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NEWS: Berserk and the Band of the Hawk Game Streams Serpico Gameplay Video




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sonryu



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:11 am Reply with quote
Maybe this was addressed in a previous topic about this game, but why is it titled Berserk AND the Band of the Hawk, as if there's a character named "Berserk"? It doesn't make much sense to me. Had it been "Berserk: The Band of the Hawk", or perhaps "Berserk: Guts and The Band of the Hawk", it would've made more sense, but still probably not an appropriate title for the game.
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wolf10



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:41 pm Reply with quote
It sounds like a case of Cowboy Bebop at His Computer. Except in this case, it's Koei Tecmo's US branch not understanding their parent's own licensed IPs. I guess they figured since One Piece's lead is a character named "One Piece," and Fist of the North Star has a character named "Fist," Berserk must be about a guy named "Berserk."

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Glad to see Serpico is a Lu Xun clone, though. That'll be fun, even if the localization turns out to be as much of a train wreck as the title would suggest.
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anddo



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:51 pm Reply with quote
Serpico's theme is cool, and yeah as posters have brought up above the title is really bad. Just stick with "Berserk Musou" and call it a day.
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sonryu



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:35 am Reply with quote
Not that they'll care or change anything, but I contacted Koei Tecmo and brought this to their attention. Maybe we should get a petition going to rename it lol
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wolf10



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:45 pm Reply with quote
I think Guts would want us to do whatever was in our power, rather than pray for them to realize it on their own and change it for us. I'd totally sign a petition.
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Psajdak





PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:58 am Reply with quote
wolf10 wrote:
It sounds like a case of Cowboy Bebop at His Computer. Except in this case, it's Koei Tecmo's US branch not understanding their parent's own licensed IPs. I guess they figured since One Piece's lead is a character named "One Piece," and Fist of the North Star has a character named "Fist," Berserk must be about a guy named "Berserk."

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Glad to see Serpico is a Lu Xun clone, though. That'll be fun, even if the localization turns out to be as much of a train wreck as the title would suggest.
Jesus [expletive] Christ, did you really had to write this spoiler for One Piece?
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