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Misaki Town Bakery => Melty Blood Auditorium => : deice January 20, 2012, 03:50:35 PM

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: List of Character Short Names
: deice January 20, 2012, 03:50:35 PM
Hi, I'm new to Melty. Having no previous Melty Blood experience, the character short names are confusing me.  :mystery:

Eg. this tier list:

S Nero Ryougi
A+ Arc Satsuki Wara Seifuku
A Sion Warc Akiha VAkiha Nanaya Kohaku HisuKoha Mech Len Kouma Ries Roa PCiel
B VSion Shiki Ciel Miyako Aoko WLen Hime
C NecoArc NecoArcChaos KohaMech Necomech

I figured Ryougi is Ryougi Shiki, and from youtube's videos I've gathered that Red Arcueid is WArc. But who is "Arc", as there's a huge number of characters with "Arc" in their name. Also, does this list not have Archetype: Earth, or is her short name something really strange?

If someone knows a link where these are listed it'd be much appreciated, as I couldn't find one after extensive googling and forum searching. Beyond that, if someone wants to put together such a list, it would be much appreciated!

Edit:

I've copied the linked answer here, in case it helps someone searching for the same info.

Source: Melty Bread youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/MeltyBread) and a-cho (http://www.a-cho.com/ac/mbaa/index.html) (I've combined the information in one list and edited it a little)
FULL NAME - JP NAME - TWO LETTER - ENG NAME
AKIHA TOHNO - 秋葉 - AK - akiha
AKIHA VERMILLION - 赤主 / 赤秋葉 - AV - vakiha
SEIFUKU AKIHA - 制服 / 制服秋葉 - SE - seifuku
AOKO AOZAKI - 青子 - AO - aoko
ARCUEID BRUNESTUD - アルク - AR - arc
RED ARCUEID - ワルク / 暴走アルク - RE - warc
ARCHETYPE EARTH - 姫 - AE(?) - hime
CIEL - シエル - CI - ciel
POWERD CIEL - 聖典 - PC - pcl / pciel
HISUI - 翡翠 - HI - hisui
KOHAKU - 琥珀 - KO - kohaku
HISUI&KOHAKU - ヒスコハ - HK - maids
KOUMA KISHIMA - 紅摩 / 軋間紅摩 - KI - kouma
LEN - レン - LE - len
MECH HISUI - メカ - ME - mech
MIYAKO ARIMA - 都古 - MI - miyako
NRVNQSR CHAOS - ネロ - NR - nero
RIESBYFE STRIDBERG - リーズ - RI - ries
MICHAEL ROA VALDAMJONG - ロア - RO - roa
SATSUKI YUMIDUKA - さつき - SA - satsuki
SHIKI TOHNO - 志貴 - SH - shiki
SHIKI NANAYA - 七夜 - NA - nanaya
SHIKI RYOUGI - 両儀 / 両儀式 - RY - ryougi
SION ELTNAM ATLASIA - シオン - SI - sion
SION TATARI - Vシオン - VS - vsion
WARACHIA - ワラキア - WA - wara
WHITE LEN - 白レン - WH - wlen

Keywords: Melty Blood character short names acronyms notation
: Re: List of Character Short Names
: DarkLeviathan January 20, 2012, 04:22:20 PM
You're right about Red Arcueid. "Arc" should be Arcueid, and Archetype Earth is listed as "Hime".

Someone else should do the list though, since I've seen different notations on Youtube videos and such.
: Re: List of Character Short Names
: Psylocke January 20, 2012, 04:30:51 PM
Read description on left sidebar
http://www.youtube.com/user/MeltyBread

A lot of the short names that we use nowadays were lifted from the system files in the original PC version of Melty Blood(back when it was a doujin game).  For example, Akiha Vermillion/Sekishu Akiha was just "VAkiha" and Red Arcueid/Bousou Arcueid was "Warc".  Even though these characters are not officially called that anymore, the names have persisted since they're a lot easier to say and write

As for Archetype Earth being called Hime, it's what the Japanese Melty scene calls her.  We use the Japanese name to avoid search string overlap on Youtube.  If we just used her original name "Archetype Earth", people searching for Arc videos on Youtube would also get Archetype videos mixed in.
: Re: List of Character Short Names
: deice January 21, 2012, 01:03:13 AM
Thanks for the links and explanation, that clarified it for me plenty!

I edited the list into the OP in case anyone else searching wanders here (and it was a good exercise in learning the character names ;D )
: Re: List of Character Short Names
: Not Mib January 21, 2012, 04:16:59 PM
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