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Post by Tom on Sept 5, 2003 14:37:21 GMT -5
I've noticed a few interesting things in FE6. First off, when I was surfing through the official FE6 site and I saw the map of Ereb, I noticed that it looks very similar to the continents of Europe and Asia (a.k.a. Eurasia.). For example, Bern would be located about where China is. Secondly, notice the similarity between Chimera from Greek Mythology and the FE6 world? This is an excerpt from my encyclopedia.
"The Chimera terrorized the kingdom of Lycia."- World Book Encyclopedia.
Notice how character names and the names of places aren't dominantly Japanese. Instead the names seem to be from European languages (Spanish, French, etc.). Gonzales is perfect example.
There is a similarity between Chimera and Roy, but it is noticed only in Super Smash Brothers Melee. If you look at any of Roy's two Smash trophies, notice the lion's head on his belt buckle. Chimera also had the head of a lion.
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Post by TerranigmaFreak (admin) on Sept 5, 2003 14:47:27 GMT -5
Yeah I believe Summerwolf was the first to ppoint out Eleb looks like Eurasia. Also, Etruria was mentioned in Gamera Guardian Of The Universe.
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Post by SummerWolf on Sept 5, 2003 15:33:14 GMT -5
Urr. Not me. Maybe it's Starwolf?
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Post by Starwolf on Sept 5, 2003 15:56:06 GMT -5
I don't remember saying anything. I had noticed it though I though it was obvious.
Shall I just take the credit anyway?
If you look at the fire emblem games classes they are much more European than Aisian, Shogan is an exception but they were last seen in fe gaiden.
Many games have unjapanese names. Most the time they are changed foir western release but when they aren't...
:Off-topic: Funniliy enough, Gonzales was the name of Lucas big Pink cat robot (You know "I am Gonzales, I am strong, beat me up for SILVER POINTS"). For the Americian release it had to be shortend so it was changed to Gato (Spannish word for a Cat). :End of off-topic:
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Post by captamzai (admin) on Sept 5, 2003 16:44:42 GMT -5
The sword names, pal..Durandal? sure i heard that SOMWHERE esle...
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Post by kyuusei on Sept 6, 2003 0:15:40 GMT -5
Perhaps you have played Xenosaga.
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Post by SummerWolf on Sept 6, 2003 1:27:15 GMT -5
Most European-based fantasy mangas/games of course have non-Asian name. Those don't fit. Asian names strangely fit only in a few circumstances...
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Post by Tom on Sept 6, 2003 11:18:25 GMT -5
No, I haven't played Xenosaga, but I have heard of some of the names in the game, and they don't appear to be Asian. In fact, isn't the subtitle for the game German? Well, anyway, I did think it was strange that FE6 contained so many non-Asian names, considering it was develpoed in Japan, and only for Japan. But due to how Ereb (Eleb, whichever is appropriate) resembles Eurasia, I suppose a more European atmosphere was adopted for the game.
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Post by TerranigmaFreak (admin) on Sept 6, 2003 12:31:21 GMT -5
A lot of weapons appear in other games.
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Post by Seti on Sept 6, 2003 14:26:11 GMT -5
I mentioned Europe looks like Eleb at the gamefaqs boards a long while ago....T_T
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Post by kyuusei on Sept 6, 2003 22:13:12 GMT -5
*coughs*
When I mentioned Xenosaga, I was referring to the ship Durandal, NOT about it having anything to do with anything Asian.
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Post by Tom on Sept 7, 2003 17:15:41 GMT -5
Sorry about the "Eurasia looks like Ereb" matter. I didn't know it was brought up before, so that's my (newbish) mistake. And when I heard that the name of the ship in Xenosaga was the Durandal, the first thing that I thought of was the Durandal Sword.
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Post by Kenji on Sept 7, 2003 18:38:57 GMT -5
Ooh! OOH! I wanna talk about the legend of Durandal!! CanIcanIcanI?!
OKAY!
So Durandal was originally a sword bestowed upon the cousin of Charlemagne, Roland (wow, what a surprise... isn't that the name of some Divine General or something?), supposedly wielded by Alexander the Great (or wait, was it Caesar? Ah well, doesn't matter). Durandal was supposedly an "unbreakable" sword that could slice anything in two. On his way through the mountains of Spain, Roland and his troupe were ambushed by the Moors, with Charlemagne's army far to the east. Facing innumerable odds, Roland attempted to blow his sacred trumpet three times in hopes of getting his brother's attention. On the third time, Roland blew the trumpet so loud that Charlemagne in Vienna (... or was it Rome?) heard the sound and the horn split in two. But Charlemagne's army was too far away, leaving Roland to fend for himself. Facing death, he threw Durandal into a poisoned pond that would burn anything it came in contact with, and his small army was swiftly put to rest.
I know that all the Legendary Weapons have some sort of mythology to them; trying to find them, however, is more of a quest than one would think....
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Post by captamzai (admin) on Sept 8, 2003 10:21:27 GMT -5
^_^ that makes almost perfect sense! ^_^
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Post by Tom on Sept 8, 2003 13:07:37 GMT -5
All I can say is, wow! Also, I have another thing to say. Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but in FE6, there was no mention of Eliwood ever wielding the Durandal Sword, and you also had to get it out of a cave. I don't think Eliwood would just throw it in some cave, only to have his son look for it twenty years later. Seems like he'd keep it. The same thing probably happened with the Almace, Hector just threw it somewhere, only to have it found again twenty years later. FE7 is the prequel to FE6, and I can understand this mistake, but it is still weird. Hopefully the developers cleared this up in Blazing Sword.
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