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The Origin of Final Fantasy’s Onion Knight [Translated Interview]

September 26, 2022 Anthony Articles, Interviews 3 comments

Final Fantasy’s Onion Knight has a perplexing name. There’s a lot of theories about where it came from, but a 2020 interview full of interesting FF3 anecdotes spells it out.

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Translating “Dilly-Dally, Shilly-Shally” Was a Drag

July 7, 2022 Anthony Articles, Lost in Localization Leave a comment

Tifa’s iconic line from Advent Children was originally a type of adjective that’s much rarer in English.

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