ITT we debate that pronunciation of "hydrocity" for the amusement and entertainment of everyone involved.
>>3067445
Hydro - City
/Thread.
Confirmed by the makers.
I say highdrocity, with the drocity part pronounced like in atrocity.
>>3067445
hi-draw-city
It is pronounced as ハイドロシティ according to the manual, so "Hydro City", not "atrocity".
>localization
/thread
>>3067458
whoops, forgot my image.
>>3067458
Hydro shitty
[insert half-assed JonTron "Dino City" joke here]
>this thread
>>3067445
High
Drow
City
>>3067456
I approve this post.
High-dross-uh-tee.
This game is high dross so it's a hy-drocity, get it? Haha what a clever thread.
Hee-Dree-Sea-Tee
I've never not even once considered that it might be "hydro city" considering it's one word
>>3067635
It's a FUCKING city under water for christs sake, Hydro-City
I've always interpreted it as Hydro City, because nearly all of the other sonic levels ever are Descriptor Location Zone, so Aqueous Municipality Zone best fits the pattern.
>>3067849
>Evergreen Mountainous Region Zone
>Pompei Styled Ruins Zone
>Mechanical Refuse Zone
>Submerged Ancient Architecture Zone
>Well-Lit Urban Environment Zone
>Mechanical Eco-Terrorist Base Zone
>>3067478
>"Velocity" is correctly romanized into katakana as ヴェロシティ"Atrocity" as アトロシティ
who gives a shit?
high-drow-city?
high-draw-city?
high-druh-shittythread.
>>3067865
>Fear-Inducing Coastal Region Zone
>High Collision Risk Zone
>Submerged Ruins during a State of High Intensity Weather Zone
>Mineral Deposit Subsection (with Signicat Amouts of Quartz) Zone
>Poorly Designed Construction Area Zone
>High Volume High Speed Transportation Zone
>Mechnical Base of Eco-Terrorist that may Induce Anger Zone
>>3067878
>Evergreen Coastal Region Zone
>Chemical Plant Zone
... Ummm... Hm...
>Submerged Ruins Zone
Wow again. Okay...
>Casino Themed Pinball Table Zone
>High Alititude Moutainous Region Zone
>Mineshaft with Possible Religious Significance Zone
>Alarmingly Inefficient Oil Refinery Zone
>Dangerous Mechical Area Intended to be a Population Center Zone
>Pursuit of a Large Flying Vechicle Zone
>Death Egg Zone
Again not much to do with that one...
>>3067463
that sonic is so cute
>>3067921
>Angel Island Zone
>Aqueous Municipality Zone
>Mountainous Region (with Significant Deposits of Marble) Zone
>Carnival Night Zone
>Ice Cap Zone
>Lauch Base Zone
They really started getting literal with the names didn't they?
>Mountainous Region with High Fungi Growth Zone
>Airborne Electrical Capacitor Zone
>Sand-Based Population Hub Zone
>Volcanic Sediment Accumulation Zone
>Difficult to Locate Construct of Religious Importance Zone
>Flying Structure of Safety Zone
>Death Egg Revisited Zone
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Hi-drah-sit-ee
It's Hydrocity, not Hydro City. One word.
this thread is not amusing me as much as it should.
Higgtledecribby shitty
>>3067868
It's proving your point, ya dingus.
>>3067456
I hate you and your accent.
>high drocity
are you megamind?
its hydro city. dang americans.
what's with all megamind posts?
>>3068673
Megamind takes place in "Metro City", and Megamind himself pronounces it "meh-trocity"
>>3067450
Then why didn't they just write "Hydro City", was blast processing not powerful enough to a space between letters? It's Hi-dros-ity.
Sand-o-pole-lis
Or
San-doo-pool-lis?
Sonic THE Hedgehog
Or
Sonic T. Hedgehog?
Miles "Tails" Prower
Or
Tails "Miles" Perhour?
Knuckles
Or
K-T-E?
>>3068702
I call him "metrosexual orange fox boy yiffydoo"
Dr. Eggman
Or
Dr. Ivo Robotnik?
Metal Sonic
Or
Mecha Sonic?
>>3068714
They're separate characters.
>>3067478
>roshitei
>ロシティ
>TEI
Knuckles
and
Knuckles
and
Knuckles
and
Knuckles?
>>3067445
It's obviously Hydro-City. Water City. It's a water place.
>>3068762
If you look around, it's clearly not a city. It's an enclosed, expansive building with lots of water.
If I had to guess at the actual theme being portrayed, instead of Venice, I'd think waterpark.
For this, both names are equally valid. It could either be Hydro-City, or the extreme 90s sounding Hydrocity.
I don't agree with the "atrocity" assumption. "Velocity" makes much more sense, and even fits in with the theme of the game and zone. Lots of water, and you go fast. If it is a pun, that's what it's based on.
There's also the possibility that it was supposed to be both.
>>3068714
Metallix
>no really, the water zone is totally called highdrosity, hydro because water doesn't into sense
do you even hear yourself?
brb going to greenill zone.
