In fact, it was only because of the Japanese title underneath this logo, for an Akella-developed MMO published in Japan by Acquire, that we could parse this unfortunate image at all. Good luck!
In fact, it was only because of the Japanese title underneath this logo, for an Akella-developed MMO published in Japan by Acquire, that we could parse this unfortunate image at all. Good luck!
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 11:36AM sirgregorymayne said
I can't read the english, the Japanese says Furagorila フラゴリア
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 11:38AM (Unverified) said
Looks like the English name reads "Fragoria" to me.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 1:17PM (Unverified) said
how exactly does the japanese read 'gorila' when none of the japanese sylabaries contain an "L"? that's just a plain ol' "A"
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 2:32PM (Unverified) said
since there is no "L" in Hiragana or Katakana (or Japanese language for htat matter)... Good job on deciphering it!
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 3:47PM R Planteer said
Ulotirch, actually you are slightly wrong. what the Japanese do is combine the L and R sounds into one letter. Most of the time when a Japanese word containing this L/R sound is romanized (translated into English), it is written as an R. However, it is also considered both acceptable and correct to write such letters as Ls. One good example of this is the Japanese name れな, which you see translated both as "Rena" and "Lena" fairly often.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 7:59PM sirgregorymayne said
I realize there is no L in the Japanese phonetic alphabet. It was a typo. I corrected myself a few comments down.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 11:50AM (Unverified) said
According to Google, Fragoria is a browser-based MMO RPG. So a pretty safe bet that it's Fragoria. There's some info here:
http://feature.mmosite.com/content/2008-07-29/20080729013758143,1.shtml
Note that this page has an even WORSE logo for the game.
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http://feature.mmosite.com/content/2008-07-29/20080729013758143,1.shtml
Note that this page has an even WORSE logo for the game.
Posted: Sep 27th 2009 12:24PM SmokemeaKipper said
They really did improve the logo for TGS. Those Japanese and their constant quality improvement.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 12:36PM (Unverified) said
That "worse" logo actually says Fragoria in cyrillic Russian.
I'm new to russian and it's actually EASIER to read for me than the english one!
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I'm new to russian and it's actually EASIER to read for me than the english one!
Posted: Sep 27th 2009 1:55PM Hyperfludd said
Review of the game according to that site:
"HOW DO U REGISTER THE GAME! THE STUPID VIDEO SUCKS AND IT IS BOORINGGG"
Oh yeah, it's a keeper.
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"HOW DO U REGISTER THE GAME! THE STUPID VIDEO SUCKS AND IT IS BOORINGGG"
Oh yeah, it's a keeper.
Posted: Sep 27th 2009 11:53AM (Unverified) said
That's awful. On a completely unrelated note if anyone's looking for a logo artist my 9 year old sister is available. I think she has MS paint.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 1:57PM DevilSei said
Obviously your lack of artistic talents is shown by such a statement. It isn't just yellow on yellow. No!
The writing is in a bright, golden yellow, while the background is a mixture of "Baby poo orange" and "drunken yellow".
It's edgy and eye-catching!
/sarcasm
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The writing is in a bright, golden yellow, while the background is a mixture of "Baby poo orange" and "drunken yellow".
It's edgy and eye-catching!
/sarcasm
Posted: Sep 27th 2009 12:07PM Bowser Rogozhin said
That's some mighty fine Wordperfect clipart there.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 12:18PM (Unverified) said
Looks like some logo designer wants to be in a metal band.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 12:21PM JeezWhiz87 said
I think that font is called "Power Metal Cyrillic".
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 12:23PM MystileArmor said
If they can't get the logo right, imagine what the game will look like... and it's flash-based as well.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 1:23PM INNUENDO 64 said
the graphics are very reminiscent of Age of Empires
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 12:44PM Misfit Toy said
Little Hiro-san is holding his large box of cookies because it was instructed to only give cookies to those that correctly deciphered the title. Sadly he has only handed out three cookies. Poor Hiro-san.
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 1:20PM HelloKoopa said
And I thought my 1st grade Japanese reading skills would never prove useful, thanks Rosetta Stone!! But seriously, that looks more like a black metal band then a game...
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Posted: Sep 27th 2009 5:04PM MrKlorox said
BLACK metal? No no no.... as some dude mentioned earlier, it's much more POWER metal looking than anything.
Besides it is much more readable than most extreme metal logos and isn't a bunch of jagged intersecting white lines that looks like a Rorschach test from a distance.
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Besides it is much more readable than most extreme metal logos and isn't a bunch of jagged intersecting white lines that looks like a Rorschach test from a distance.
Posted: Sep 27th 2009 3:38PM ROBOCOLOSSUS said
I could read it without the Katakana but it wasn't easy.
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