Thread 718330935

>Is a fox
>Is named 'Fox'
Almost as fucking stupid as naming a gorilla 'Donkey'.

Who the hell was in charge of naming characters back then, anyways?

>Man who jumps
>Call him Jumpman

>Guy with sword
>Call him Guy

Americans are named "Hunter", "Mason", "Walker", etc. why not name a fox "Fox". There's an actor called Michael J Fox, and I'm not aware he's literally a fox.
But I agree "Donkey Kong" is fucking stupid, because he's a fucking monkey not a donkey..

Is his name Fox in jp or is it Inari? Jp loves the whole "names animal what it is" thing

>>718331239
>There's an actor called Michael J Fox
Surnames are different than given names

>>718331192
Do you think his parents knew he would grow up to be a guy? Pretty lucky he has a fitting name.

>>718331367
Fokkusu

>>718330935 (OP)
It's weird because his dad was named James do normal assed names do in fact exist

>>718331481
They were probably the type of people that freeze up when it's time to name their character in an RPG and can't think of anything so they go with the default name

>>718331831
So Fox. Yeah, I figured

>>718330935 (OP)That's because his name is Fox in japanese and not Kitsune. So to a japanese audience Fox is different from the animal name to them. They should've renamed Fox to Kitsune in america to get the same effect, but they knew kids were too stupid for this to be a possibility

>>718331239
Fox McCloud

>>718332636
>Enter your Hero's name.

Uhhh...I will call him... Hero...

is that any worse than half the team having their last names be what animal they are

>Peppy Hare
>Slippy Toad

then in Assault we get Panther

>>718333589
Don't forget about a Pig named "Pigma" and a Wolf named "Wolf". Oh, and just last game, we had a girl trapped in a crystal named "Krystal".

>>718331239
Not sure why you felt the need to specify Americans when pretty much every culture on the planet gives their people occupational, regional, or even animal-based names.

>>718333589
It’s funny because neither Peppy nor Slippy are the actual animals their names come from. Peppy is a rabbit and Slippy is a frog.

>is named Ax Battler
>battles with a sword
ONE
JOB

>>718330935 (OP)
What is a “normal” name, and why do you crave conformism? There’s no law anywhere saying you must name your children within any parameters, like a license plate. Call him Fuckface or Cuntmonger and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

imagine if a Nintendo made a Starfox movie and shot it like TopGun. Would definitely be goated

>>718330935 (OP)
And then there's Falco, who isn't actually a falcon, he's a pheasant.

>>718333141
>kids were “too stupid” for not knowing that the name of a character is actually the name of that animal in a language they wouldn’t speak
Weebs and their retarded seething over Americans simply existing will never not be funny.

>>718333589
>is that any worse than half the team having their last names be what animal they are
That makes a little more sense, yes, because the surname identifies lineage to some degree. It would be more apt to have sort of "clan names" like Hopper or Whitefoot or something but Toad and Hare aren't the worst.

>>718333853
>There’s no law anywhere saying you must name your children within any parameters
There are.
>Call him Fuckface or Cuntmonger and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
You would have your child taken from you in the hospital and you'd be given a psychological evaluation.

>>718333947
hes a falcon in that arwing I'll tell you what boah

>>718330935 (OP)
ok you try to come up with a better name for a fox who is also a pilot, smart guy

>>718334627
His dad is named James

>>718334627
Well uh... He's Irish, right?
How about Shamus?

>>718334438
>source: dude just trust me

>>718334627
Remy

Immamura based Wolf on his grandfather.

>>718333795
you're right that is funny

>>718330935 (OP)
It's no different from pic related.

>>718340165
Usagi? Isn't that Sailor Moon's name?

>>718341638
Usagi is rabbit japanese

>>718330935 (OP)
>Krystal
>put her in a fucking crystal
It's not a Stan Lee thing, he's just not exactly the brightest creator.

>>718342163
Sailor Moon's name is "rabbit"? What is the connection between the moon and rabbits?

>>718334627
Tails.

>>718331087
>>Man who jumps
>>Call him Jumpman
That one doesn't count because it was localization-only and was never used in japan.

>>718331239
>Americans are named "Braxton", "Breighton", "Tarryn", etc.

>>718342431
...Really?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit

>>718330935 (OP)
Star Fox is funny because the naming conventions have no rules. Characters can have animal first names (Fox, Wolf), animal surnames (Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare), Animal pun name (Falco, Pigma), or just normal names (James, Leon).

>>718344056
Leon falls into the second category, though.

>chameLEON

>>718344820
>chameLEON

>>718330935 (OP)
Animal people named after animals is about the same as humans named Adam.
Adam means human, but people don't really think of it like that in English. Presumably the in universe animal people's culture is similar.

>>718333930
Only with lots of Krystal screen time