>>3067445
high drō city
city as in 'city' or however you pronounce it. personally I pronounce it as 'sih-tee'
imcanadian
>>3068696
Considering -opolis is a real word ending (see: Metropolis Zone) you're a fucking retard
>>3067473
Who what?
>>3068917
>He doesn't get the joke
>>3068748
Chuckles
Or
Flex my muscles?
>>3068694
Because Engrish, mother fucker. Or should I say motherfucker.
>>3067445
Hi-Draws-itty
>>3067445
Hydro-city
Hy-drocity completely butchers the entire point of having hydro in the name.
There is no debate you filthy Cambodian.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9B%E3%83%83%E3%82%B03
>ZONE2 HYDRO CITY ZONE(ハイドロシティゾーン)
>ハイドロシティゾーン
Huge Draw Shaye Tie
Hee dro shee tee
Her der cer teeeeeer
Herpy derpy sheeee
He-Drock-I.T.Y.
Hydloshittywok
>>3070639
Yes.
>>3067445
Sand Opolis
or
Sando Polis?
>>3072904
San D'opolis.
>>3072904
Sand of Polis.
>>3072904
Sand-police
>>3067478
can confirm that kana is correct.
>>3072904
SANDO POUS
>>3067463
If anything the katakana suggests you're supposed to pronounce it as one word. Angel City's spelling has a separator character
>>3072904
SANDY PUNKUSS
>>3073051
Feel the chafing that's inside!
>>3067445
Generations has the track listed as "Hydro City"
Meh-trop-pole-lis Zone
Or
Me-trow-pool-is Zone?
>>3068698
Sonic
t. Hedgehog
>>3068698
Sonicle Hedgemen
>>3073432
If you can't actually read katakana then shut the fuck up.
>>3074802
He said 'city' instead of 'island' but he's quite right. Angel Island has a seperator character and Hydrocity is one word in kana.
>>3067450
Was it? I've never seen this. Please post evidence.
>>3067445
Hi-dro-city
Are you all illiterate non English speakers?
It's a level about a city under water
Say, I wonder why we don't see Mario fans discussing the names of Mario levels?Oh right, it's because they can't. Mario levels don't have names; they have numbers. Lol. I hope they enjoy their ...er, math, then... I can just imagine them arguing about what comes next after 1-1: 1-2 or something else???
>>3067456
>,
I still pronounce it like that out of habit
I say it like hydro mixed with velocity because there's no space. If they wanted it read as two separate words they should have made it two like on literally every other level.
>>3076009
>he never bitched with his buds over Butter Bridge
>>3075348
>Hydrocity is one word in kana
Idiot. Japanese doesn't have spaces. Those dots and spaces that you see in titles of games and movies and such are completely arbitrary. It's not uncommon to see a space in a title on the cover of a box, but no space on the description in the back, or on the side of the box. There are absolutely no grammar rules when it comes to spaces.
For instance:
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ
The King of Fighters
ザ キング オブ ファイターズ is also acceptable
ザキングオブファイターズ is also acceptable
ザ・キングオブファイターズ is also acceptable.
The Japanese language has no rules when it comes to spaces. Deal with it.
>>3075348
here's an example. No space on the cover, but separated by the dot on the back.
>>3076551
>being this assblasted
The separator characters featured in the manual are consistent with the in-game name spaces. So Hydrocity is factually and undeniably one word.
>>3076562
>He doesn't speak Japanese
Fuck off
>>3076672
>Of al the languages in the world he learnt the one that only works on one tiny island full xenophobic neets manchildren that will accept him because they think they're better than everyone else but then go and kill themselves because they will never have sex because women are either killed in utero or immediately forced into a bunch of exploitive industries where having a boyfriend makes them unmarketable, all for "much videogames"I
>>3076701
Nice ad hominem, kid.
>>3076732
Nice useless linguistic skills, faggot-chan.
>>3076741
Nice ad hominem, kid.
>>3076781
>ad hominem
>attacking a person rather than their argument
>called someone a faggot for not knowing Japanese, ignoring the argument he made
>when he gets called out, he cries "ad hominem"
Seems like you don't even know English. Why don't master English before moonrunes faggot-san (because the level of faggotry you have is worthy of respect).
>>3076796
>argument is about Japanese language
>call you out for not knowing jack shit about Japanese language
Nice ad hominem, kid.
>>3074802
I've spoken Japanese daily for over half a decade at this point, I'm just not too familiar with Sonic level names and forgot it by the time I closed to image you posted.
While you're completely right about spacing or separators being arbitrary, companies tend to be pretty consistent with their choices once they're made, which is why I thought your picture hinted in the direction that it's really meant to be one word. Just from reading the spelling ハイドロシティ you certainly can't say there's supposed to be a pause after the ハイドロ.
I also think your R-Type example is bad because one spelling is in the stylized logo and the other is in "regular" text. Look up the manual for that game and I'm sure you'll see it written as アールタイプ in every occurrence except for the logo.
>>3076984
aaaand 4chan removed the separator character from my post so it's saying the opposite of what I wanted, thanks.
