Fire Emblem's new anime direction (RANT)

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Airaku said:

 

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.

You are correct. He was called Bowser in the first SMB game ("Bowser, King of the Koopas.") People probably called him King Koopa mostly from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, where he was called King Koopa.

Like most other entertainment companies, Nintendo has gone through periods of standardizing the looks and names of its trademarked characters. They didn't have the standards they do now for their IPs until the late 1990s, and until the 1990s, Mario didn't even have a standardized appearance like he does now. In Super Mario 64, the Princess's name was being transistioned from "Princess Toadstool" to "Princess Peach", which is her official name now.