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Musashi: Samurai Legend - A wine and cheese party? - Kitsune Hawk - 11-23-2014
Heyo, fellow trivia enthusiasts.
Are any of you familiar with a PS2 game called Musashi: Samurai Legend?
I can't seem to find any particularly quality sources to justify this, but there seems to be an interesting pattern of character names for the members of Gandrake Enterprises, as well as other characters with another theme.
Basically, aside from Gandrake himself, the members of his company are named after wine-related terms, those being Rothschild (after Château Mouton Rothschild, a famous wine estate), Malbec, Shiraz, Riesling, and Glogg (a type of Scandinavian spiced wine).
Considering that this game's sequel, Brave Fencer Musashi, had its antagonists boasting alcohol-related names in the Japanese version ( http://www.vgfacts.com/trivia/7885/ ), I don't think this was done as a coincidence, especially since this game's higher ESRB rating meant that Square Enix could've gotten away with it this time around.
However, I've also noticed a pattern of cheese types in the names of the characters Mycella (a Danish version of Gorgonzola cheese), Burrini (Southern Italian [/size]provolone[size=x-small] with butter in its center), Fontina (another Italian cheese), Mirabo (German cheese with walnuts inside), Maribo (Danish cheese similar to Gouda), Istara (French cheese made from sheep milk), and Clochette (bell-shaped French goat cheese).
If anyone can help me find a reliable source that helps back up these claims, especially regarding the staff of Gandrake Enterprises, that would be very much appreciated.
RE: Musashi: Samurai Legend - A wine and cheese party? - Dazz - 11-24-2014
Easiest source would be to link to any information on these cheeses or wines. The fact is, those are indeed those characters names. Just collecting information on what each one is named after would suffice as informative on the subject. At least I'd see that as being acceptable.
RE: Musashi: Samurai Legend - A wine and cheese party? - Kitsune Hawk - 11-24-2014
(11-24-2014, 04:41 PM)Dazz Wrote: Easiest source would be to link to any information on these cheeses or wines. The fact is, those are indeed those characters names. Just collecting information on what each one is named after would suffice as informative on the subject. At least I'd see that as being acceptable.
If that's the case, give me a minute to find all of my sources again...
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Rothschild - http://www.chateau-mouton-rothschild.com/the-history/key-dates/key-date-1853
Malbec - http://www.totalwine.com/eng/guide-to-wine/malbec.cfm
Shiraz - http://www.totalwine.com/eng/guide-to-wine/syrah-shiraz.cfm
Riesling - http://www.totalwine.com/eng/guide-to-wine/riesling.cfm
Glogg - http://www.npr.org/2011/12/22/144101579/get-into-the-holiday-spirit-with-scandinavian-glogg
And for the cheeses:
Mycella - http://www.cheese.com/mycella/
Burrini - http://www.lacucinaitaliana.it/lcipro/index.php/2013/01/burrata-butirri-e-burrini-2/
Fontina - http://www.cheese.com/fontina-val-daosta/
Mirabo - http://www.dcicheeseco.com/champignon/mirabo-walnut
Maribo - http://www.cheese.com/maribo/
Istara - http://www.greatcheese.com/cheese/istara.php
Clochette - http://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-library/clochette
RE: Musashi: Samurai Legend - A wine and cheese party? - Kakariko Kid - 11-25-2014
(11-24-2014, 04:41 PM)Dazz Wrote: Easiest source would be to link to any information on these cheeses or wines. The fact is, those are indeed those characters names. Just collecting information on what each one is named after would suffice as informative on the subject. At least I'd see that as being acceptable.
I agree with Dazz. It's somewhat like in the Dragonball series. Piccolo and his family are named from types of bread (in a different language?), Freeza and Cooler...well, that's obvious, etc.
Good find.