In the game hall, did you ever call a character by name? Probably not!
After all, the information at that time was not developed, and there were very few players who could have spare money to buy game magazines, so it was generally unlikely that they would know the names of game characters. Unless it can be shown in the game, such as the characters of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and the character registration after the completion of "True Samurai Shodown". Other game characters we generally make up some cottage names according to the characteristics of the characters, and it is for this reason that the "Knight of the Round Table" prince and axe man are created; the "Dinosaur Kombat" little yellow hat, xiao bai, big wave, big man; "famous general" mummy, police, ninja, doll... And so on.
And at that time, the nicknames in the popular fighting games were the most. The characters in the "Street Fighter" and "King of Fighters" series have different ways of calling them in almost every region, but basically everyone can understand them.
So, what did everyone in the game hall call the characters in the "King of Fighters" series?
In the late 1990s, the stall culture had developed, and Hong Kong-style comics were also heavily integrated into the domestic market during this time. One of the most surprising naturally for players is the "King of Fighters" series, which has a strong appeal to arcade players. At that time, I thought it was an "official" comic, and I would even argue with other students at school because the plot was not uniform.
At that time, the names translated by Hong Kong comics were cooler, such as: Sakazaki, Nujia, Jin Jiapan, and the game magazines that appeared later gradually "justified the names" of these characters, but there were still some names that were controversial, as shown in the following figure:
In the game hall period, even if the name of the character is already known, players will still use the nickname to call it, which is more convenient! Similar: Vulcan, Electric, Thor, Red Hair, Old Man, Little Red Riding Hood, Radish... Each character has a lot of nicknames, as long as you call it out and everyone knows who it is.
It was not until many years later, when the rise of the Internet combined various popular titles, that the names of the characters were gradually unified. However, it is not the right name in the absolute sense.
So, which of the boxing champions has been called wrong by us?
Sound nest crowd
Many of the characters in the Music Nest chapter are controversial, and the boss name "Krizalid" in "King of Fighters 99" is more complicated, and is generally called: Gulicharid, Currycharid, Guliza, Gulicha, and Kulizarid. Ignes is not controversial, we call it that in comics and in reality, and the C-ZERO and ZERO of King of Fighters 2000 and King of Fighters 2001, which we generally call: copy zero (clone zero) and true zero, which is more or less contradictory.
I don't know if you found it, most of the people in the sound nest are nameless, all use codenames: K', K9999, C-ZERO, kyo-1, kyo-2, and the last work of the replicant directly uses "Nameless".
K' is actually an abbreviation, the full name is "Kei Dasshu", the correct pronunciation is: "K Dash", of course, there is also read as "K Prime", are correct. I believe that friends who often read the small article have also noticed that every time when introducing K', they will bring the symbol ', because K' is only a code name, and the words that read it out are "K Dash".
Vanessa
VANESSA is generally translated as Vanessa, and the long-ago star Vanessa Williams, named Vanessa Williams. In the famous action game "Fist of Destruction", there is also a VANESSA, who is still called Vanessa.
Vanessa, Vanessa, Barissa, vanessa are actually correct, but Vanessa makes this character more recognizable.
Leona
Lianna has been called by us for many years, but years later we found out that in SNK-licensed mobile games and animation-related works, Lianna has been corrected to "Leona". At this time, the players carefully checked the English name of the character, and found that it was indeed exactly the same as the English of the goddess of dawn "Riona", and only then did they know that this was the correct name, but it had been called for decades, and now there was no need to change it!
Orochi Leona, commonly referred to as "Crazy Liana" or "Rampage Liana"
Jin Jiafan, Chen Guohan and Cai Baoqi
In SNK's official and some authoritative forums, their official names are: Jin Jiazhao, Zhang Juhan and Cui Jun's wife
Over the years, we have been influenced by books, magazines and comics, and have always believed that Kim Ka-fong, Choi Po-chi and Chen Guo-han are their official names. In the game hall period, they were generally called "big pig monkeys" and other titles, but the name was rarely used.
Mistress, it means lightning
However, the localization of these cottage names is too long, and it is difficult to change them. SNK also took care of Chinese players, so the official translation of the "King of Fighters 14" comic book is "Kim Ka Fan, Cai Baoqi and Chen Guohan", and other licensed mobile games and animation works also use these names.
Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki
It's very rare! The whole family was called wrong by us. Their official names are Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo Sakazaki and Yuri Sakazaki
In fact, Yuri Sakazaki and Yuri Sakazaki are both right, one is the sound, the other is the meaning, in fact, according to the transliteration of the words "Yuri, Yuri, Yuri, Yuri, Yuri" are all right. In reality, Kwon Yu-ri of "Girls' Generation" and Japanese actor Yuri Kojima are all called Yuri.
It's like when cartoons were introduced into China, many girls' names are called "Mai", and after many years we will find that the real name of these classic characters is "Dance". In addition, in "The King of Fighters", Kyo Kusanagi's girlfriend Xiaoxue and the heroine Xue in "MoonLight Swordsman" are all named Yuki, and many people were almost confused at that time.
Kyohachi
In the game hall at that time, it was generally called nicknames, Vulcan, Elvis Presley, Witch and the like. At that time, some friends also read the manga and knew that their names were: Kagura Chizuru, Kyo Kusanagi, and Yajin-an. However, I did not know the word "Xue", so there was the name of Cao Ji Jing and Cao Ji Jing. The Eight Gods Temple, on the other hand, is often called the Eight Gods, and the wind is generally called "Xiao Feng".
The more controversial is the word "Kagura Chizuru", is it "le" or "yue"? After a period of collection and collation, most players and some friends who have a certain understanding of Japanese believe that "le" is the most correct pronunciation. However, nowadays, many video commentators use "yue", which is said to have been verified.
So, which name is the right one in your mind?
Don't know the fire. dance
During the game hall period, few players called her Unaware Fire Dance, and at that time, they all used some special titles with sex or local dialects, and these titles had a lot to do with the physical characteristics of The Unknown Fire Dance. In the era of the decline of the game hall, players gradually unified on the Internet, many friends in order to call more intimate, so called "fire dance", of course, we know that this name must be problematic.
In the "King of Fighters" series, "not knowing fire" is a genre after all, so it can be broken as "not knowing fire. Dance", in fact, it is similar to "Wing Chun. Ip Man "the same, Wing Chun is a faction, Ip Man is the name, called "Spring Leaf Man" is a bit of that.
However, it should be noted that the "unknown fire" vein in "The King of Fighters" is not a surname but a genre, "unknown fire" appears more in anime works, and some friends who are slightly proficient in Japanese have consulted on the Japanese surname website, and there is no such surname, and no one in reality uses unknown fire as a surname.
So the problem is, if you call the dance of unknown fire "fire. Dance", and this fire means fire, just like Ice Kura, Fire Kura, so will you still object?
Arcade has become a part of the game's history, but it has been sought after by nostalgic players for years. Now it is the world of the post-00s, and all kinds of new games are emerging in an endless stream, and they will make headlines every day. And our generation of players seems to have stopped their minds, and even fun new games can't make waves in their hearts. After years of wandering, we have found that the carefree time in the game hall is really too luxurious