Template talk:TotW:ND3

Translated costume names or not?
I'm working on the costume lists for all three of the NariDan games right now (I really am! Even if I've been apathetic and lazy about it!); I'm just waiting for permission to use someone's translated names for these lists. But it's important to realize that many of these costumes have been localized as class names in RadiMai, or titles and other miscellaneous things in different games. For instance, Nekonin (at least remove the dash) is localized as "Katz" in every game that they appear in since Eternia. (Where's my inunin? ;_; )

My main question: should we make this list based on the localized translations (Swordsman, Fighter, etc.) or list them by their Japanese name due to unlocalized status? The latter would prevent us from "officializing" several unlocalized terms like "Gale Swordsman" or "Fervent Fighter", but it's not like most people would understand what Shippuukenshi or Nekketsutoushi would refer to. And then there's Tekken -> "Iron Fist" ...but it's a separate series so I'll ignore that Namco lolreference.

By the way, this template is missing the playable enemy costumes like Dhaos/ToE-style-Celsius/Yggy/Thanatos. The template itself is just too constraining for its size, so I may have to go through and widen some/all of them at some point to decrease page length. But I don't want to do it myself, since it would take me another two months or so to actually take the effort. I'm lazy, and I don't care that much for the Tales series nowadays.

Mayu Miyuki 12:32, 18 April 2009 (UTC)