I’ve had this idea rolling around for a while so here it goes.
It’s common knowledge that back in the day Japanese devs were compelled to put goofy nicknames into the credits of the games they made instead of using their real names. Obviously this was a toxic practice and I wish it hadn’t happened, so I don’t want to come across as celebrating the practice itself. The names themselves, though, were often quirky, mysterious, and otherwise interesting, and as someone who enjoys watching through the entire credits after beating an old game, I find myself screenshoting these strange epithets or writing them down because they’re just so weird.
So I thought, hey, what if we had a thread to remember some of our favorites.
To start:
I play through KOF 98 (on easy) whenever I want something comfortable and familiar. I’m digging Blaster Lu, Dear Ichi Jerry, and that one under Bug Checker that’s seemingly a bunch of random numbers and letters.
