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Gizmodo
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
The ‘Magic: The Gathering' Team Had to Fight to Keep One of the ‘Final Fantasy' Set's Best References
Suplex's place in 'Final Fantasy' meme history lives on, even if Square Enix would prefer you call it Meteor Strike these days. Magic: The Gathering's new Final Fantasy set is an absolute love letter to the beloved RPG series, with hundreds of cards making a flavorful nod to their source material in one way or another. But one of the most fun references in a set filled with them almost didn't make it in—thanks to a quibble between Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix's translation teams. In a fascinating new article about translating the Final Fantasy set for its English and Japanese-language versions shared on the official Magic website today, Joseph Leis, the program manager for the Final Fantasy set, explained some of the challenges facing translating several cards in the set to ensure the standards of Magic's usual international translation process, while also working with Square Enix and its own translations for Final Fantasy as a franchise. But one of the most intriguing examples concerns one of the most fun nods to Final Fantasy fandom's western history that almost didn't make it in: the Final Fantasy VI card, Suplex. Or, at least in the form that Final Fantasy VI fans would've wanted it to. A red mana sorcery card, Suplex in the set can either be used to deal three damage to a target creature (with the added bonus of exiling them if it destroys it), or exiling a target artifact card from play. This second rule is a specific synergy so that Suplex can target another card in the game, the black mana artifact Phantom Train. It's a reference to the memetic legacy of FFVI players realizing that Sabin the monk, one of the game's expansive party members, can use one of his special abilities, Suplex, to physically hoist up the giant demon locomotive and slam it back down in an absurd image, dealing a ton of damage. In the years since its release, and especially in the advent of the online age, Sabin suplexing a literal train has become a part of Final Fantasy meme culture. But the thing is, Suplex wasn't called Suplex in the original Japanese game. It was called Meteor Strike (or specifically 'メテオストライク' in katakana) back when Final Fantasy VI was first brought over to North America as Final Fantasy III (several games in the series initially missed being translated), a name that Square Enix has kept ever since. While the original translation remained for many FFVI ports, it took until 2022 when the game was re-released as part of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection for the official translation to be updated to Meteor Strike. So Wizards and Square Enix found themselves at a bit of an impasse. Where possible, Wizards prefers that translation and localizations of card names diverge as little as possible from the English-language originals: Magic sets are typically designed in English first, and then translated into various languages, but the Final Fantasy set was the first in the game's history to be developed in English and Japanese simultaneously. Square Enix wanted to keep the Meteor Strike name as the official translation of Sabin's move as that's what was it always was in Japanese, but Wizards argued that English-language fans who played VI as kids would be disappointed if the card wasn't called Suplex as tribute to the nostalgic place the fight has taken in western fandom culture. 'This was something that principle narrative designer Dillon Deveney went back and forth through multiple rounds of negotiations with Square Enix,' Leis said, 'explaining how important that scene and the name 'Suplex' would be to English-speaking Final Fantasy VI fans, how kids growing up would yell 'suplex!' at the top of their lungs while playing at the playground, and how the nostalgia of the term was something that he wanted to keep as an Easter egg for English-speaking Final Fantasy VI fans.' Thankfully, Square Enix eventually relented, and a rare divergence between the English and Japanese sets allowed Suplex and Meteor Strike to co-exist. Now you can exile that one particular artifact to your heart's content, in the exact way you'd want to.
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Business Standard
16-06-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Aten Papers and Foam IPO Day 2 update: Subscription lags at 72%, GMP 10%
Aten Papers and Foam Day 2 subscription status: The initial public offering (IPO) of Aten Papers and Foam, an intermediary in the paper product supply chain, has received a tepid response from investors so far, with the issue still not fully subscribed. As per BSE data available at 10:25 AM on Monday, June 16, the SME IPO, has received applications for 23,86,800 shares out of the 33,00,000 shares available, resulting in a subscription rate of 72 per cent. Aten Papers and Foam IPO grey market premium (IPO) According to sources tracking unofficial market activities, the unlisted shares of Aten Papers were trading at around 106, reflecting a grey market premium of ₹10 or 10.4 per cent over the upper-end price of ₹96. Aten Papers and Foam IPO details Aten Papers aims to raise ₹31.68 crore through a fresh issue of 3.3 million equity shares. There is no offer for sale (OFS) component. The company has reserved not more than 50 per cent of the net issue for Qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), not less than 35 per cent for retail investors, and not less than 15 per cent for Non-institutional investors (NIIs). ALSO READ | Investors can bid for a minimum of 1,200 shares of Aten Papers IPO, and in multiples thereof, with the minimum investment amount of ₹1,15,200 at the upper price band. Aten Papers and Foam IPO allotment date, listing date The public offering opened for bidding on Friday, June 13, and is slated to close for subscription on Tuesday, June 17. Following the closure of the subscription window, the basis of allotment of the company's shares is tentatively scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Shares of Aten Papers are scheduled to be listed on the BSE SME on Friday, June 20, 2025. Aten Papers and Foam IPO registrar, lead manager Aten Papers and Foam IPO objective According to the red herring prospectus, Aten Papers plans to use the proceeds from the public offering for capital expenditure, working capital requirements, and issue expenses, as well as for general corporate purposes. About Aten Papers and Foam Incorporated in January 2019, Aten Papers and Foam operates as an intermediary in the paper product supply chain. As a middleman in the paper product supply chain, it procures paper from different paper mills and resells it to its clients in the packaging products industry. The company's product portfolio includes Kraft Papers and Suplex boards with a wide range of grades, thicknesses, widths, and standards.
