(Jun. 14, 2020  3:12 PM)Zeutron Wrote:

(Jun. 14, 2020  2:10 PM)Ali Baba Wrote: It's a cool bey, with a cool launcher,  with a cool gimmick, but the name...

Can’t say I disagree, Variant is a really weird name for the ring.

(Jun. 14, 2020  3:02 PM)MagikHorse Wrote:

(Jun. 14, 2020  2:32 PM)Ali Baba Wrote: I'll wait for dragon, if it's a starter i'll buy, but if not i'll consider Variant or (Valiant)

It's name is confirmed to be Variant, not Valiant. From what I've seen from Google Translate the words don't even look remotely similar in Japanese.

Variant: バリアント or 変異体
Valiant:  勁                    or  勇ましい

(Jun. 14, 2020  3:17 PM)Ali Baba Wrote:

(Jun. 14, 2020  3:12 PM)Zeutron Wrote: Can’t say I disagree, Variant is a really weird name for the ring.

I think it's just a mistranslate, maybe the name is Valiant

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(Jun. 14, 2020  3:02 PM)MagikHorse Wrote: It's name is confirmed to be Variant, not Valiant. From what I've seen from Google Translate the words don't even look remotely similar in Japanese.

Variant: バリアント or 変異体
Valiant:  勁                    or  勇ましい

I think it's the romanization, they may put the English name Valiant, but spell it Variant, ex: duragon

(Jun. 14, 2020  3:12 PM)Zeutron Wrote: Can’t say I disagree, Variant is a really weird name for the ring.

(Jun. 14, 2020  3:17 PM)Ali Baba Wrote: I think it's just a mistranslate, maybe the name is Valiant

I think it's the romanization, they may put the English name Valiant, but spell it Variant, ex: duragon

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(Jun. 14, 2020  3:59 PM)MagikHorse Wrote:

(Jun. 14, 2020  3:12 PM)Zeutron Wrote: Can’t say I disagree, Variant is a really weird name for the ring.

The ring's name isn't unusual at all given the whole "shifting" theme it has with it retractable armor. The  chassis has a "variant" set of armor spikes but you can't really name the chassis "variant", so why not apply that descriptive name to the ring instead? The name makes perfect sense in the context of what this bey is trying to do overall, so why is it unusual at all? The word is rarely used, yes, but that doesn't make it bad.

It's 100% not a mistranslation of the Japanese though, as I've said before the words aren't even remotely similar. I don't think we've seen the name in English yet, but the Japanese name is clear as crystal as "Variant".

(Jun. 14, 2020  3:17 PM)Ali Baba Wrote: I think it's just a mistranslate, maybe the name is Valiant

I think it's the romanization, they may put the English name Valiant, but spell it Variant, ex: duragon

They have never done this with any Beyblade I'm aware of (please, correct me if I'm wrong), short of the Pegasis line in MFB which they admitted to being a typo they were hesitant to fix due to having to retroactively change the whole line's name. They do sometimes pronounce foreign words strangely (e.g. seeing "dragon" but pronouncing it like "duragon"), but that's due to how Japanese as a language handles foreign words and isn't a typo or mispronunciation at all as much as a language quirk. Heck, I can't even find a "duragon" in TT's lineup of anything, so I don't even know where you're fishing that up from as your example.

To claim the name is actually "Valiant" is to presume they're going to screw it up in English, and I have better faith in TT than to presume they will screw up the name like that over actually getting the right name on the box like they do with almost every single thing they make. If we start presuming they're going to be wrong all the time like this then we're just going to make a mess everywhere, so why bother adding confusing "but what if they mistranslate it" scenarios into the air?

It's a lot better, and less confusing, for everyone if we assume they know what they're doing in terns of English translation.

(Jun. 14, 2020  4:27 PM)TrainiacJ Wrote: "Variant" and "Valiant" are both spelled the exact same way in katakana, so until they actually show the english spelling of the ring's name, it's not worth getting worked up over. 

In more important news, TakaraTomyMall put up a listing for VLc with official images: https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810160267/

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(Jun. 14, 2020  4:38 PM)DevHype Wrote: I think we'll be seeing a lot of "I broke my Variant Lucifer". Oh and I noticed that it doesn't have a removeable core like the other sparking chips.

(Jun. 14, 2020  4:38 PM)DevHype Wrote: I think we'll be seeing a lot of "I broke my Variant Lucifer". Oh and I noticed that it doesn't have a removeable core like the other sparking chips.

(Jun. 14, 2020  4:54 PM)Vtryuga Wrote: This is going to be like gaia dragoon.. a diaster waiting to happen. Those blades on chassis or ring will create a lot of stopping force on itself and will suffer from poor stamina.. this is just my opinion

(Jun. 14, 2020  4:47 PM)MagikHorse Wrote:

(Jun. 14, 2020  4:38 PM)DevHype Wrote: I think we'll be seeing a lot of "I broke my Variant Lucifer". Oh and I noticed that it doesn't have a removeable core like the other sparking chips.

I agree with the former, and noticed the latter almost immediately. I feel like they'll have to do the same "no removable core" thing with Spriggan too.

Now that I think about it though... the center crown almost looks like painted metal. Could this be a thing?

(Jun. 14, 2020  5:07 PM)♛ᴋʀéɴ™♛ Wrote: Y'all remember the MFB  SFX Kerbecs with blades that pop out? This definitely reminds me of that

(Jun. 14, 2020  5:16 PM)God Dragruler Wrote: the bey looks good
i don't known how I feel about that gimmick though it's as someone mentioned very similar to Gaia dragon blade thing my memories are falling me fir sfx kerbecs lol, but we all know how that ended for Gaia hahaha . but we can't judge until we have it or see it but you can bet they anime will make it look cool lol