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San-X Chara
 
Category: Naming
Reference: 3010
Closed (accepted) by: root.
kazumi213 » 2008-09-02 02:21:51

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San-X

キャラ must be romanized as "Character" for the same reason as テレビ must be romanized as "Television" and not "Televi" or "Terebi" (like previously used on GBA and NDS DATs)

Now regarding my suggested hyphenation for 1010. Consider all currently listed "San-X" titles for NDS:

0387 - San-X Land - Theme Park de Asobou! (Japan)
1010 - San-X Chara Sagashi Land (Japan)
2619 - San-X Character Channel - All-Star Daishuugou! (Japan)

Now consider the internal names:

SANXLAND
SANXCHAR
SANXCHANNEL

I think this justifies hyphenation on 1010 for series naming consistancy shake. This has been done in the past. Hence my changes:

1010 - San-X Chara Sagashi Land (Japan)
1010 - San-X Character - Sagashi Land (Japan)
fuzzball » 2008-09-02 18:50:46

I agree on 'Character'.

1010 - San-X Character - Sagashi Land (Japan)
This is a mistake clearly.
Don't separate 'Character' from 'Sagashi'.

[my new idea]
1010 - San-X - Character Sagashi Land (Japan)
1010 - San-X Character Sagashi Land (Japan)
kazumi213 » 2008-09-03 02:46:18

Yes, hyphenation is a bit forced here. Then:

1010 - San-X Chara Sagashi Land (Japan)
1010 - San-X Character Sagashi Land (Japan)