CBC
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
The Halluci Nation's amped-up nod to wrestling, and 3 more songs you need to hear this week
Songs you need to hear is CBC Music's weekly list of hot new Canadian tracks. Scroll down to discover the songs our producers are loving right now. Canadian Destroyer, the Halluci Nation feat. Northern Cree Wrestling and the Halluci Nation have often gone hand in hand: in 2015, the electronic duo dropped a wrestling-inspired EP, Suplex, with songs like Bodyslam and The People's Champ. They returned to that theme on their vibrant 2023 EP, The Path of the Heel, and now, they expertly continue the through-line of combat sport on their latest EP, Path of the Baby Face. This time around, Tim "2oolman" Hill and Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas are rumbling with more energy, as if gearing up to pull off the iconic wrestling flip from which the track takes its name. The Canadian destroyer is a crushing, part-somersault move used to flip an opponent and on the supercharged track, they team up with frequent collaborators Northern Cree to blend powwow music with throbbing dubstep for a heart-racing anthem. Beginning with the singing group's vocals, the track contains thundering drumming that revs up before each drop, adding some bite to moody synths. Northern Cree's vocals dip in and out, wobbling over the glitchy, rapid beats as the fast-paced song swirls around that heartbeat-like drumming. As it all comes together, it's clear to see that the pressure-building, riveting track would make a perfect walk-out song for the ring. — Natalie Harmsen Telenovela, Isabella Lovestory Isabella Lovestory's latest peek into her forthcoming sophomore album is a feast for the ears and eyes. The single, Telenovela, is accompanied by a larger-than-life music video directed by Charlotte Rutherford, that devolves into chaos as she's taken through many melodramatic telenovela skits, which end with a coital experience between her and her television (you have to see it to believe it). The neoperreo (reggaeton's baby cousin) track is all brash synths, dembow rhythms, headknocking drums and outlandish lyrics. A personal fave comes on the chorus when Isabella Lovestory warns that she and her "Barbarella bitches" aren't afraid to back down from a fight: "Si no te meto el tacón de cristal," which translates to "I'll stick my crystal stiletto in you." — Kelsey Adams Pool Party, Penny & the Pits Get your water shoes and goggles ready — it's time for a surf-rock swim with New Brunswick's Penny & the Pits. The new offshoot from Penelope Stevens, one-third of avant-rock trio Motherhood, Penny & the Pits is here to make you move, with irresistible riffs and feminist lyrics that lend a deliciously dark undertone to a fun time. "I spent a lot of time making challenging work that would test both myself and the listener," Stevens said, of their time with Motherhood. "Now, I'm trying to make music that feels good; music that connects the heart to the body." While Penny & the Pits is a Penelope Stevens project, the band's live iteration also features beloved local names: Megumi Yoshida (Century Egg, Dog Day, Not You), Colleen Collins (Construction & Destruction) and Grace Stratton (Nightbummerz, Glitterclit). Don't let yourself miss their live shows this pool season. — Holly Gordon Future Emma, Billianne Billianne's been on a killer run lately. The singles she's released since 2024 have showcased such a beautiful blossoming for the emerging artist. Her latest, Future Emma, really highlights the full breadth of her potential. It's been clear since the Milton, Ont. singer's cover of Tina Turner's Simply the Best in 2022 that she has an exemplary voice — full and robust — but on Future Emma, she's flexing all new vocal chops. In an interview with The Luna Collective at SXSW she said "out of all the songs in my musical hard drives and catalogs, I think I'm most proud of my voice on this song." The way she soars and soars some more on the chorus is goosebump-inducing. In the same interview, Billianne delved into writing the song for her friend who was going through some "really hard life circumstances" that she "shouldn't have to deal with at such a young age." Future Emma is tinged with hope, articulating that no matter what the world drops at your feet, you can make it through: "It's not how it's supposed to be/ The smoke's gonna clear eventually." — KA
