Talk:Paluchard
According to this guide (which has been wrong before, saying the Zombie Chickens live in the Land of the Livid Dead), these creatures are called Mawpaws. Now we already have a name for a creature that we believe is a Mawpaw, but this one actually seems to make more sense. Its mouth is a hand. Its maw is a paw. My question is, where did we get the name "Paluchard" from (I assume it's French) and which creature does it apply to? --iHeckler9
18:47, 24 March 2015 (CET)
- The French names of R3 creatures were first quoted in an old press pack: http://www.raymanpc.com/Img/dossierpresse_rayman3.pdf
- Since the publication, we had the official confirmation that the kangaroo creature from the intro is a "Flabar", thanks to the French description of the Sylkins and The History of Rayman.
- "Paluchard" is a pun with the word "paluche", synonym of "main" ("hand"). So this name had been given to the dinosaur in Razoff's basement.
- Now for the English names...
- The "Flabar" could be called "Bonton" (thanks to the English description of the Sylkins).
- But I've never see an English name for the Paluchards.
- And I don't know where "Mawpaw" comes from, and why it had been given to the kangaroo creature.
- So, should we change something?-- Boomboleros7 17:22, 30 March 2015 (CET)
- French names and English names are indeed different. As this is an official guide I would move this page to "Mawpaw", and move the current Mawpaw page to "Bonton" (as "Flabar" seems to be its French name), however I think we shuld have some sort of vote on the matter. --iHeckler9 21:25, 30 March 2015 (CEST)
- First of all, we need to know more about this guide. You called it “official” here, can you confirm this? If not, this information is worthless. If yes (how many official guides are there exactly?), then this information is still less important than that derived from the game itself. So, before we do anything, the process to follow is very simple: look for all English language uses of “Mawpaw” to refer to the other creature, and check whether any source is of higher importance than the guide. If not, we've made a mistake. —
00:09, 5 April 2015 (CEST)
- I originally found it here, and a quick Google gives an Amazon page for it, so I'm assuming it's legit. I haven't heard the term Mawpaw used for the other creature at all to be honest, I thought it was just a texture name or something. --iHeckler9 23:25, 7 April 2015 (CEST)
- I originally found it here, and a quick Google gives an Amazon page for it, so I'm assuming it's legit. I haven't heard the term Mawpaw used for the other creature at all to be honest, I thought it was just a texture name or something. --iHeckler9
- First of all, we need to know more about this guide. You called it “official” here, can you confirm this? If not, this information is worthless. If yes (how many official guides are there exactly?), then this information is still less important than that derived from the game itself. So, before we do anything, the process to follow is very simple: look for all English language uses of “Mawpaw” to refer to the other creature, and check whether any source is of higher importance than the guide. If not, we've made a mistake. —
- French names and English names are indeed different. As this is an official guide I would move this page to "Mawpaw", and move the current Mawpaw page to "Bonton" (as "Flabar" seems to be its French name), however I think we shuld have some sort of vote on the matter. --iHeckler9