What the hell is S rank, anyway?

[Demons_Bane]

I always asked myself this question too while playing dragon quest. Man I love dragon quest *fond memories*

 

[DarkPanda XIII]

[img src="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4134/franky22ft5.jpg" />

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.....SUPA!!!!

 

[More Fun To Compute]

It's just a local grading scale, think it stands for special (or some japanese word that just means excellent).

A+ = AA = S
A++ = AAA = SS

 

[mad825]

I thought it was just a RE thing however I guess not now.

I think this would be the best explanation I could think of

summary

?S-Rank? was much cooler than the boring ?A?

what the S stands for? Special? Super? No one knows for sure.

 

[SimuLord]

Supercrapafuckarifficexpialabullshit.

Does anyone realy care?

I do. Because it just bugs me, and because there has to be a reason, either in the original Japanese or in the localization, for why the letter S was chosen.

 

[Jack and Calumon]

S means Super.

Why does it go to S? Because your so awesome, you broke the Alphabet.

Calumon: Awww Yeah.

 

[Cheesebob]

S stands for Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit man!

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Maybe this will help you understand. In ascending order of greatness:

Eeek! Dull... Cool. Bravo. Awesome! SUPER!

 

[Sethzard]

In DMC4 it stands for "stylish"

 

[Smertnik]

It's S for Sergeant Sergeant Of The Master Sergeants Most Important Person Of Extreme Sergeants TO THE MAX.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I agree Its a bit annoying E,D,C,B,A, S?

I thought it stood for Sonic then I realised it was in other games too!

 

[Spacewolf]

Perhaps the Japanophiles can riddle me this:

What's with the use of the letter S in ranking systems in Japanese games? Every time I've played one it's always seemed to be E, D, C, B, A, S for letter-grade rankings, and I JUST DUN GEDDIT!

At least Mario Kart makes a measure of sense, where if you do better than A, you get up to three stars, and It Is Always Stars. But S? The hell?

Im pretty sure its stylish as if you get SSS in DMC it says smokin sick stylish

 

[Caliostro]

S stands for Special, super, supreme... Depends, but it's always the obvious "Too good for A tier", and it's actually quite used in the west too.

Nah, it stands for 'Saikyo' which is japanese for 'strongest'.

Spoiler: SAIKYO-RYUU DA!!

Dan is the best [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncsHQ_psTEg]

(Yeah I know, old. but someone necroed it so I had to reply to that. Sorry Icecoldcynic.)

 

[Volucer]

Perhaps the Japanophiles can riddle me this:

What's with the use of the letter S in ranking systems in Japanese games? Every time I've played one it's always seemed to be E, D, C, B, A, S for letter-grade rankings, and I JUST DUN GEDDIT!

At least Mario Kart makes a measure of sense, where if you do better than A, you get up to three stars, and It Is Always Stars. But S? The hell?

You said it yourself - S is for Stars...it's always stars (or Stared, I guess)

 

[distortedreality]

I thought it was because they thought A+ was redundunt.

It would be where you went to school! *badumtish*

Anyway, I vote for super.

 

[Electric Alpaca]

Originally created in Japan where anything below grade ?C? was considered a failure. The 'S-Rank' allowed for a wider range of obtainable grades and thus player motivation, meaning that it was soon adopted by western developers who realized that the ?S-Rank? was much cooler than the boring ?A?. An A rank is commonly obtained by getting a 90% to 95%. If the player is flawless or achieves perfection in something, it qualifies as an S . Many people have wondered what the S stands for? Special? Super? No one knows for sure.

S ranks can be used in many areas but are most commonly found in video games although they are used in other places such as in certain governmental agencies, the military and in some schools.

Some games (e.g. Armored Core 4, Knights in the Nightmare...) even offer a double or triple S Rank otherwise known as an SSS Rank.