References in PSU, did anyone else notice?

[Blue-Hawk]

I know people probably did and I might be a little slow to catch onto this little nod, but I'll ask anyway.

These three materials-
Hapotite
Zepotite
Chicotite

Possible refferences to the classics
Harpo
Chico
Zeppo

Three members of the great Marx brothers. Still looking for a Groucho refference. :P

[Genoa]

EDIT: NONSENSE D:

[Aisha379]

"beat those"...?

The Marx Brothers are old comedians, not games D=


And I never noticed it. I doubt it was intentional though =S

[EspioKaos]

It was intentional. The names of many of the game's metals are derived from metric units. It just so happens that the Marx Brothers' names were used to create five SI units: harpi-, grouchi-, zeppi-, gummi- and chici-. Though some of the connections were lost in localization, others are still noticeable as you've pointed out.

Hapotite = harpi- (10^27)
Gurtite = grouchi- (10^30)
Zepotite = zepi- (10^33)
Gamotite = gummi- (10^36)
Chicotite = chici- (10^39)

Also, the prefixes mega-, giga-, tera-, peta- and exa- were used to create the -nite series of metals.

[System-Id]

espio has point :P

[STRANG]

thats cool. while we r on wierd facts, u ever notice the gold coins in the treasure chests we got 4 mag. Liberty(Mercury)Dimes, which were actually pure silver. Strange thing is the us stopped making them right after they nuked Japan. *finger to the chin*hmmmmmm...........

[Aisha379]

It was intentional. The names of many of the game's metals are derived from metric units. It just so happens that the Marx Brothers' names were used to create five SI units: harpi-, grouchi-, zeppi-, gummi- and chici-. Though some of the connections were lost in localization, others are still noticeable as you've pointed out.

Hapotite = harpi- (10^27)
Gurtite = grouchi- (10^30)
Zepotite = zepi- (10^33)
Gamotite = gummi- (10^36)
Chicotite = chici- (10^39)

Also, the prefixes mega-, giga-, tera-, peta- and exa- were used to create the -nite series of metals.

Well, I meant I didn't think it was intentional for Sega to reference the Marx Brothers specifically - just seemed odd.

I never noticed that about the metric units though (or knew they had metric units named after them)

I just always assumed everything on PSU was named by pulling random letters from a hat >_>

[TecherRamen]

Ill add a weird fact as well.. The sweet death's name and its chance to inflict the sleep status are a reference to Greek Mythology. To die peacefully in one's sleep was Hera's greatest gift. Look up the story of Biton and Cleobis.

[Astarin]

Very cool! What other materials have a story behind their names? I know the ores are named after the Greek/Roman gods, and that many of those got lost in translation as well. (Merculine = Mercury, Kerseline = Ceres, Aporaline = Apollo, etc.) The gemstones are obviously a play on real gemstones. What else is there? This might require an entirely new thread...

[sephiroth115]

crea= creator, maybe. that might explain why only humans and neumans can use, i.e. beasts and casts were "created"