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Jhones
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: New Name Discovery. |
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Everyone knows Babbage, the slightly eccentric gear lover from Estrise, right?
Well, I found where he came from.
Charles Babbage the inventer of the very, VERY first computer. _________________
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if he too spoke very annoyingly. _________________
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Ujitsuna
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder more if Charles Babbage liked his cogs as much as the Suikoden Babbage did. |
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John Layfield
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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I always assumed this was well known, like how Levi is named after Eliphas Levi. _________________ One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. |
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Sniper_Zegai
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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lol I had no idea the guys at konami did this.
hmmm I wonder if there will be a solid snake or MGS reference in the future..... _________________
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John Layfield
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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There's only ever been one reference to a character from another Konami game in the Suikoden series and that's Oleg. _________________ One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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I never thought of the relation there but thats pretty neat. good find _________________
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Luceit
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:34 am Post subject: |
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Well, Crowley probably refers to Aleister Crowley, though I can't be sure. Anyway, I already knew about that, but it's cool. _________________
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Ujitsuna
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Luceit wrote: |
Well, Crowley probably refers to Aleister Crowley, though I can't be sure. Anyway, I already knew about that, but it's cool. |
That's been known for a while. Mazus was also named after Aleister Crowley's real life teacher McGregor Mathers. |
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VikiFanatic
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: |
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recently found out about Charles Babbage as well. It's nice that Konami has such references in their games. It's very much cultural to do so. ^^ They tend to use famous names for some people, so that's a little tidbit to know where they came from...
In hindsight, the overused name of Sasuke comes from the famous ninja, Sarutobi Sasuke. ^^ _________________
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:19 am Post subject: |
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VikiFanatic wrote: |
In hindsight, the overused name of Sasuke comes from the famous ninja, Sarutobi Sasuke. ^^ |
You think thats why Sasuke looks a bit like a monkey? |
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VikiFanatic
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Well, i guess you could say that. ^^ Sasuke is somewhat monkey-ish even in his stance.
I also have a suspicion that Fuma is a reference to the Fuuma clan of Ancient Japan. Particularly a certain Fuuma Kotaro... _________________
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Scrooge McDuck
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Well... Fuma, Sasuke, Hanzo and even Kage to some extent (because of its direct relation with "shadow", I presume) are all the basic names of fictional shinobi. You could find those in practically all over the whole ninja entertainment literature. _________________
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Kane of the Black Sea
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:53 am Post subject: |
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Well, this thread certainly is informative. Where have you people happened to come by most of this information, or am I just out of the loop??? _________________
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:58 am Post subject: |
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Search for Babbage on Google and see what your first result is. :D I reckon that people just search for Suikoden character names and come up with all sorts of connections. |
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