| Hiku said: Yeah, it's the same in some other games where you get to name the main character like Persona 3 & 4 and the Suikoden series. The creators don't give them an official name in the game. Probably because they don't want us to be influenced by it and stop percieving it as a "my unit". But once the Persona 3 & 4 anime and the fighting games, and officially published manga for Suikoden came out, those characters were given specific names simply because the other characters need a name to adress them by. |
That is true. I suppose once those characters branch out into other forms of media and people really related to them, then yes I guess they need to have some kind of name. I would never say Zelda is less story driven, it's more like Elder Scrolls or Fable where the story occurs around you. Zelda has a very deep plot once you get into the universe and play multiple games. You'll start to see the connections on how each game is separate and stands on its own while actually being connected into a whole larger story. The big difference with Zelda is that Link is an established character and cannot be edited. He generally carries the same general look in every game with minor difference. In the older games he has had brown hair, hell in A Link to the Past he had purplish pink hair. Though he is essentially the same person again and again as explained through his "reincarnation".
I am pretty sure Bowser was Bowser in the very first Super Mario Bros game. I could be wrong but I am pretty sure of it. At least in the English North American version. From my understanding I've heard that in Japan his name is Daimao Koopa. Apparently also sometimes Koopa is written as Kuppa. Also apparently Lord Bowser somewhere. So Bowsers name seems to be a bit of a clusterf*ck.
