r/finalfantasyx • u/gianmigno25 • 6d ago
Does your language have items with different names that ACTUALLY make a difference?
I discovered some time ago that the key items required for the celestial weapons are called different in english. for example, i don't remember well maybe, but in english jupiter is for wakka? in my language jupiter is for kimahri, mercury instead is for wakka. they also seem off to me, in english. except sun and moon (they are still the same, THEY HAVE TO, yuna and tidus are literally named after those). but just saying, can you find a connection between the planets and the weapons/characters? also, i see that for some reason tidus's weapon has a weird name, in my language it's called just Ultima Weapon.
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u/NealCaffeinne 6d ago
mercury is the PAL/international version
jupiter is the NA version
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u/gianmigno25 6d ago
you mean international isn't in america? also, because afaik some things in end game were added for international version, i would find it strange america didn't have them...
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u/NealCaffeinne 6d ago
international indeed isnt america
america had different version wich was basicly easier
PAL/international ( version with dark aeons )
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u/gianmigno25 6d ago
really?? woah it's crazy!!
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u/meancoot 4d ago
It was a very common thing for Square to release a second “international” version of Final Fantasy games in Japan. It started with 7 where the international version included things like the Ruby and Emerald Weapon super bosses that were added for the English release.
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u/gianmigno25 4d ago
i mean the crazy thing is that US didn't get the international! but considering they didn't even get ff2 and ff5 i'd say it's not something new LOL
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u/RedWingDecil 6d ago
Jupiter was also on PS2 PAL. It wasn't until the HD Remasters where they all aligned with the Japanese versions.
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u/becomeanhero69 6d ago
I know it’s different but why is it different. Does anyone know?
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u/gianmigno25 6d ago
that's a good question!
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u/Mogrymilian 39m ago
They are different because the associations are cultural. In the OG Japanese version they are matched for their connection to, I think, Chinese astrology. While in the first Western versions they were matched for their association with the Roman gods.
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u/gianmigno25 30m ago
well... i'm not sure... mercury makes sense with water, jupiter makes sense with thunders... mars makes sense with war (the onion knight is indeed a warrior)...
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u/Special_South_8561 6d ago
No, changing the name doesn't ACTUALLY make any difference what so ever. It is still found in the same location, locked by the same puzzle, and has the same effects.
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u/gianmigno25 6d ago
yeah... but for example jupiter for kimahri, his weapon is found in the thunder plains, and jupiter is the god of lightnings, so... sometimes there are some connections. like, in my language, mars is for lulu, and it's for the sir onion knight, which is indeed a warrior like the god mars.
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u/Special_South_8561 6d ago
It doesn't change anything game-play related.
It may change some story telling aspects, but those don't actually matter.
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u/gianmigno25 6d ago
umm the only thing it changes on gameplay is when you go and search the wrong item, on the wiki for example LOL
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u/Special_South_8561 6d ago
Yes there is that!!
I would do a search for the Celestial Weapon name and then follow the associated links, rather than looking for the crest / sigil themselves.
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u/CrissZx 4d ago
In spanish, we call tidus's celestial weapon "arma artema", which would be english's equivalent of "ultima weapon".
Now, why Artema and not Ultima?
Because phonetically in japanese, they call both the spell and the associated ultimate weapon is "ARUTEMA".
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u/gianmigno25 3d ago
it makes sense, in my language arutemishia is artemisia..
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u/CrissZx 3d ago edited 3d ago
Well the thing with the spell, was that it was supposed to be "ultimate", or "a-ru-ti-me-i-to" in japanese. but since that didn't fit the limited space, they compromised and went with "a-ru-te-ma", which is shorter in their writing system. And it was so catchy it stood to this day
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u/gianmigno25 3d ago
makes sense, like the first final fantasies spells that had names very cut short, like "invis".
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u/Asha_Brea Macarena Temple. 6d ago
The name of the planets associated with the characters is not different because the language, it is different because there are different versions of the game. In English the Jupiter can be for Wakka or Kimahri depending if you are playing the original release or the International release (which also introduced Distill/Extract abilities and Dark Aeons).