Some really interesting Nayuta details.

[Peytral]

I'm not really sure how you could go about translating Nayuta no Kiseki, anyways. Really, all of the Trails games after Sora seem like they'd either sound really awkward or like you'd have to really get creative.

[Wyrdwad]

Yeah, we kinda shot ourselves in the foot by calling the first game "Trails in the Sky," suggesting all subsequent titles need to be "Trails of ___" in English. Zero no Kiseki would be best translated as something like "Zero Trajectory," but then its connection to the Sora no Kiseki games wouldn't be particularly apparent. And "Ao no Kiseki" just sounds weird no matter what variation you use -- "Blue Trails"? "Blue Trajectory"?

Then there's Nayuta no Kiseki, where Nayuta is actually the main character's name. "Nayuta's Trails"? Yeeeeeah...

Good thing we don't have to worry about any of that for a long, long while, I suppose.

-Tom

[The Shadow Court]

Yeah, we kinda shot ourselves in the foot by calling the first game "Trails in the Sky," suggesting all subsequent titles need to be "Trails of ___" in English. Zero no Kiseki would be best translated as something like "Zero Trajectory," but then its connection to the Sora no Kiseki games wouldn't be particularly apparent. And "Ao no Kiseki" just sounds weird no matter what variation you use -- "Blue Trails"? "Blue Trajectory"?

Then there's Nayuta no Kiseki, where Nayuta is actually the main character's name. "Nayuta's Trails"? Yeeeeeah...

Good thing we don't have to worry about any of that for a long, long while, I suppose.

-Tom

Trails of Infinity? Infinity Trajectory? Infinite Herschel? LOL!

[reyvard]

oh man "Trajectory" sound a little false no ?

[Chaosblade]

Kiseki also means "miracle" doesn't it?

Fitting, considering that's what would be needed for those later games to get localized

[Wyrdwad]

It's a homonym for the word "miracle," but the kanji used to write it are different. The kanji used for the game's title can only mean "tracks," "trails" or "locus," pretty much. (And any other word that kinda fits with those themes, like "trajectory.")

-Tom

[omgfloofy]

Trails of Infinity? Infinity Trajectory?

I would almost suggest that the name 'Nayuta' should remain preserved, since that is actually a Sanskrit word. It also has Buddhist meanings, as well. The latter is probably the reason why there's a kanji spelling of it that still possesses the Sanskrit pronunciation.

That's just my guess, however.

[Chaosblade]

It's a homonym for the word "miracle," but the kanji used to write it are different. The kanji used for the game's title can only mean "tracks," "trails" or "locus," pretty much. (And any other word that kinda fits with those themes, like "trajectory.")

-Tom

So only the kana is the same. Yeah, I don't know anything about kanji beyond the fact it exists at this point I don't really look forward to learning them if I ever get to that point either, don't see how you can keep track of so many complex characters.

[Wyrdwad]

So only the kana is the same. Yeah, I don't know anything about kanji beyond the fact it exists at this point I don't really look forward to learning them if I ever get to that point either, don't see how you can keep track of so many complex characters.

The answer is simple: computers.

-Tom

[KnightofAncient]

We have a gameplay video.