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Subject: ODST has hiragana

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well when i have been playing ODST i have spotted hiragana on the welcome to new mombasa sign hiragana is one of japan's writing system, i wonder why bungie put it in the game is it cuz people say Japanese writing looks futuristic heres the hiragana
it reads youkoso which means "Welcome" in Japanese just wanted to know if anyone has seen this ?

  • 03.13.2010 10:42 PM PDT

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  • 03.13.2010 10:47 PM PDT

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Posted by: Phoenix1710
Nope. Never saw it.

really its the sign saying Welcome To Mombasa its a grey sign

  • 03.13.2010 10:53 PM PDT

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  • 03.13.2010 11:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: Phoenix1710
Nope.

go play it again your see it its the sign in the mombasa level with the rookie

  • 03.13.2010 11:06 PM PDT
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hmmm interesting, i never noticed it. Weird they used Japanese

  • 03.14.2010 1:16 AM PDT

It's Sci-fi, and it's 500 years in the future. Anything can happen.

  • 03.14.2010 9:24 AM PDT

What's wrong with multilingual signs? It's the #1 spaceport of the world.

  • 03.14.2010 10:16 AM PDT

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What's wrong with multilingual signs? It's the #1 spaceport of the world.
Pretty much. People would have been coming through this city from all over the world, so it would make sense to use as many languages as possible.

Similarly, the sign posts on Orbital are written in many different languages. Space tethers are like airports of the future.

  • 03.14.2010 11:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: Mutoid Log
What's wrong with multilingual signs? It's the #1 spaceport of the world.

i like it if they do use other languages im learning Japanese so i could read the sign as soon as i saw it its cool.

  • 03.15.2010 12:23 AM PDT

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I wouldn't be surprised if its a nod to Firefly. that takes place in the future, where there is a Japanese/American co-op. they are always swearing in Japanese or a lot of the signage is Japanese. I say that, because 3 of the main characters from Firefly/Serenity were main characters in ODST.

  • 03.15.2010 2:37 PM PDT
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I wouldn't be surprised if its a nod to Firefly. that takes place in the future, where there is a Japanese/American co-op. they are always swearing in Japanese or a lot of the signage is Japanese. I say that, because 3 of the main characters from Firefly/Serenity were main characters in ODST.


good call, I didn't even think of that...

  • 03.15.2010 3:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: Alfman1977
I wouldn't be surprised if its a nod to Firefly. that takes place in the future, where there is a Japanese/American co-op. they are always swearing in Japanese or a lot of the signage is Japanese. I say that, because 3 of the main characters from Firefly/Serenity were main characters in ODST.


good call, I didn't even think of that...

i need to watch firefly but it probably does have something to do with firefly

  • 03.15.2010 11:11 PM PDT

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Yeah. I read that too. I was thinking, *Youkoso, that means welcome. Hmmm, so this is Tokyo...*

Then I finally payed attention to something in life and found out that it was New Mombasa. LOL, I fail. :P

  • 03.16.2010 12:23 AM PDT

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Posted by: Canipa09
Yeah. I read that too. I was thinking, *Youkoso, that means welcome. Hmmm, so this is Tokyo...*

Then I finally payed attention to something in life and found out that it was New Mombasa. LOL, I fail. :P

LOL thats funny, in halo 2 the battle rifle has kanji on it i cant read it though in the pc version its easier to see just melee than take a picture real quick and you can see it ^_^

  • 03.16.2010 1:56 AM PDT

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good call, I didn't even think of that...


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  • 03.16.2010 6:32 AM PDT

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so anyone else see it ?

  • 03.21.2010 12:45 AM PDT

no

  • 03.21.2010 5:16 AM PDT

Halo 3 and ODST Rules plus halo 1 n halo 2,halo 2 online is great it will be missed
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Posted by: Canipa09
Yeah. I read that too. I was thinking, *Youkoso, that means welcome. Hmmm, so this is Tokyo...*

Then I finally payed attention to something in life and found out that it was New Mombasa. LOL, I fail. :P

LOL thats funny, in halo 2 the battle rifle has kanji on it i cant read it though in the pc version its easier to see just melee than take a picture real quick and you can see it ^_^

Yep, that and ODSTs in Halo 3 have a chinese character on there armor that loosely translates to "badass"

the ODST'S in halo ODST or halo 2 ? but that's cool ^_^
anyone else spot any other symbols

  • 03.23.2010 11:49 PM PDT