アール(SEPARATOR)タイプ
By separator I mean 中黒, okay?
>>3076984
No dot.
Not a single space.
>>3077035
Oh shit. THen is it actually "Supama Riobu Razasu"?
>>3077039
Or maybe "Su Pamario Bura Zusu"?
>>3077035
I just say call it sumari (saw-muh-rye)
Capcom puts a space between Final Fight in Japanese most of the time. But on the Japanese internet, whether wikipedia or official sites, practically NO ONE ever bothers to put a space between ファイナルファイト. No one.
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000006007
Spaces and mid-dots are completely arbitrary in Japanese. Some are consistent, others are not. I've seen TONS of inconsistent uses. I would know because I've made databases of Japanese game titles before..
no space.
wtf. space this time? make up your mind!!!
NO SPACE THIS TIME?? UUGHH
Using a space again...... FUUUUUUUUK
There's no logic to this. It's completely arbitrary
>>3077442
Are you daft?
>>3077493
Are you reading impaired?
>>3077503
Are you retarded?
>>3077030
>>3077031
Like I said, autistic fuck, come back with a manual shot showing R-Type written without the "dot" in regular text. More pictures of the same stylized logo isn't useful.
Did you not actually read through my post or do you have serious problems in general with understanding what other people are saying? Logos don't mean much. It's not like we're consistent in them in the West either, they're mostly meant to look good and recognizable.
ファイナルファイト is the official katakana spelling BTW, no space
>>3077594
Japanese doesn't use spaces.
>>3077604
So?
>>3077629
The "no space" part is completely moot.
>>3077653
I'm not reading a shitposting thread, I'm just here to correct your redundancies so STFU.
Hey guys what's going on in this thread?
>>3077657
This autistic cunt made 5 posts in a row about whether Final Fight should be written with a space or not in katakana, using one line in my post to address this isn't any more 'redundant' than your stupid ass coming in here trying to start shit. You DJT rejects should honestly fuck off because bringing your limited knowledge in here isn't helping nor impressing anyone
>>3071067
Goddamn Mongolians
>>3077683
How fucking stupid are you? Japanese doesn't have any rules when it comes to spaces. There being a space or no space in HYDROCITY means literally nothing.
>>3078907
Not any less than you, that's for sure.
Spaces are purely for readability, while separators (nakaguro/nakaten) are formally used to separate between words when transcribing foreign language. Omission of the separators is not uncommon if there is no ambiguity, but formally they are supposed to be there. This is the convention.
Now in the case of >>3067463, on the same fucking page, ANGEL ISLAND is written as エンジェル(中黒)アイランド while HYDROCITY is just ハイドロシティ. What could this possibly mean? Hmmmm...
>Obviously this means it's actually "Hydro City", just look at this R-Type boxart an-
You can fuck right off.
Virgins.
>>3079216
>applying English logic to the Japanese language
>>3079216
>Pronunciation changes when things combine
Not in Japanese. Each character is pronounced independently.
>>3079216
How do you pronounce Galaga?
>>3079286
>>3079264
>Hydrocity is a Japanese word
Don't be weaboos. Hydrocity is English and should be treated as such. If Hydrocity was formed from Japanese words then sure, pronounce it like the Japanese do. Engrish only exists because Japanese people struggle to pronounce English correctly or don't know how to.
>>3079298
I've always heard people say it as gowlaguh, similar to galaxy.
>>3077442
What makes the manual more official or relevant than the box?
I say "Hydro City" because just about every other zone name is made of two words.
I guess I'm the only one who never gave a shit one way or the other
>>3079298
like gallagher, but with an ah at the end instead of an er
>>3079507
There's only one guy who gives a shit, the moron who keeps trying to convince everyone that it's pronounced HyDRAWcity.
>>3079557
>the moron
>the
Are you sure it's only one person? That's a pretty bold and dangerous assertion.
>>3079148
Glad you found your people.
>>3068819
Thread is now finished.
>>3067445
Like "animosity".
>>3080945
No fuck you I wanna keep arguing.
>>3081762
Sage is not a downvote underage-kun.
>>3068702
Holy fuck.
Miles Prower
Miles
Per
Hour
I can't believe I never noticed that before!!!!
>>3082271
The fucj are you talking about? His name is Tails cause he has two tails derp
>>3076009
Grass Land, Desert Land, Water Land, Giant Land, Sky Land, Ice Land, Pipe Land and Dark Land.
Yoshi's Island, Donut Plains, Vanilla Dome, Twin Bridges, Forest of Illusion, Chocolate Island and Valley of Bowser.
Both games released prior to any Sonic game. Thanks, next.
>>3083126
>Hydro City
>somehow it's just one word
>both in latin and kana
>Hydro+Velocity pun completely ignored
>>3070215
Suckles
or
Nipples?
So is it:
Sonic the Hedgehog
or
sonicthehedgehog
Was there a space in the japanese title?
>>3084058
No, ὑδρο- and ύδωρ are Greek, "hydro" is written in Latin characters. Kana isn't even a language.
>>3084386
Not spaces but nakaguro
>>3067450
*citation needed
