Apollyon Southwest

[Byrth]

The second floor of this zone has Arboricole Hornet/Beetle/Crawler/Raven/Spider/Opo-opo and, for some reason, Apollyon Sapling.

I assume they were all supposed to be Arboricole? Perhaps there is some reason why the Sapling cannot also be Arboricole?

[Haldarn]

idk - 'arboricole' seems to be French for 'tree-cultivator'. I would take from that the other animals tend to the Apollyon Saplings and the Jidra.

Just my take on it.

[Byrth]

As far as I can tell, arboricole is just french for "arboreal." Why not have an Arboreal Sapling?

There are trees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_tremuloides)that have what you could call arboreal saplings. =p

[Haldarn]

I guess they just used the French word to mix it up, in the same way that we have 'CDC' and not 'Swan Song' etcetera.

You got something against French, eh?? ;)

[Edyth]

Judging by Japanese gameplay videos, I believe monster names are the same across all languages for this game, so this isn't a localization issue. If a monster or NPC has a name displayed above its game model on the field, it has the same name in all languages.

[Susuthamnes]

Hi Byrth,

Apologies for the delayed response!
As these monsters were named years ago, I can't say for sure, but as it seems the most standard English definition of "arboricole" is "inhabiting trees," I suspect the idea is the various other fauna all live in the forest that is comprised of the trees/saplings.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/arboricole

In any event, thank you for the feedback!