Is it just me, or did they record the voice acting for this game before they decided on some of the name translations? They keep referring to the Empress Consorts with L's in their names that are not there.
Sorry if this has been posted before but I thought I was just hearing things at first..
It's entirely possible. We had English voiced trailers pop up before the game was even announced in Japan, which was still pretty early in localization development. The inconsistencies between what people say and how names are pronounced could definitely be attributed to an early dubbing.
As far as phonetic spelling is concerned, it was supposed to be ゲオルグ プライム. Nowhere was it meant to be pronounced as "George", except for Suikoden V's localization team.
The extra "o" sound in the pronunciation of Macoute's name irk me to no end though, but I guess it's a reasonable trade-off in capturing the intent of the ones naming these characters.
When you take Hotupa to open the Grayridge gateway to recruit Lubberkin, he talks like a cowboy. He says reckon half a dozen times and even goes so far as to exclaim "Sakes alive!" In no other scene in the game does he do this. Where the hell did that come from?