Talk:List of Mega Man 2 enemies

Enemy names
Excluding (or including?) the enemies that appear in Mega Man Powered Up, should the MM2 enemies have their original names instead of their MM2 booklet names? Many manuals and gaming magazines had naming issues at the time, X5, Zero 3, and Legends being more recent examples were some things are named differently in the games (X5 bosses with Japanese names, Deastants Mantisk, Bomb Bonne, ...), and the original names of the MM2 enemies appear in the ending of the first three Game Boy games and in the book Mega Man Official Complete Works (between those two, Pierobot/Pierrobot, Cook/Kukku, and Puti Goblin/Petit Goblin are the only MM2 ones named differently). Thoughts? --Quick (u•t) 01:09, May 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Just noticed this :P
 * Yes, I think original names should be used for the reasons you just pointed out. Many translators back then just didn't know what they were doing and/or just took personal liberties (like X5). That said, I feel the X5 Maverick article names should have their original, accurate names first and reference their American names second (they're listed this way in Mega Man X Official Complete Works, as even UDON considered the Guns N' Roses names noncanonical). I would like to do that, if you think it's OK. -- Udana 19:11, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

I really prefer the original X5 names (Some of the current aren't bad either), but I don't think we should change those, as those are used-in game and are their most known names outside Japan, and unlike names like Dopple Town / Doppel Town and HealNavi / HeelNavi, they aren't a small misspelling/mistranslation, and their names didn't appear in as many sources as the enemies. (scratches head) Octopardo... But if they are named like that in MMXOCW, I would not mind them being changed to the original names, as long as MMXOCW is noted and a few more users agree with it. --Quick (u•t) 03:21, June 3, 2011 (UTC)