![]() ![]() He revealed all this info in an old Japanese interview here. In any case, Masato Nishimura hid this child nickname in other games too, including Shenmue! And apparently this was his nickname since he was a kid – I guess the easiest way to explain it is that it’s like how I would sometimes call my friend Sean “Seen” instead of “Shawn” as a kid. The truth in this particular case is that “majin” is simply an alternate way to read Masato ( 真人) Nishimura’s given name. So if you see rumors say that this message is supposedly from the devil or something like that, this might be why. There’s no singular translation into English you’ll see everything from demon to devil to genie to djinn to warlock to magus. This “majin” word is normally written in kanji as 魔神 or 魔人 and generally refers to a powerful supernatural being with human-like or god-like qualities. Regardless of all this, though, it’s still pronounced “mah-jeen”. But sometimes they get romanized differently too, so it just adds more confusion to the fire. It has the same pronunciation – using ぢ instead of じ in this case is just a stylistic choice. What makes the problem a little weirder is that ぢ is rarely ever used in Japanese instead, じ is normally used. In all cases, though, it’s still pronounced “mah-jeen” regardless of spelling. But other romanization methods might spell it as “madin” or “madzin” or “mazin”. As such, this would usually be written as “Majin” in English using the romanization method that most Japanese-to-English translators and students use. This confusion is a result of different romanization methods – which is the same reason for the Yoshi/Yossy confusion that we looked at a while back.īasically, the name まぢん is pronounced “mah-jeen”. The bottom text seems to be what’s causing a lot of confusion. So, what does this text say? Here’s a look at the text side-by-side with a translation: Japanese Text Here, some Japanese text appears and some creepy music and sounds play: Press Start, and the game will switch to a new screen.On the sound screen test, select FM No.This will take you to the secret sound test screen. At the title screen, press Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, A.The Secret Screenįor the uninitiated, the deal is this: there’s a secret sound test in Sonic CD, and if you select the proper combination of stuff in that sound test, a spooky screen pops up with some Japanese text.įirst, for clarification, here’s how to access this spooky screen to begin with: This question actually goes kind of deep unless you already know Japanese, so this will be a bit long. Now, from my understanding, this is apparently either a pun on the similar sound between Madjin and majin ( 魔神) or because “Madjin” is a nickname for Masato Nishimura. I’ve been curious about this mystery message you can find in Sonic CD. NOTICE: SPRITES WITH MANGLED PALLETS WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THOSE PALLETS ARE FIXED.A reader recently asked a question that has some ties to the Sonic the Hedgehog series: Advance ones are a tish too small, so scale those a bit up.ĭO: Make animatable poses, if you can! It's not a requirement, but it makes the sheet coolerĭO: Use the pallete provided! It keeps the sheet consistent and keeps me from having to back later and fix everything (trust me, it's really annoying)!ĭO: Ask for help if you can't get something just right! Me or someone else is sure to help out!ĭON'T: Claim other people's work as your own. Battle sprites have hands that are already the right size. HANDS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCALING- at least the battle ones. This means sprites that are style edited need to be increased by a factor of 1.2. Finished sheet will be submitted to MFZ and Spriter's Resource.ĭO: Style edit! And I'm not just talking GBA sprites like Battle or Advance, but old skool sprites on Genesis and OTHER systems too! A note when style editing battle/advance sprites for this: these sprites are 120 times bigger than GBA sprites. Please include a sprite of your personal character (if you have one) with your submissions so that they may added to the credit area. Full animation poses ARE NOT REQUIRED, BUT APPRECIATED.Įveryone who submits to this sheet who has their sprites added to the sheet will be credited.
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