riku1123 11 Posted July 3, 2011 Do you think Square Enix just wanted to pick weird names for the characters. I mean honestly, they had an opportunity to name Axel "Alex". It would have actually been a normal name Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tails 6,692 Posted July 3, 2011 No, they picked those names since they are just the names of their origional selves. Only spelled differently and the letters to be mixed up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kishira 2,854 Posted July 4, 2011 The "X's" in everyones name was put in there once they became an Org.XIII member if I'm not mistaken. sora it wouldn't make much sense for Lea to already have an "x" in his name...it'd be weird if he ended up with 2 "x's" in his name. .w. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riku1123 11 Posted July 4, 2011 yes but lea's nobody's name could have been Alex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seth-the-Inu 2 Posted July 4, 2011 It is a good point. Who know's why they named them with their names. But at least when people talk about Axel, they know who it is compared to Alex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kishira 2,854 Posted July 4, 2011 Opps, misread the question. xDDD Anyway, ya gotta admit, "Axel" sounds alot cooler than plain old "Alex". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JTD95 1,108 Posted July 4, 2011 Axel is a normal name in my country. On 7/3/2011 at 11:21 PM, riku1123 said: I mean honestly, they had an opportunity to name Axel "Alex".Axel is too cool to have such a lame name. On 7/3/2011 at 11:21 PM, riku1123 said: It would have actually been a normal nameWhy would you want normal names? Weird and different names are so much cooler. Like Xemnas and Vanitas, these two characters wouldn't be too badass if they were named Seymour and Wilson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hatok 6,413 Posted July 4, 2011 On 7/4/2011 at 1:03 AM, Kishira-sama said: The "X's" in everyones name was put in there once they became an Org.XIII member if I'm not mistaken. sora it wouldn't make much sense for Lea to already have an "x" in his name...it'd be weird if he ended up with 2 "x's" in his name. .w. Axxel? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rikunobodyxiii 700 Posted July 4, 2011 On 7/3/2011 at 11:21 PM, riku1123 said: Do you think Square Enix just wanted to pick weird names for the characters. I mean honestly, they had an opportunity to name Axel "Alex". It would have actually been a normal name The main thing is that 'Axel' is more unusual and memorable then "Alex." In any sort of entertainment, you want things that will catch people's memory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yayitsdre 4 Posted July 4, 2011 Since when has Square ever opted to go for the normal? Normal's boring anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Destati_Dream_XIII 91 Posted July 4, 2011 And why the heck should Square Enix dump their unique epicness all of a sudden just to be normal??? ~_^ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lu Xun 2,069 Posted July 4, 2011 I prefer Axel over Alex.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mog 97 Posted July 4, 2011 The mods should be closing these threads. It just leads to pointless discussion. All the organisations names were carefully chosen to be an anagram of another name with an 'x' included. Roxas = Sora + x , Axel = Lea + x , etc. Alex is too common and overused, I'm sure everybody would prefer Axel. END OF DISCUSSION. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riku1123 11 Posted July 4, 2011 No need to get snippy man, it was just an innocent question under the GENERAL topic. If people want to have a "pointless" discussion over something, ten it's obviously not that pointless Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OblivionRider 50 Posted July 4, 2011 I always thought that his real name should have been Ela... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Destati_Dream_XIII 91 Posted July 5, 2011 lol, at least his original name wasn't Ale.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites