videogame things you think about a lot lot lot lot

[swarm]

The game’s called Chrono Trigger, but the main character is called Crono. Why? Shouldn’t his name be Chrono also? Was 6 letters too long for the namefield?

[isfet]

making assumptions here, but:

• the namefield is indeed limited to 5 characters/letters, at least in the US release, and I assume the same is true for the JP release. this is probably the main reason
• Crono’s name and the title are technically spelled “the same way” in the JP version
• I assume this is a Ted Woolsey localization flourish, as a way to distinguish the character from the game title, but still make it obvious that the two are connected, without changing the character’s name entirely within the 5-character limit

[u_u]

He was actually supposed to be called Trigger but they accidentally focus tested the game with a bunch of boomer kids who grew up watching like Roy Rogers stuff and they were all confused that he wasn’t a horse so they had to change it

[isfet]

“hi, i’m Chrono. Chrono T. Rigger”

[Felix]

yeah this is pure Woolsey. “Chrono” would be a worse sounding name, but “Crono” is perfectly evocative

[Cerium]

Cuno

[Mikey]

The sounds the bad guys make when you shoot them in Maximum Force

EEOOOUUGH

Many years ago my friend was dating a dude and he was pretty alright but we basically bonded exclusively over imitating those sounds at random times

[daphaknee]

nickel arcades

[muaad]

[L]

To be fair, SMW pretty firmly establishes the A-B pair as “action” buttons that are tapped (jump, spin jump), and the X-Y pair as “passive” buttons that are mainly held down (running, carrying).

[u_u]

Rename the buttons “do” “make” “persist” and “refrain” imo

[Mikey]

[isfet]

i do wish they sold these as at least an alternate color scheme back then, but it was not how stuff was done

[Persona]

@L

To be fair, SMW pretty firmly establishes the A-B pair as “action” buttons that are tapped (jump, spin jump)

This reminds me, as a kid I never understood what the spin jump was supposed to be used for so I beat Super Mario World without ever using it. I was so shocked and annoyed to learn you can use it to jump on spikes later, seems so broken

[daphaknee]

attack decay sustain release

[Broco]

My solution to the perpetually changing/mismatched symbols on these four buttons has been to refer to them purely by their location (“top face button”, “left face button”, etc).

[u_u]

[captainlove]

Back button
Confirm button
Action button
Select button

[Mikey]

[Tulpa]