Could Badass Rumble Be Atlus' Newest Game?

Keane Ng

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Could Badass Rumble Be Atlus' Newest Game?



Atlus is bringing Kenka Bancho 3 over from Japan, but first they're asking for your ideas to help rename the game's title, which translates to Awesome Master of Badass Beating-Up-People Guys. Yeah, I can see why that wouldn't work.

For the past few years Atlus has been all about staying true to the Japanese culture in which most of the games it publishes are entrenched, but there's a point at which you need to stop being faithful to Glorious Nippon and do a bit of revision in localization. Such is the case for PSP brawler Kenka Bancho 3, which Atlus is bringing stateside.

This is a game abut schoolboys beating the snot out of each other, which Atlus describes as "all about you proving yourself as the baddest hombre in town, accomplished by putting your fist as ungently as possible into the faces and guts of your opponents." There are eyebeams involved here, so yes, the gameplay's ridiculous, but not nearly as ridiculous as the title of the game as it's literally translated: Awesome Master of Badass Beating-Up-People Guys.

Now I think that's a great name, but I'm also crazy. Atlus, those guys are less so, so they want to rename Kenka Bancho for American shores. Thus, they're enlisting your opinions by conducting a survey [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102632965457&s=9230&e=001z12yO-3Vuvg9hlN3NfgBdsbXdarCMJ-UdP5THA8TeGyMEjTGSt3QAlSup0vJbKQjsskwu5B-jat_JNsHHQGroFyfbrGi1RmxYuTcG3LJtTeVU8TWReseUlTB8svjMjkzAbuAnbeuqMQYr_9ElxJ7zmTsUR3H7EyCW1PTg0wFLMfHE2aMdPjYvE4LDzIIN9wMq8TYhsiaBaE=] asking you to pick from a lineup of potential titles. Here are your choices.


Kenka Bancho
Badass
Badass Rumble
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
Turf Wars
Kenka Bancho: Turf War
Bancho Royale
Fist of the Bancho
Rise of the Bancho


If you ask me, the choice is clear: Badass Rumble. If you think otherwise, you deserve to be shot in the face by Japanese schoolboy eyebeams. Badass Rumble will hit the PSP early next year.


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Apr 28, 2008
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The hell is wrong with Awesome Master of Badass Beating-Up-People Guys?

that name is awsome
 

Mstrswrd

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Irridium said:
The hell is wrong with Awesome Master of Badass Beating-Up-People Guys?

that name is awsome
My thoughts exactly, but, if they do want to localize it to a higher degree, than Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble. The reason? It allows people who have imported it or are from Japan (or whatever) to recognize the game, and allows non-Otaku's to think 'Hey. This game is called Badass Rumble. I'll buy this."
 

Arrers

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Badass Rumble would be the best title ever. It sounds like the name of an old, poorly translated, japanese arcade game.
 

randommaster

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They could have kept it as the subtitle. We could have had Kencha Bancho 3: Awesome Master of Badass Beating-Up-People Guys, which is redundant as hell, but looks awesome.
 

MarsProbe

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They should just go with Awesome Master of Badass Beating-Up-People Guys, convention and box art be damned!

Trying to find a suitable alternative for that name is like trying to rename Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno. It probably won't work...

This topic puts me in mind of "badass motherfuckerdom", actually. Bonus points if you understand the reference.