Gaggle of Geese Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I can see a phallic reference in that name... >_> You're supposed to. Read this for more info: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pingas On another note, I once forged a log and tried to name it "Morning Wood." That was my first encounter with the censorship message. I wonder if it does the same for "Wood" without the "Morning?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naui Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Clbuttic question: is "grape" allowed? "Grape" has no problems. Funny, as a joke to my earlier statement, I named an avatar "Cofagrigus" and it gave me the "offensive name" message. Edited March 11, 2013 by Naui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Doombringer Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I ran into the censorship message, too. Granted, I was trying to rename an axe "Fuckslayer" so I can't exactly say "lol censorship blocked my innocent word". I think I might try a bunch of names some day just to see which ones are banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLeafeon Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Nothig beats not being able to trade a Cofagrigus or Noespass without a nickname. Genius. I tried to name my Vigoroth ADHD because of its pokedex data. Every time I tried to press OK it would give me an error sound. I don't understand this, lol. There's no bad word in that at all. XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakkun Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I remember playing my old copy of Megaman Starforce, and wrote "I love me some grape soda" in my star carrier. It got cencored. I later tried naming my folder in Megaman Battle Network "Grape" to see if the same thing happened. ...It didnt. Strange. I guess Nintendo picks & chooses what games/words to censor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPSEliwoodGabriel Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 You know, I'm surprised people didn't thought of one of the obvious. Nintendo of America also takes care of the Canadian games, right? So, thinking ahead for the French-speaking people over here (me included- no, seriously, French is my mother tongue), they did that censor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) given that the NoA region extends to french canada I can understand also "violet" sounds like "violate" edit ninja Edited March 11, 2013 by Agro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewjeo Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 But it's also a name, a flower, and a color before any of that. Does a French Canadian really look at "Violet" and think "rape?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPSEliwoodGabriel Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 ...You know, that's a really good question, and I bet you the answer's probably no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookies Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 The funny thing is, my forged Thoron is called "DIE YOU ASS" and it didn't get censored. Probably because it was in all caps, but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riariadne Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yeah I noticed that real early on with Violet as well. I didn't question it that much and just sort of ignored it as irritating at most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karasz Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 So lemme get this right. You can't name an avatar "Violet," and you can't forge a Killing Edge and keep its name? Nintendo sure has some WEIRD localization issues going on here. I mean, really, who would look at the word "Violet" and connotate it with "rape?" Hell, violet is French for "purple." Just because it's two letters away from being translated as rape doesn't mean it shouldn't be used at all. And plus that, this game is rated T for Teen, isn't it? Teenagers play this game. What teenager would be offended by rape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPSEliwoodGabriel Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 It can be a trigger, I guess? *shrugs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrahunter Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 It's the "Viol" in Violet that caused the censer warning to pop up. Tried added and removing letters but I could only cause the popup to happen when "Viol" was entered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyborg-Kangaroo Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yes, they do. Anything with a number is automatically censored presumably due to the fact that people can try to use numbers to get around the censors. Like for example P3N1S. This explains a LOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) It happens in Harvest Moon: A New Beginning as well. D8 Has someone tried "Spice"? I tried naming my chicken Spice, but its apparently offensive. I'm wondering if there is indeed a universal word-censor for all 3DS games. Edited March 11, 2013 by Faye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samias Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I presume Spice is banned because the censor for whatever reason doesn't see the whole word and just sees an assortment of letters that makes up a derogatory word, much like with Pokemon and Cofagrigus and Nosepass and other such mons. It makes a whole lot more sense being accidentally banned than Violet or seemingly innocuous phrases such as Killing Edge (I just can't see it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatt Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Do you try another names of the french weapons? This can be the name of a magic from the european translation. Anyone wants to trying? (ex: feu, épée fer, tonnerre,...). And don't mistake viol and viole. Viol means rape, viole means in english viol. Edited March 11, 2013 by dymew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLeafeon Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I remember playing my old copy of Megaman Starforce, and wrote "I love me some grape soda" in my star carrier. It got cencored. I later tried naming my folder in Megaman Battle Network "Grape" to see if the same thing happened. ...It didnt. Strange. I guess Nintendo picks & chooses what games/words to censor. Perhaps it used a censor method similar to GameFAQs? (e.g., continuous. You cannot have Thunderbolt and Waterfall falling each-other without anything between them. Regardless of whether they're on new lines or not. <<; It was stupid.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Spice and Spic are censored, but not Spi or Sp. D: I don't get it, is "spic" the bad word here? Augh these censor things are rather confusing and dumb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-So-Great Knight Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Spice and Spic are censored, but not Spi or Sp. D: I don't get it, is "spic" the bad word here? Augh these censor things are rather confusing and dumb... "Spic" is racist slang, though I forget which race it specifically refers to. I think Hispanics, though I'm not entirely certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I don't get the Nosepass one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBro Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I don't get the Nosepass one... nosepASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Oh, yeah... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Wow. I never actually had any trouble with killing edges, but killer lance got me. hmm... Perhaps the whole mechanic is flawed... Nah, this is Nintendo. They never make mistakes(except for... yeah, never mind)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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