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As for Honeywood, check NeoGAF, there is a thread there that has a link to an interview. If you can't find it, I'll look for you.Can you share it with me, please?
The Japanese don't have the same range of sounds as we do. Their closest sound has to use "su" for "th" among other things. In English (which is where the name originates), the sound is "air-ith". The kana is an "air" sound, like with "aerial". Honeywood states that the name came from air + earth. I am not so sure about that (the source we have from the writers is that it comes from an anagram of Earth alone), but certainly the kana sound is "air".Let's see if I understand you right: you say that even if it's voiced EA in japanese, it really means to be AE? Ah, I didn't think of that "Air" example. That would be correct, lol.
The OEF gives Aerith and the kana gives the "Air" sound, not "Ear". The spelling of kana may come out as EA, but the sound does not. "Aerial" in kana is the same, it starts EA. Also, the spelling was corrected from the original writers who were unhappy with Aeris, so there's a very good chance the spelling is now as intended.Wasn't she called Earis(u) in (at least) Crisis Core's japanese voiced dialogues? I remember that. It's not voiced AE but EA.
if we find some evidence that makes "Bullet" as likely, I'll change to green again.Well, to be clear, I was not suggesting actually changing his name, just to make some research on the matter I pointed to:
But the only thing that's going to change Barrett in the translation is word from the writers.
Sometimes it just comes down to what is more likely and making an educated guess.Well, actually I think Seto is OK, if you consider the theme around that race's names, examples: Seto, Nanaki, Dine... (yeah, not many possible examples, lol) but there's no way to know.
The policy on a conflict, where both have equal weight, is to stick with the original. It's what I had to do with "Seto", even though "Seth / Set" is as likely... or maybe even more so.
On the assumption that it isn't "Bullet", we've gone with Barrett - it's how the real-world name is usually spelt, and might be a reference to the firearms company, but I'm ok with any variation on that, I don't think it's very important, especially considering it's a PC name that can be changed by the player. Something like "Bullet" however would be a change worth looking into if there were more evidence to support it.Actually that's a good assumption if you haven't seen what I mentioned, though.
Ultimania largely uses English canon names, even when blatantly incorrect (like Mideel).Yeah, I think at that time (2005, IIRC) was when they began using the bad US release names.
IIRC as far as it shows up in Japanese documentation (establishment file, ultimania etc.), yes. I suppose you could make the argument that it was consistently misspelled, but again I don't think it's very likely.I see Barret's entry in here has been changed from green to blue...
I've found where I saw it so long ago (sorry, I don't have access to it anymore):If someone can find some scans of that on Barret's profile and translate its texts, we could find what I was talking about.
ファイナルファンタジー7 解体真書 ザ・コンプリート [1997/11]
ファイナルファンタジーVII 解体真書 ザ・コンプリート [2000/7/31]
As you can see, it was made by the same people who made the Official Establishment File, but if I remember correctly it had way much more content than that, and was published a bit later in November instead of January 25th.
ファイナルファンタジーVII Official Establishment File [1997/1]
'Please form a political party of three'Really? I don't remember that but it wouldn't surprise me, lol.
It's not impossible that it's Bullet, just highly unlikely as 99% of the time it's been spelt Barrett.You mean Barret's name has been most of the time spelt Barrett?
I think it was in a preview in a US magazine.
As for the debug screens, they are in a very very sorry state. Aerith is "Earith", for example.Well, actually, IT IS "Earith", but I don't know if that was the intended name.
No but seriously.. in the French version, look at what kind of easter eggs we were greeted with....Wow, I never saw that version. Is it like that all the time?
I have seen this... and it was discounted because of the overwhelming use of the kana for Barrett...Well, now that I think about this, it is impossible (at least without context?) to differentiate Barrett from Barett or Bullet from the kana (from a japanese point of view), so that might explain why all could be somehow "correct".
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
There are also two other reasons:
1. The Official Establishment File shows Barett (one R)
2. There is a US firearms company called Barrett, and I am of the opinion that this is the origin.
Taken together, there is no real evidence of Bullet. It's more likely that Barrett is correct.
IIRC bullet appeared in a very early preview but it's been Barrett or similar every other time.What do you mean? Was there actually a US preview of the game with Bullet? Now, IIRC, wasn't there actually something equal or similar inside the debug fields indeed?
Thirdly, and most importantly, question: how would I go about modding the PS1 remake of FF1?You'd better try it with the 20th Anniversary Edition for the PSP, for a number of reasons, like:
Everyone else can do it too! 
Here's how First Past The Post "works":So, are you against the result or against the method?
Con (36.9%) Seats: 331
Lab (30.4%) Seats: 232
Ukip (12.6%) Seats: 1
LD (7.9%) Seats: 8
SNP (4.7%) Seats: 56
Use your brain for half a second and work out why this is a pathetic sham we (UK) live in.
Edit: I've got a mod for the PC version of FF7 called NT that aims for what you're describing. It's not 100% yet (had a faux pas with difficulty modes recently that I'm working on correcting), but feedback tends to be mostly positive: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14938.0Oh well, I'll have to try these the next time I play FF6/FF7.
For an FF6 re-balance, I recommend a mod called BNW. It's hosted on Insane Difficulty's forums but it's a great re-balance of the game with a lot of depth in character builds, equipment, and strategies: http://www.insanedifficulty.com/board/index.php?/files/file/66-final-fantasy-vi-brave-new-world/
Potentially, couldn't we solve all this with a clever little mod?I don't think that's really necessary, but feel free to do so. I think the game is OK as it is.
-Buff up the stat growth
-Heavily buff the weapon upgrades
-Generously limit the gains of junctioning (kind of like trading the weight with what weapons normally give)
As far as I'm concerned AC never happened and is not canon. It's a fanservice fanfic. Turn your brain off and it's cool to look at. That's all it got imo.
Thats pretty much what I say whenever people bring up AC references or use it as a source on a ffvii discussion. For me that goes for the whole compilation, though. Genesis and all this nonsense wasnt there either.
More likely they're going to try and lean on their slot machine business and just forget video games altogether. As it is, that's already where their big money is anymore.
Relevant: Konami is delisting itself from NYSE. Seems like the company is self-destructing.Erm... okay, so they are not making such "big money", after all.
I wonder if financial issues have been at the root of all of this. I'd not be surprised to see them sell off some of their IPs at this point.
Heck, if I had the money I'd be willing to buy the Suikoden IP so to at least make an HD cell-shaded remake package of 1, 2, and 3. 
, though Suikoden staff and Castlevania's Koji Igarashi are out... 
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