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Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Bill Aurion on April 05, 2003, 05:29:03 PM
The name?....Tetra.  Tetra is a prefix which stands for "Four."  Looking through all the facets of the game, I cannot find a reasonable explaination to Tetra's name being Tetra.  Is there a deeper meaning to this name usage or am I searching in too deep?
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: ThePerm on April 05, 2003, 05:48:42 PM
hmmm...there are three sides to the triforce...and one dark space...making four triangles....
the 4 pillars of zelda are the hero, the villian, the royal family, and the sages.
a very common Goldfish family are Tetras, shes out to sea...like a fish
maybe her japanese name is different.....
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Rellik on April 06, 2003, 08:16:26 AM
Tetra?  The name isn't that way for meaning, it's that it SOUNDS similar to something...

It would be a spoiler, so I won't say it.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: theaveng on April 06, 2003, 08:52:51 AM
I finished the game, and still don't know what "tetra" means, so go ahead and tell me.  I'm too stupid to figure it out on my own.  ;-)

Troy
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: rodtod on April 08, 2003, 03:03:51 PM
I get what Rellik's saying, but if that's the reasoning behind them naming her "Tetra", then they should have gone with a better candidate. You know, like Melba or something.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: enigma487 on April 08, 2003, 03:58:33 PM
y melba?  should it be melda...  
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: rodtod on April 08, 2003, 07:23:26 PM
well, Melba's an actual name, but ok.

Japan is famous for assigning names to things not out of accuracy, but simply because the word sounds cool. For all we know, Bill's understanding of the word "Tetra" may exceed that of the WW dev team.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: NarmaK on April 10, 2003, 02:06:03 PM
tetra is russian for four like tetris was made in russia and all the blocks have 4 squares in them and you ppl read way to much into this stuff.

lets do a little more over reading into stuff, zelda has no meaning i read somewhere that myamoto just thought it was a cool exotic girls name.
Epona, if you dont see the meaning behind that you are stupid, alot stupid.
Something i noticed right before i beat WW was ganan and sadam haha now there both dead all in the same day and stuff thats kindof odd isnt it.
Link hes the missing link maybe?

and umm power to the happy pills

(got my wisdom teeth out now im on pills yeehaw)
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: AJL221893 on April 11, 2003, 11:01:17 AM
Today at my school, I noticed on the back of my milk carton, it said Tetra something, and there was a triangle symbol. Not a tri-force, but a triangle with a circly design. So next time you buy one of those small milk cartons, check all over to see the Tetra symbol. I don't know if you get the same brand though.

By the way, I don't ...usually....read milk boxes....i was bored.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Chasefox on April 12, 2003, 07:29:41 AM
Since Tetra kind of means 4, maybe it could be the fourth Zelda since Zelda in Ocarina of Time.  But the name thing like Melba or Melda sounds like it could work also.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: thejips on April 12, 2003, 10:51:05 AM
NarmaK, Epona is not a word play on "pony". Epona is the Celtic goddess of horses. There is no relation with the word "pony", if that is what you meant.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: The Caucasian Cubist on April 13, 2003, 09:20:20 AM
"y melba? should it be melda... "

Melda may be too obvious...

Besides both of those sound incredibly stupid.

Tetra is a good name. Sounds like a pirate.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: rodtod on April 19, 2003, 04:44:58 PM
I agree with cubist. coolness is always a priority in character names, often more so than any intentional symbolism.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Hostile Creation on April 20, 2003, 10:41:52 AM
Melbatose.

Tetra sounds a lot cooler than Melba, sorry to say, and that's the most important detail.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Ninja X on April 21, 2003, 11:35:47 AM
Miyamoto got the name Zelda off F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife.  He thought it sounded cool.  I think the same goes for Tetra.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Hostile Creation on April 21, 2003, 12:30:24 PM
That's one of the best ways to get good names.  I write stories, and I generally look through the phone book and patch up some names I like.  One of my favorites yet?  Jacques Scarano.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Moonwatcher on April 24, 2003, 07:25:24 PM
Don't ask how I know this.  I just do.  A Tetra is a kind of fish.  Go to any pet store and ask, Tetras are one of the most common aquarium fish.  The name is actually kind of appropriate because shes' a pirate and all.  You know, she spends a lot of time in the water.  Like a fish, you see?  So... there.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: couchmonkey on April 26, 2003, 11:30:20 AM
Well, if you like, there are four guardians at the end of the game,  but I think that's stretching it.   The name choice is probably more or less coincidence.
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: ThePerm on April 27, 2003, 12:42:09 PM
pony is a play on the word epona
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Cooolcorey on April 27, 2003, 03:30:45 PM
Epona is a play on the word pony.
Title: RE: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 04, 2003, 06:35:09 PM
Zelda is a cool exotic girl's name? Actually, Princess Zelda is named after Zelda, F. Scott Fitzgerald's crazy wife (Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby). Miyamoto said he simply like the sound of the name. EDIT: oops someone already said that...I guess I should read every post before replying...

As for Tetra, that was Nintendo of America that named it. NOA, unlike NCL, is famous for smart wordplay in their names...  
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: anubis6789 on May 05, 2003, 08:07:21 PM
WOW, I thought I was the only person to know that Epona was the Celtic goddess of horses.

Anyway, I think the fish theory is the best explanation for Tetra's name.

BTW did you know that Link is german for left, maybe Link got the name because he is supposed to be left handed.
Title: RE: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Joey on May 05, 2003, 08:40:22 PM
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As for Tetra, that was Nintendo of America that named it. NOA, unlike NCL, is famous for smart wordplay in their names...


Do you know her original name then?
Title: A deeper meaning to a name?
Post by: Kimchi on May 06, 2003, 11:39:50 PM
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Originally posted by: Joey
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As for Tetra, that was Nintendo of America that named it. NOA, unlike NCL, is famous for smart wordplay in their names...


Do you know her original name then?


If what he said is true, then that would mean NoA came up with the name and told NoJ, because her name in the Japanese version is Tetra, katakan-ized.  Like so: ƒeƒgƒ‰@(That's romanized as "tetora")