Claire Redfield did it. No, really. The Resident Evil heroine’s voice actress, Alyson Court, was married to Capcom USA’s text localisation writer at the time. “He asked me 2 do it &, since he was a GnR fan, I changed the names 2b GnR references,” Court wrote over Twitter. “I didn’t know the game nor did I know how mad fans wld be that Id changed the characters’ names. But yrs later ppl now like it!”
Court says that at first her husband (now ex-husband) laughed at the names, but “then when fans started complaining he got mad at me. I meant well.”
Alyson Court Talks Mega Man X5 Guns N’ Roses References [Rockman Corner via Game Informer]
Irvyne
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 6:15 PM“People not like it?” What universe is she living in? I still facepalm every time I see the boss names in MMX5. Although I don’t know what’s worse, that or the weirdo-Japanese names that they kept in MMX6 and X7. At least MMX8 went back to the normal naming convention.
Irvyne
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 6:16 PMEugh. “People NOW* like it.” Sorry