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"Who Comes up with the names?"

Have you ever played a game and thought. Who in their right mind would call the main character that. The likes of Mario, Sonic, soild Snake, lara croft. Who made up these names and why.
Mario was named after Mario Segali who worked for nintendo, he was italien and looked a bit like mario.
Ok thats fine but Mario's second name is also Mario. So thats Mario Mario the plumber.
Originally he was suposed to be a carpenter as Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to make his character a hard working person so that the players could identify him/herself with him. He was then changed to a plumber.

Im not sure how sonic the hedgehog got his name but Im sure it must have something to do with his speed. As he can run and spin very fast.
There have been alot of weird names but most have meaning. Pac-Man is named after the Japenese word pacu meaning "to munch". So whats the weirdest name you have heard of in a game?

Another little bit of fun. If you could change the following characters names what would you call them? Try choose a name that suits their image.

1.Mario Mario and Luigi Mario
2.Sonic The Hedgehog
3.Crash Bandicoot
4.Lara Croft
5.Solid Snake
5.Zelda
6.Parappa The Rapper
7.Donkey Kong
8.Pac-Man

I would have designed sonic to be a rodent and called him action rat. I would have also changed his main attack from the roll thin to a running tackle.

I tell you if i were in charge the gaming industry would have gone down the pan ages ago.

1.Mario Mario and Luigi Mario = The Con Men
2.Sonic The Hedgehog = The Next Roadkill
3.Crash Bandicoot = Alf
4.Lara Croft = Miss Bea Havin
5.Solid Snake = Dave
5.Zelda = ... ummm do u mean Princess Zelda or Links
Princess = Ms PleaseCaptureMe
6.Parappa The Rapper = Snopp Dogg
7.Donkey Kong = King Kong
8.Pac-Man = Tesco-Boy

I bet luigi was just given an italian name that happened to be Luigi, the name obviously had to be italian as Mario was italian and so was his name.

I would have called Mario and Luigi er Serbastian and Arthur the loxley brothers, they could have been posh, english, lazy people that everyone despised.

1.Mario Mario and Luigi Mario = Fat Mario and Don Luigioni
2.Sonic The Hedgehog = Blue Speed
3.Crash Bandicoot = Mega Mongrel
4.Lara Croft = Ivonna Humpalot
5.Solid Snake = Smoking Man
5.Zelda = HRH Princess Lisa
6.Parappa The Rapper = Disco Pup
7.Donkey Kong = Mr Big
8.Pac-Man = Pill Popping Man

Good Thing I didnt make the names up ;-D

1.Mario Mario and Luigi-good in the film
> Mario-luigi's bro
2.Sonic The Hedgehog-spike
3.Crash Bandicoot-dude
4.Lara Croft-DD
5.Solid Snake-David
5.Zelda-elf
6.Parappa The Rapper-Eminem
7.Donkey Kong-crazy ape
8.Pac-Man-pooper

Sonic must have got his name from the "Sonic Boom" phenomenon which occurs when you go faster than the speed of sound.

Have you ever played a game and thought. Who in their right mind would call the main character that. The likes of Mario, Sonic, soild Snake, lara croft. Who made up these names and why.
Mario was named after Mario Segali who worked for nintendo, he was italien and looked a bit like mario.
Ok thats fine but Mario's second name is also Mario. So thats Mario Mario the plumber.
Originally he was suposed to be a carpenter as Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to make his character a hard working person so that the players could identify him/herself with him. He was then changed to a plumber.

Im not sure how sonic the hedgehog got his name but Im sure it must have something to do with his speed. As he can run and spin very fast.
There have been alot of weird names but most have meaning. Pac-Man is named after the Japenese word pacu meaning "to munch". So whats the weirdest name you have heard of in a game?

Another little bit of fun. If you could change the following characters names what would you call them? Try choose a name that suits their image.

1.Mario Mario and Luigi Mario
2.Sonic The Hedgehog
3.Crash Bandicoot
4.Lara Croft
5.Solid Snake
5.Zelda
6.Parappa The Rapper
7.Donkey Kong
8.Pac-Man