Let's recap: Doremi Fantasy (SFC).

[PaCrappa]

What's the matter Judge Wapner? Picked on in high school?

Pa

[Diff-chan]

Sure was, but not by those types.

[padman]

Doremi Fantasy is more than just "top quality".

Thats the best line I've ever heard. LOL.

But like I said, this game absolutely rules. Even though I'm a big fan of The Big N, this is more fun than any Mario I've played except Paper.

Even better than Yossy Island!

Yossy Island so fucking sweet. I've been playing Yossy Island today actually.

[Adrian]

Likewise, Yossy Island is a classic. I love playing Yossy Island on my Super Famicom. Yossy Island for me represents EAD at their best.

Great game.

Yossy Island that is.

[sleeve]

I hate anyone who calls it "Yossy Island" with a passion.

Same here.

Listen, Japanophiles. Stop kidding yourself. The proper Anglicized spelling of the Japanese syllables "yo-shee" is "YOSHI", not "YOSSY". I don't give a fuck what it says on the box.

Some folks played that one and since it was released previous to the US rellease that you know as "Yoshi's Island" it makes perfect sense for these people to call it the only name it had when they played it.

Makes more sense to me to speak proper English, rather than the pidgin utterings found on Japanese videogame boxes.

[padman]

If your going to get technical then it shouldn't be Yoshi's Island either. It should be Yoshis Island or Yoshi Island. As there is more than one Yoshi.

Pretty petty getting upset about someone calling it Yossy Island really. Who gives one. Everyone knows what game they're talking about.

From now on I'm going to call it either 'Death from Above' or 'Night of a Thousand Lovers'.

[sleeve]

It's not really upsetting, just irritating.

When I see someone has typed "Yossy Island" I have to think for a hairsbreadth of a second longer than it takes me to realize that that someone is just being a pretentious twat.

[Adrian]

From now on I'm going to call it either 'Death from Above' or 'Night of a Thousand Lovers'.

'Resource management on a timescale' for me.

It's not really upsetting, just irritating.

When I see someone has typed "Yossy Island" I have to think for a hairsbreadth of a second longer that it takes me to realize that that someone is just being a pretentious twat.

Or you could just not give a fuck.

[Recap]

You non-Japanophiles obviously don't know much about Japanese language and kana to romanji transcriptions. "Yoshi" is not a "proper English" word . "Yoshi" is a Japanese name and that's the straight transcription from Japanese to romanji. But never the "proper Anglicized spelling of the Japanese syllables yo-shee". Indeed, there are more than just one way to write the word in correct roman alphabet. "Yosi" would be another one.

Then there are the non-orthodox ways, which may represent some kind of "anglization". "Yossy" would be one of them. And "Yoshee", another one. None of them are canonical, but still valid.

Of course, Nintendo has established "Yoshi" as the official form for their character's name. But I always keep the romanized form found in official logos, if it exists. So I will use "Yoshi no Cookie", but also "Super Mario: Yossy Island", even if you or the Big N don't like it.

By the way, "Ryu" (from Street Fighter) is another non-canonical transcription to romanji, since the correct form is Ryuu. Are you going to use "Ryuu" from now?

[padman]

When I see someone has typed "Yossy Island" I have to think for a hairsbreadth of a second longer than it takes me to realize that that someone is just being a pretentious twat.

Isn't it more pretentious to get agro at someone for typing out something which is right but you feel incorrect because of what you are used to.

People that type out Yossy Island have got a game on their shelf called Yossy Island, why should they type it out slightly differently so someone doesn't think they're an asshole.

It would be like an English person writing color instead of colour so some Americans don't think they're a prick.