Why they name this game base on Riceball?
Posted:
14 Jul 2014, 12:26
by Jazneo
Why they name this game base on Riceball?
Re: Why they name this game base on Riceball?
Posted:
14 Jul 2014, 12:46
by Reis
It isn't, different meaning for onigiri.
Re: Why they name this game base on Riceball?
Posted:
14 Jul 2014, 12:52
by RabbitHouse
They didnt, Onigiri can also mean other things. From the kanji i think it roughly translate to "demon slaying." Oni part mean demon, ogre or devil and the giri part is slash or cut.
Re: Why they name this game base on Riceball?
Posted:
14 Jul 2014, 13:30
by Yokai
RabbitHouse wrote:They didnt, Onigiri can also mean other things. From the kanji i think it roughly translate to "demon slaying." Oni part mean demon, ogre or devil and the giri part is slash or cut.
This. Girlfriend is Chinese and said the kanji means "slash" .. so agree with this post.
Re: Why they name this game base on Riceball?
Posted:
14 Jul 2014, 13:54
by TheTMD
Because characters eat a lot of Nigiri to heal
Re: Why they name this game base on Riceball?
Posted:
14 Jul 2014, 15:22
by SupremeTentacle
Its a pun
The japanese love puns
Also, the literal translation of the two words is Demon Cut, basically.
If they wanted to rename it for the EN ver, they probably could have, but nothing really sounds that greattttt. I mean... think about it. Nothing you could roughly translate it to sounds that great.
Spirit Slasher Online
Demon Slayer Online
Devil Cutter
etc etc
Again, nothing actually sounds good, so I would much rather they preserve the title as is, than do what they did to the musou series. I mean come on, "Dynasty Warriors", really? Ffs, whoever decided on that translation should be dipped in tar and feathered.
Note: Jp people throw online onto the end of the game quite a bit when they talk about it, so I'm appending it because it sounds better.