Agree completely. New names only if Raiden got a recolor and a US/UK release

 

Not a bad idea.... as well.

That is what I maybe going to do.

Err..... I just think there Japanese names suck Raiden is the only one that may stay.

Its a ok name.....
I got to search up all the names.... Haha.

 

You meen you didnt even consider the fat controller  

 

I interpret 'Devil-Queller' as being the name of someone who specialises in fighting evil/dark forces, so how about calling him something holy and epic sounding, like Slayer or Smitedown?

Also, I believe that Raiden is the name of the Japanese thunder god, so you could call him Thor if you want to Westernise him.

 

Thor is a Norse Asgardian... Calling him Thor or Raiden are about the same amount of "Westernizing"

 

Raiden becomes Rail Racer.

 

Why did you even ask people ? It sounds like your opinion is the only one that is going to matter anyway. Name em what you want, eh ?

 

  QFT

Suiken is a style of martial art known as drunken fist. I say keep the names as they are since they are detrimental to their character.

 

Team: Trainbots
Combined Mode: Locomotor
Individual Robots: Each one has a train related name, like how most cars have a car-related name. Railspike, Express, Steamhammer, Caboose, Sleeper, Turnout, Guard Rail, Blastpipe, Bacon Slicer, Smokebox, Coupler, Crossover, Freighthandler, etc. etc. Just go for the age old method of finding a automotive\aeronautic term that sounds cool (in this case train terminology) or get a word that describes the characters personality or how they look (i.e. Dirge, Bumblebee)

 

I am well aware of who Thor is and the Danish mythology he comes from - Denmark being part of the west, using his name is westernising.

 

Yukikaze: Blizzard (maybe Flashfreeze?)
Getsuei: Darkmoon
Kaen: Flamethrower
Seizan: Mountainmover
Shoki: Demon-slayer
Suiken: Drifter

 

I like this the most so far!

 

Maybe....

 

I hereby declare that they shall now be known as

LateArrivalBlast
ThunderPlatformChange
DeathOnTheLineatron
Autobot StandingRoomOnly
SociopathTicketCollector

Combined Form

NorthernRailApologisesForThisLateRunningAndAnyInconvenienceCaused Maximus

 

Instant win.  

 

Lollz.... No comment.... xD

 

Imagining they were released here in 85 or 86 as the Autobot counterparts to Devastator they would certainly have had US names so, hmmm...

Yukikaze: Snowdown
Getsuei: Moonshadow
Kaen: Flashfire
Seizan: Alpine
Shoki: Hellsing
Suiken: Highnoon

and Raiden: Thunderbreaker

 

I..."Bacon Slicer"???

Anyway...it seems kind of silly but I'm really tempted to suggest 'Vangelus' for Shoki/Demon-Queller.


Demon-Queller -> Demon Fighter -> Opposition to Demonic/Evil Forces -> Evangelical 'Good' Type -> Evangelist, similar syllables to Vangelus.