(Sep. 01, 2021 1:10 PM)6Jupiter5 Wrote: (Sep. 01, 2021 9:01 AM)Shido-kun Wrote: Meanwhile also Hasbro:
Kept Genesis and Apocalypse
Well, Genesis and Apocalypse really doesn’t have an association with religion. Genesis is a beginning simply put while apocalypse is the end of the world.
Apocalypse isn't always used in the religious context of the world ending, but it still carries the same meaning. Genesis on the other hand, is undeniable. Literally every single time it gets brought up, its always used in a religious context. Hell, just using google search alone, you're bombarded by it. Though I guess you can blame the bible for this being the case.
(Sep. 02, 2021 12:59 AM)JCE_13 Wrote: They wanted to change it because they can lol.
Doesn't really change the fact that most of the name changes were dumb. I don't really care much for the first part of the names(Mirage, Victory, Nightmare, etc.), but the actual main name changes were bad, because they are literally making up words and names that don't exist. Drivers, while a bit unrelated are even worse because them adding an ing or er to the original name just sounds so cringe and unnecessary.
Back in MFB, most of their name changes made sense and were actually cleverly censored in some cases, such as changing Hell to Hades. It ended up more or less having the same meaning as the original despite the change because in Greek Hades doesn't just refer to the god of the underworld, but also the underworld itself. So in that sense Hell=Hades=Underworld, but at the same time the real meaning was hidden compared to hell, and yet still carried the same meaning.
The rest were more or less just Hasbro or whoever was in charge with the English dub changing the Japanese names back to their original spelling/translation. Since a lot of them were altered intentionally or otherwise due to screwing up the katakana spelling.
Quote:If every Hasbro Beyblade was named the same and retained the exact same properties of TT counterparts, they'd be no more than cheaper copies, no?
You realize asking this is weird given the current state of Hasbro, right?