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"The Biggest Mistake SquareSoft Ever Made..."

...was having 'Rikki' sing the ending theme to Final Fantasy X on the PAL version.

Whilst the pentatonic scale may sound pleasing to the Asian ear, and whilst singers that sound like strangled cats may be all the rage in Japan, Rikki just didn't cut it for me, although my cat did request to hear it a second time.

Why oh why oh why didn't they just translate the song into English and throw Cher a few hundred bucks to perform it for the US/European release? They did it for Final Fantasy 8, why not Final Fantasy X? (True, it wasn't Cher singing, but they did bother to translate the song into English).

Apart from that, and of course The Bouncer, SquareSoft are doing OK.

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The Bouncer was good...

They went seriously off with that final song.

All through the game the music was brilliant, stunning at times, and then they finish off with that pile of tripe, if the game wasnt so good i would have been annoyed. Cant have everything i suppose.

I kinda liked it.

Didnt have a clue as to what she was singing about, but it had a certain ring to it.

Just, whatever you do, make sure you have the tv turned down a little, accidents happen otherwise...

What we really need to know is who has a distinction in 'good taste', and that definitely ain't FantasyMeister! Maybe you should get your ears syringed mate ;-)

FantasyMeister wrote:
> I have a distinction for Grade 3 Guitar, Grade 1 Double Bass and also
> sang in the school choir (firstly as a soprano, then as a tenor,
> luckily for me it wasn't the other way around). This has nothing to
> do with Rikki of course except for the cat-gut connection.

Just showing off then :p

erm....

I have 5 performing arts certifcates.....

I'm not cutting the grade am I?

ssxpro wrote:
> Suki da ne! :D I`m guessing you speak Japanese and that was some kind
> of clever joke that use English speaking types won`t get. Whats the
> difference between Sutiki and Suki? (And I have no idea if either of
> those are spelt right).

Hmmm. I know "suki" is something to do with strong affection or love. sutiki I don't know. My Japanese is crap, and gets worse with every passing day.

I swear my brain is getting smaller.

I have a distinction for Grade 3 Guitar, Grade 1 Double Bass and also sang in the school choir (firstly as a soprano, then as a tenor, luckily for me it wasn't the other way around). This has nothing to do with Rikki of course except for the cat-gut connection.

Ummm, well I do speak a bit of Japanese but no, it's not me trying to be clever - the song title is sneakily given away in the credits...

By the way I've got grade 4 sax so that's my credentials for posting in this thread :-)

They could at least have got Faye Wong to sing 'Suki da ne' then, because Rikki couldn't/didn't/shouldn't have.

Maybe I should just go get my ears syringed.

P.S. I'm getting Kingdom Hearts today, is Rikki mentioned anywhere in the credits for it? If she is I'll get Red Faction 2 instead.

Suki da ne! :D I`m guessing you speak Japanese and that was some kind of clever joke that use English speaking types won`t get. Whats the difference between Sutiki and Suki? (And I have no idea if either of those are spelt right).