Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-765166-20140628033236

Hello hunters. Today we're going to have a debate on which term to use for Monster Hunter Frontier G's iteration of the Felyne Comrades in the Wiki. As we have noticed, they have been changing the term for our Felyne companions throughout both the main and Frontier series of games. Its english name started as "Felyne Comrade/s" in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, while it has been changed to "Palico/es" in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate due to text space issues. But, its Japanese have been the same since Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Monster Hunter 4, and Monster Hunter 4 G (オトモアイルー Otomo Airou), early teasers for the Otomo Airou in Frontier also used the japanese name. But due to the recent update in Monster Hunter Frontier G5, a different japanese name for it is revealed.

In Frontier G5, it is called パートニャー (Patonya, or Partnya) according to Google Translate.

http://i.imgur.com/t6JRs4h.jpg

But, it also seems that they are using the term "Partnyer" according to the official website.

http://i.imgur.com/8Y4ZpVe.jpg

While the use of both terms seem correct, the Wiki must use the closest and most accurate name for the term. As we all know that Frontier is not going to the west anytime soon, there are only a few terms in the series that had its own official English names. For examples on the Season 2.0 website, "Espinas" was used for Esupinasu, and so the Wiki goes with the Espinas name for the three monsters. This is also the same for "Lolo Gougarf" and "Ray Gougarf" when the G2 website used the name for Loro Gougarufu and Ray Gougarufu. While we haven't applied the change yet for Shanthien's name, official Frontier merchandise calls the monster as "Xiang Tien". All of the current Rastas in Frontier have their official english names via the official wallpapers for them, and some premium Armor Sets that are in the wiki are basing the names from the URL of their premium kit page.

While the example are more of direct romanizations of the names, they appear to be used throughout websites and promotional items.

So in my opinion, I would go with Partnyer as it is being used in the G5 preview website. This does not mean that the other for me is wrong, as that is the translation for the official japanese name. The website should have used the partnya term in their URL though, so this may be a case of inconsistency on Capcom's side.

So Hunters, which term would we go for in the Wiki? Do we go for Partnya, or do we go for Partnyer? We'll leave it up to you hunters to decide. :)

Partnya or Partnyer? Partnya Partnyer  