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Ghost Trick’s Hidden Naming Theme of Buddhism and Death

Ghost Trick’s characters are all named after Buddhism or death in Japanese. We take a deeper look and uncover new information.

The Wonderful 101 uses obfuscated Japanese to name its aliens, giving an interesting experience whether you play in English or Japanese.

It’s commonly-held that the hacker Lunch’s name should be Launch, but is that the case?