Talk:Yoshimitsu (Namco)
Tachi
In order to prevent an edit war over Yoshimitsu's weapon, I have decided to explain the situation of the term "tachi" with regards to his sword. It is not unheard of for Namco to release basic biographical information that is needlessly ambiguous, mysterious or even misleading. Many of these instances, however, can easily be overcome with basic detective work. Yoshimitsu's "katana" is one such example of this type of misleading information. You see, while the word katana may refer to a specific type of sword, it can also be a general moniker for any sword made in that Japanese longsword style. And while Namco assigns the moniker "katana" to Yoshimitsu's basic biography, they neglect to take into account that the Soul Calibur II weapon gallery feature disclaims Yoshimitsu's blade as a specific katana when it writes that his sword is one that is no longer used in Japan. Instead, there is much to indicate that his sword is, instead, a tachi. The tachi is the Japanese sword that predates the specific katana, and interestingly enough, the shift from the use of tachis to katanas among samurai in the Japanese military occurred sometime in the seventeenth century, right around the time that the Soul Series takes place. He also wears the sword in a different way than Mitsurugi, and the two specific weapons were each worn in a different way. That being said, the reason the sword of Yoshimitsu from Tekken is labeled as a "katana" is that while there is certainly reason to believe that the generic katana is the same one that Soul Calibur Yoshimitsu uses, there is no concrete proof, and thus it must be labeled "katana" in the chance that they are different swords. If you see it incorrectly labeled, it is kindly asked that you restore it to its correct state. Thank you for your understanding.
Trivia?
I've been reading through the Soul Calibur biographies and noticed that Yoshimitsu is the only one who lacks a "Trivia" section. I'm not sure if there isn't any trivia to be found, but I just thought I'd bring this up.
Oops, I missed Yoshi...heh. Well, already fixed. Hope its of your liking. I was thinking on doing Trivias for Tekken, but I don't know. Does anyone want that? (Johnny Master 07:48, 16 March 2006 (UTC)).
Robot or not?
I have read in the trivia for Tekken that Yoshi is now fully mechanised, so he should be a robot or cyborg, right? Well, I donłt think so, because the only official thing I heard was that he had armor upgrades, but not bodz ones. I think he maz had something like a lil cold sleep treatment or a few implants or something like that, but not in the amaunt that he should be called fully mechanised. That robot look is because of the armor. Thats all.
- In the booklet of T1 it says that he is a robot. Though in T2 he looks very human, you can almost see his face. Namco is as always very ambiguous. I think he's a human with armor. His left arm is a robot arm.Aeneiden-Rex 12:07, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Character Analysis
I'm pretty sure this is blatant original research. Can anyone explain otherwise? Night Gyr 06:15, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
2 pages
I think Yoshimitsu should have 2 pages (Yoshimitsu (Tekken) and Yoshimitsu (Soul Calibur)). It is too confusing having 2 seperate biographies and trivia sections. They are different people anyway. Maybe have a third page linking to both his Tekken and Soul Calibur pages which has a few sentences informing people of his role in 2 different games.
the sword
it says that in Tekken he names himself after the sword, and in SC he names the sword after himself, shouldn't it be the opposite? I thought that in SC he takes the name from the sword? Aeneiden-Rex 12:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Yoshimitsu's Name
I don't know who keeps deleting it, but I thought it would be relevant to mention in the article that his name was inspired by famous sword designer, Ohno Yoshimitsu. http://www.galatia.com/~fer/sword/beauty/ohno.html
- How do you know that his name is inspired by that dude? Have you got any sources for it? Has Namco confirmed it that his name was inspired by that guy? Aeneiden-Rex 11:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I was told that he was named after a sword and/or the maker who is well known in Japan. No, I don't have any source from namco to back this up, but the evidence is already there. There is a famous sword maker called Yoshimitsu, and the character is distinguished by his sword... I just put two and two together. If namco has some contact address I would ask them to confirm this, but I would be very surprised if the company took my question seriously, let alone give me an answer. It would use a lot of their time to find this out. The only real way to get an answer would be to send a personal letter to the character designer himself, and I don't think that is going to happen.