First?? Anyway, Genicus works for me, all the time.

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^ That one, or a variation, pretty much anytime I am online or in a game. If others think it's weird, meh. I sometimes come up with a reason why my character is named that. :P

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My characters in Zelda are called NOP, because when the original Legend of Zelda first came out way back, my friend and I just wanted to play and didn't want to figure out a name, so we hit the N and then just did O and P next to it.

All other characters are always their in-game names if they have one, or Fred if they don't.

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I always name the hero in Zelda Link, except in Link to the Past. I usually name him "dmmy;", which is what my friend and I got hitting random letters when we were little.

Other than that, my hero is usually named Matt, my real name.

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I was actually taken aback the first time I started playing a Zelda game, put in my name and started having the NPCs talk to me. It felt like one of those personalized storybooks they had for kids back in the 70's (I'm sure they have them now too but I was a kid in the 70's.)

So I use Link. And I think if I ever run into another game that uses the name I choose in the in-game dialogue, I'll still use Link, even if it has nothing to do with Zelda. I'm unimaginative that way.

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I use my own name.

Can occasionally feel weird, as my head still refers to the little blonde dude in green as 'link' but yeah.

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I only change one character: the L becomes a P. It's funny to see everyone call him Pink.

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My friend always names the lead character after himself, and all the other characters after his friends, including me. I think that's weird.

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With Zelda and Final Fantasy, I tend to use the original hero names. For everything else, though, it's usually Elle or Cain.

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Russell or Russ seems to fit very well into the Zelda universe. in fact, wasn't one of the characters in twilight princess named Rusl?

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My characters in Etrian Odyssey are named:
Medic
DarkHunt
Ronin
Landsckt
Survivor
Protectr
Beast
Alchemst
Hexer
Gunner
and Bard (just to be different)

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haha... same here, same here!!!
i also always use the name LINK whenever i play zelda. it will be the same as any other game, say for example your character is sonic and the game calls you something else that does not fit into the game's storyline. it will sound soo funny if i choose sonic and the game calls him by my name.... weird.

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If I have the option to change names, I usually leave them. If I'm going to talk about a game with friends, I can't say, "And then [Insert name here] did this really cool attack!" and everyone's all, "Who the hell are you talking about?" But I see games more as a story that I'm not allowed to be in. :c So they all keep their original names, like in Golden Sun.

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HairyBalls or just Zach works for me.

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For my games, i usually name all the characters after other characters from the same publisher. For ex., my clan in FFTactics is Zanarkand with Tidus as the main guy. Then for FFIII everyone has Kingdom Hearts names.

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Well it might not be Zagaroth exactly...but I do tend to use my real name, Orie. It does indeed seem to fit in whatever universe I try to put it in, so I am content.

Also, "I want to play the game as the creators intended"? If changing the name wasn't what they intended, why put in the input box :P

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It depends on the game.

If it's a game like Zelda, where the main character does have a name, I usually put Link, but that's for 1st games.

If it's a game like Pokémon Mystery Dungeon where you are the main character, I just put my own name, RupeeClock. (Harry the Chikorita? Hell no.)

If it's a game that has no bearing on the username at all, like Super Mario RPG (save for a "password",) I just put whatever I might like, like Lucario maybe.

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