@KommaChameleon @Felthry @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit (listen i kinda actually want this bc i have a copy of VOOT for DC)

@poss_bot @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit what's VOOT?

@Felthry @poss_bot @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Crocabit oh is that virtual on?

@Felthry @poss_bot @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit i'm guessing virtual on, the arcade cabinets have a dual stick setup like that

@Galuade @Felthry @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit correct!

@poss_bot @Galuade @KommaChameleon @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit okay, now: what's "virtual on"?

@Felthry (removing @'s to reduce spamminess)

a dual-stick arena mecha fighting (?) game by sega!

@poss_bot I just misread "sega" as "sergal" somehow

@Felthry @poss_bot @Galuade @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit Virtual On is a one-on-one mecha fighting game from the 90s featuring a behind-the-back camera and a dual stick control scheme. It's played split screen or on separate displays.

VOOT is "Virtual On Ontario Tangram", the Dreamcast version of the game.

@KommaChameleon @poss_bot @Galuade @ShugoWah @Moot @Crocabit Ontario Tangram? That's certainly a name.

@Felthry WHOOPS I kinda typed it wrong, it's "Oratorio Tangram". It's a pretty thesaurus name but

Oratorio = a large-scale opera
Tangram = a puzzle about rearranging shapes

So it's basically a fancy way of saying "Virtual On: Grand Remix". Tangram is also the name of one of the game's villains.

@KommaChameleon that's still a rather strange name.

@KommaChameleon though I guess plenty of games have really strange names. Radiant Historia, Infinite Undiscovery, Exist Archive

@Felthry Yeah. In many cultures, giving things foreign-sounding names gives them an air of mystery or prestige (e.g. you can order "filet mignon" but not "tender beef"). Japanese media often does this with loanwords from English or other European languages.

@Felthry @KommaChameleon Bravely Default

@poss_bot @Felthry Octopath Traveler

@KommaChameleon @poss_bot Romancing SaGa

@Felthry @poss_bot If this is gonna become another list thread I'm game

Devil Survivor -- this one I like because it almost parses but is something no English speaking person would ever say

@KommaChameleon @Felthry @poss_bot Thousand Arms

@ShugoWah @KommaChameleon @poss_bot Wild Arms

@Felthry @ShugoWah @poss_bot pictured: wild arms

@Felthry @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon Coded Arms

@poss_bot @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories

@poss_bot @Felthry @KommaChameleon god I loved Coded Arms

@poss_bot @Felthry @ShugoWah

@Felthry @ShugoWah @KommaChameleon