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Destroy All Podcasts DX Episode 26 - Space Saucer Big Battle, Tech Romancer

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striking the heart of

striking the heart of villains....with a ZUBAT!!
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oh HELL yes! me and a friend of mine played tech romancer to death on my dreamcast back in the day. my favorites were g-kaiser and blodia.
BLODIA KICK!!

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Posted by the duke of space on 3 October, 2007 - 00:06
Capcom is weird

If there's one thing I've never understood about the english version of Tech Romancer (besides the utterly nonsensical title. Seriously, Tech Romancer? Are we paying homage to William Gibson?) is the way they renamed Kikaioh to G.Kaiser. What the hell does the G stand for and how does G.Kaiser relate to a name that literally means, "Machine King?" It boggles the mind.

-Andrew

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Posted by Destroy All Pod... on 3 October, 2007 - 10:46
Tech Romancer

Uh, Neuromancer was like a pun on necromancer, and Tech Romancer is also a pun on necromancer. Notice the way it rhymes with necromancer and does not rhyme with neuromancer.

It is a stupid name, I agree.

Also, I'm pretty sure the G in G. Kaiser is Great, like Great Mazinger, not that that is any reason not to use the name Kikaioh. I mean, it's just as foreign as anythingkaiser, if that's your concern.

-Jeremy

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Posted by Destroy All Pod... on 4 October, 2007 - 03:35
I object to that fact that

I object to that fact that the edit was pointless and stupid especially when they didn't bother to dub the game so Kikaioh's pilot is constantly screaming KIKAIOOOOOOOOOH! It's that retarded "foreign names are bad" bullshit.

-Andrew

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Posted by Destroy All Pod... on 4 October, 2007 - 10:58
Foreign?

"Kaiser" is still a foreign word.

-Jeremy

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Posted by Destroy All Pod... on 4 October, 2007 - 20:54
Well a Japanese word then

Well a Japanese word then :p

-Andrew

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Posted by Destroy All Pod... on 4 October, 2007 - 22:01