
When I first played through the game I named Zidane and Vivi after myself and then my Spanish name. But after I got deeper into the game, that kinda seemed stupid so I found the Namingway Card and changed them back to their original names respectively.
Everyone else's names I kept the same and each Final Fantasy game I've played since then I've kept them as well. I doubt I'll change them in games to come either, but I think the days of renaming characters will be close to an end if not already since the voice actors have the scripts of saying he party members' names down-pact.
Everyone else's names I kept the same and each Final Fantasy game I've played since then I've kept them as well. I doubt I'll change them in games to come either, but I think the days of renaming characters will be close to an end if not already since the voice actors have the scripts of saying he party members' names down-pact.