This is a list of the original and translated names so you can search for information using the original names.
Original Name: Translated Name
- Commentary.
TERMS
Luck: Favor
- Video game "luck" is the program favoring you with positive outcomes to pseudo-random events based on a threshhold value. In that way, it is much more like divine Providence than a real world, win-the-lottery kind of luck. The game is choosing to tilt the odds in your favor.
- Renaming Luck as Favor also describes its effect more clearly as the opposite of Curse, where the game chooses to tilt the odds against you.
Greed: Fortune
spell: cheat code
- They are cheat codes.
WEAPONS
Magic Wand: Missile
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is MAGIC_MISSILE.
Holy Wand: Mo' Missile
- Mo' missiles, mo' problems...for them.
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is HOLY_MISSILE.
- Not using "Holy" here gives it more uniqueness when used in a different weapon's rename: Holy Water.
Death Spiral: Scythe
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is SCYTHE.
Santa Water: Holy Water
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is HOLYWATER.
- I'm considering re-renaming this as Saint's Water to be closer to the original name, or not renaming it at all.
Runetracer: Pinball
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is DIAMOND.
- "Pinball" is more descriptive of the weapon's behavior, IMO, with a stronger semantic resemblance to Castlevania's "Ricochet Rock," which was originally called "Diamond" in that series and is the inspiration for this weapon.
Fire Wand: Fireball
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is FIREBALL.
Hellfire: Brimstone
- Not using "Hell" here gives it more uniqueness when used in a different weapon's rename: Flames of Hell.
- A reference to "fire and brimstone" since this is the upgrade to Fireball (as renamed).
Unholy Vespers: Midnight Prayers
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is VESPERS.
- "Vespers" means an evening prayer service. Unholy vespers would be evening prayers to unholy entities, which is not a fitting weapon for fighting against unholy entities. That's just common sense.
- Because this is the upgrade for King Bible, the vanilla name choice seems like a Christophobic micro-aggression.
Pentagram: Star of David
- The original VFX art for this weapon is not a pentagram, it is the Star of David.
Peachone: Dove
- It looks like a dove.
- A reference to the dove and raven Noah released from the Ark since this unites with Raven.
Ebony Wings: Raven
- It looks like a raven.
- A reference to the dove and raven Noah released from the Ark since this unites with Dove.
Bone: Drumstick
- What to do with all those Floor Chicken bones? Chuck 'em at vampires.
Spellbinder: Conviction
- This change is part of removing witchcraft from PC actions.
Hollow Heart: Open Heart
- Equally descriptive but with a positive connotation.
Clover: Blessing
- This change is part of renaming Luck to Favor.
Pummarolla: Salvation
Soul Eater: Onions
- A stronger reference to Garlic, which this is the upgrade for.
- Eating souls doesn't strike me as a good thing to do.
La Borra: Baptism
- A stronger reference to water since this is the upgrade for Holy Water (as renamed).
Vandalier: Love Chick
- A reference to this weapon being the "union" of Dove and Raven.
Skull o' Maniac: Graven Mark
- A reference to a "graven image."
Song of Mana: Song of Worship
- This change is part of removing witchcraft from PC actions.
Mannajja: Hallelujah
Gorgeous Moon: The Almighty
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is SIRE.
- "The Almighty" has a stronger semantic resemblance to Castlevania's "Power of Sire." In the original Japanese, it is called "Power of Father" in the Castlevania series.
Phiera Der Tuphello: Guns-a-blazing
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is GUNS.
- It is guns that shoot red bullets.
- Resembles Guns-a-freezing, which unites with this weapon.
Eight the Sparrow: Guns-a-freezing
- The unlocalized name of this weapon is GUNS2.
- It is guns that shoot blue bullets.
- Resembles Guns-a-blazing, which unites with this weapon.
Phieraggi: Laser Sweep
- It looks like laser beams sweep in a circle around you.
NO FUTURE: TILT
- A reference to Pinball (as renamed), which this weapon is the upgrade for.
Carrello: Minecart
- The unlocallized name for this weapon is CART2.
- It looks like a mine cart.
Gatti Amari: Let There Be Cats
- It summons cats.
Celestial Dusting: Divine Brush
Shadow Pinion: Pinioned Talons
- "Talons" is more descriptive of the weapon's behavior of scratching across the screen.
- A stronger reference to birds. To be "pinioned" is to have one's flight feathers cut off, and this weapon upgrades when paired with Wings.
Valkyrie Turner: Angel's Torch
- It looks like a blow torch.
Vicious Hunger: Lion's Den
- A stronger reference to cats since this weapon is the upgrade to Let There Be Cats (as renamed).
Torrona's Box: Job's Box
La Robba: Going Out of Business Sale
- A stronger reference to furniture since furniture stores are always having "Going Out of Business" sales. This weapon drops furniture.
Cygnus: Blue Dove
- It looks like a blue dove.
- A stronger reference to Dove (as renamed), which this weapon is the counterpart for.
Zhar Ptytsia: Red Raven
- It looks like a red raven.
- A stronger reference to Raven (as renamed), which this weapon is the counterpart for.
Red Muscle: Two-fisted Guns-a-blazing
- A stronger reference to Guns-a-blazing (as renamed), which this weapon is the counterpart for.
Twice Upon a Time: Two-fisted Guns-a-freezing
- A stronger reference to Guns-a-freezing (as renamed), which this weapon is the counterpart for.
Sole Solution: Final Judgement
Flames of Misspell: Flames of Hell
Ashes of Muspell: Ashes to Ashes
Flock Destroyer: Let There Be More Cats
- A stronger reference to Let There Be Cats (as renamed), which this weapon is the counterpart for.
ITEMS
Sorceress' Tears: Madonna's Tears
- This change is part of removing witchcraft from PC benefits.
Magic Banger: Fried Banger
- This change is part of removing witchcraft from PC benefits.
Mindbender: Disguise
- It looks like the Groucho Marx disguise mask.
Flames of Moonspell: Purify
- The unlocalized name of this item is PURIFY.