We have to thank Spencer Yip of Siliconera for doing an interesting bit of investigative reporting on the subject of what is and isn't acceptable in Spectrobes. So, there are a lot of things you can't name your Spectrobes ... mostly things you probably wouldn't say in front of your mother unless there were major extenuating circumstances. And we all tend to agree on a working list of what those words are, right? Well, apparently, someone at Jupiter has a mother who reaches for the soap for things we wouldn't even consider minor infractions, like "Sega."Yes, Sega. In Spectrobes, you can't name any of the critters "Sega," though other developers are fair game. We have a theory about this Sega hate. We're guessing it just may be due to those commercials. You know -- pretty much all of them, and particularly the EXTREME!! Sega shout. We're guessing that someone heard that one too many times, and after Blast Processing, it was just the last straw.
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3-15-2007 @ 9:57AM
Chris said...
I recall someone telling me that sega is actually a swearword in another language (he wasn't kidding). I forget which though...
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3-15-2007 @ 10:51AM
TheDave said...
From what I recall, "sega" in Italian is (to put it family friendly) oral in nature *wink wink nudge nudge* know what I mean? That's probably why it gets kicked out.
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3-15-2007 @ 11:21AM
a.j. said...
can you name them "sucks"? cause that's what this game does. i'm abot 6 hours into it and ready to send it off to Ebay land.
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