Tag Alias: shadow_of_the_colossus -> wander_to_kyozou

Aliasing shadow_of_the_colossus -> wander_to_kyozou.

Reason: Original title; can go the other way, too.
Direct Romaji: wanda_to_kyozou.

I think this one should be left as is.

It depends on what we decided as far as using English in game titles or not from forum #18145, which sort of went away without a clear decision made.

I'll echo my opinion from that thread, and Fencedude, and support the English here.

Shinjidude said:
It depends on what we decided as far as using English in game titles or not from post #18145, which sort of went away without a clear decision made.

She's very cute, but I don't see what she has to do with videogame titles.

He means forum #18145, of course.

+1 for wander to kyozou

Obviously, but I couldn't let a good snark opportunity pass.

Er... yeah, forum #18145. Sorry about that.

Gah why so many threads about difficult game titles lately? It's so much simpler with anime... =P Since this game was intended for worldwide release from the start, and actually hit North America first by week and a half or so, is it the same dynamic as most anime? Should we treat them the same or is there more wiggle room for keeping the English title given the different circumstances?

That's what I'm undecided on.

T5J8F8 is bored, apparently.

According to Wikipedia, Shadow of the Colossus was released in the States 9 days before Japan, if that means anything.

Hillside_Moose said:
T5J8F8 is bored, apparently.

This. It's only for titles that I've otherwise run into their "true" names (usu. via Wikiz), though (and I kinda want the two-word romaji for TWEwY aliased, despite no one likely using that to find it).

Boredom is not a good excuse in this case.

All it will change is the appearance of the tag, it won't make a difference in reality.

I prefer thinking of it as a methodology, along with an obnoxious desire for consistency/accuracy.

Oh please, after Ephyon went berserk in your last attempt at Wapanizing all the Nintendo game titles, do you really want to continue beating the pile of horse giblets that is "consistency"?

T5J8F8 said:
I prefer thinking of it as a methodology, along with an obnoxious desire for consistency/accuracy.

You're right about the obnoxious part.

So long as we make it a rule, common English titles can be consisitant with each other, along with the fine art titles, as I mentioned before.

When we start Japanizing game titles that came out in English first, that's sort of strange and unintuitive for users of a primarily English website.

I admit, if I had seen/known it was States-side first, I mightn't've bothered, but all I remembered was that it had the player character's name in the title, which struck me as somewhat significant, far as naming differences go (compare with, say, Chi no Rondo and Rondo of Blood, much more equivalent). I do know that most of the Metroid titles started up over here, but siince there's not much individual distinctions, that doesn't matter.