FF14: Crimson Liberators (Rough Japanese Translation for Stormblood)

[TheRealMadruck]

I do not know if anyone else has possibly mentioned this, but am I the only one that likes the name Crimson Liberators more than Stormblood for the upcoming expansion? Or is that just me?

[Musashidon]

it's just you~

[RaijinSupreme]

nah, Stormblood is better

[Dualgunner]

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IMO Crimson Liberators sounds cooler, but I mean I guess we get the fighting expansion for real fighters :P

IIRC the reason why we're not using Crimson Liberators as the subtitle is because SE would run into copyright issues here in the US for that.

I recall something to that effect being stated before as well.

[SaitoHikari]

IIRC the reason why we're not using Crimson Liberators as the subtitle is because SE would run into copyright issues here in the US for that.

[Belhi]

IIRC the reason why we're not using Crimson Liberators as the subtitle is because SE would run into copyright issues here in the US for that.

This was the reason. Koji Fox actually told a story about it during an interview at one of the Fanfests. They actually had quite a bit of trouble finding a good name they could copyright.

[Theodric]

I like 'Stormblood' better. It sounds more imposing and 4.0 is very unlikely to paint liberation efforts in a pleasant light since this is a game that thankfully isn't afraid to ensure that the story has nuances and is morally grey.

[Hirskuwil]

I do not know if anyone else has possibly mentioned this, but am I the only one that likes the name Crimson Liberators more than Stormblood for the upcoming expansion? Or is that just me?

Just pointing out that the Japanese title is 紅蓮の解放者 (guren no kaihōsha), which I would translate more as Liberators of the Crimson Lotus rather than just crimson as 蓮 (hasu) means lotus with 紅 (kurenai) meaning a dark-red/crimson colour.

The monk ability Fists of Fire is actually called 紅蓮の構え (guren no kamae) or Crimson lotus stance, so the Japanese title does seem to focus more specifically on our role as liberators of Ala Mhigo, which is nice. Still, I do like the name Stormblood ^.^

[Misutoraru]

Just pointing out that the Japanese title is 紅蓮の解放者 (guren no kaihōsha), which I would translate more as Liberators of the Crimson Lotus rather than just crimson as 蓮 (hasu) means lotus with 紅 (kurenai) meaning a dark-red/crimson colour.

The monk ability Fists of Fire is actually called 紅蓮の構え (guren no kamae) or Crimson lotus stance, so the Japanese title does seem to focus more specifically on our role as liberators of Ala Mhigo, which is nice. Still, I do like the name Stormblood ^.^

ぐれん have the flower meaning of elegant and dignified in our language

[Synrin]

Well I do think it would be a nice word BUT in English as a language, Stormblood has more of a ring to it and follows 'Heavensward' as a mesh of two words. So it makes sense in the end.

Using Crimson Liberators or something of the sort as a subtitle or w/e would be nice just to explain what the expansion is all about.