Woodus 1,734 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thanks to AerynB for scouring all the monster information in the database on the Den cleaning it up and suggesting the idea for a Monster Wiki that lists all the monster that are related. She added the Japanese name to each monster entry in the database and when you pick a monster from the Alphabetical list It will return the monsters that all match that Japanese name from the Monster book that she has. That way you can see the sprite progression over the years, as which games they appeared in and the names, sorted by Japanese release date. Or like with the Walking Corpse you can see the name changed from Hork in the later years. Link to post Share on other sites
King Zenith 641 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 My God! That is glorious. Thanks AerynB, that must have been a ton of work. So much interesting info here. I can see I have a fun new time-sink to distract me from work! Link to post Share on other sites
The Mystical One 245 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 A++ Link to post Share on other sites
eal 2,693 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Ehh. I'd give her a C++. (Whelp, that about uses up all of my programming jokes) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
aerynb 101 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Ehh. I'd give her a C++. (Whelp, that about uses up all of my programming jokes) *gigglesnort* See, that's why I like DQ. Pun jokes make me laugh! Thanks, guys, for the kind words. And please, don't hesitate to point out any errors. I did try to quadruple check everything, but it wouldn't be unheard of for something to slip through the cracks. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
King Zenith 641 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) My first search was for sekerleton... It's strange to me how those two very different monsters have the same Japanese name. Thanks again AerynB! This is great. Edited November 4, 2014 by King Zenith Link to post Share on other sites
aerynb 101 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 It happens with other monsters too actually. Try looking up Fairy Dragon/Damselfly or Guardian/Dragooner. Though at least those pairs look slightly similar. The only thing I can think of is that the Japanese name for the two Sekerleton monsters means something like the Angel of Death or the Grim Reaper. You know, the scary guy with the scythe on Halloween. If that's the case, then Toriyama just came up with a couple different ideas to represent this classic mythical demon. One was a robed spirit with a scythe the other was a freaky sword-wielding skeleton. *sigh* One of these days I'm going to learn Japanese and ask these guys what they were smoking when they created these monsters. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
gooieooie 277 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Awesome! Great job! Link to post Share on other sites
Plattym3 2,579 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Ehh. I'd give her a C++. (Whelp, that about uses up all of my programming jokes) Oh come now. That joke is so BASIC for a programmer. Link to post Share on other sites
aerynb 101 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Ehh. I'd give her a C++. (Whelp, that about uses up all of my programming jokes) Oh come now. That joke is so BASIC for a programmer.LOLYou guys crack me up! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
eal 2,693 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Ehh. I'd give her a C++. (Whelp, that about uses up all of my programming jokes) Oh come now. That joke is so BASIC for a programmer.LOLYou guys crack me up! We can sure come up with programming jokes in a Flash. It's probably that cup of Java I had earlier. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Mystical One 245 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 My first search was for sekerleton... It's strange to me how those two very different monsters have the same Japanese name. Thanks again AerynB! This is great. That's what I did too. Or I tried to. I couldn't remember the named, so I just started on Hork. Link to post Share on other sites
Democrobot 1,019 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Great work. Gives me something to look at in class. Link to post Share on other sites
Mefista 109 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Amazing work,very useful) Link to post Share on other sites
solo 58 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) This will be use full so i give you A++++++ Edited November 6, 2014 by solo Link to post Share on other sites
aerynb 101 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Thanks so much, everyone! I'm really glad you're enjoying it. Link to post Share on other sites
diogoow 29 Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 wow that is awesome Link to post Share on other sites
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