Silver Attack

Akamaruu · Post by **Akamaruu** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:31 am

'Silver Attack'... why?

Why is it called Silver Attack?

blank · Post by **blank** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:03 am

silver attk?? who uses it???

highwind44029 · Post by **highwind44029** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:26 am

It's Reinhold, Bartholomew and Ornan. I don't know why it's called the Silver Attack either.

Blue Thunder · Post by **Blue Thunder** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:23 pm

It's a translation issue. I believe the original name was "Middle-Aged Man Attack" or something (according to a walkthrough I printed out that was made before the game was released here). The name is too long, so they shortened it. Several other unites have questionable names as well, especially in Suikoden 3. When you compare the names of the Japanese unites in S3 with the English translations, you get the impression the translator was totally wasted.

Post by **Vextor** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:57 am

The original was いぶしぎん攻撃 (Ibushigin).
Ibushigin literally translates to "scattered silver," but has a more poetic meaning in that it refers to people who have some silver hair, or are simply hardened veterans (much like the "old salt" term for sailors).
So "Silver Attack" is not entirely wrong, but it doesn't make sense because it's just a partially literal translation.

Akamaruu · Post by **Akamaruu** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:54 pm

Ah, I see... thanks! Just wondering...

Wonderer · Post by **Wonderer** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:29 pm

Its obviously because theire in there middle age, theire men, theire getting grey/silverly hair!

Or not, just a weird translation I guess.