Sajam Talks Fighting Game Move Names

[@TomFooleryPlusR]

Guilty Gear has Dizzy, with move names as cute as wonderful as: "I used this to catch fish" "I used this to pick fruit" "We talked a lot together" "We fought a lot together" "The light was so small in the beginning" "Please, leave me alone" "What happens when I'm TOO alone"

[@gearhead6042]

Fun fact. They all had hyperviolent names in GGX where she was the boss character so it's implied that she renamed her move names because she didn't like how scary they sounded. The ice fish was literally called Skullcrusher for example.

[@sanko111]

TRUE Dizzy mains know which is which!

[@egebamyasi2929]

Imagine not calling Zangiefs st.lp "Creditcard swipe"

[@Rojo9149]

"Credit or Debit?"

[@datmouseb]

byakuya out here with "How Shall I Cook You?" and "You're Almost Ready to Eat"

[@joku1000000]

Dizzy's are even better "The light was so small in the beginning", "i used this to pick fruit", "what happens when i'm TOO alone"

[@weabooheaboo1198]

@@joku1000000 Yikes

[@suspecthalo]

@@weabooheaboo1198 Vegeta's "On a scale from 1 to 10. I'd give you a 3." or something like that in the training mode.

[@ogjuicebox5482]

@@suspecthalo i fucking love that grab. And its a great example of a good name! I dont even play Blugeta

[@seofgc5371]

Tohno Shiki's 623X is called "A Kick Even I Don't Understand"

[@funakiexpressV2]

“Avoiding the puddle”

[@nameputhpong9041]

funakiexpressV2 just run in there after a combo... duck to make them think you’re going low... and then POOF.

[@NeonGamePlayz]

Can we just take a minute to sit and appreciate what a great name Special Beam Cannon is

[@neonknight5857]

UNIQUE LASER BLAST

[@Theyungcity23]

"Cannons don't drill" "That's what makes it special!"

[@defianthound407]

Maka kazansupo (jp version of SBC) is also a great name. Meaning Demon death drill.

[@mythosinfinite6736]

It's a very special beam cannon and only Piccolo is allowed to use it.

[@mythosinfinite6736]

@@defianthound407 *Makankosappo Terrible name to spell in English though.

[@guestguest9051]

5:08 Kuuga means Sky Fang anyway so it works

[@PizzamonkeyFGC]

I think Terry from KOF is the only character I've seen in a FG where all his special moves are referred to by name. (At least in my experience)

[@wichitawwojak3786]

Terry from KOF is a special case, all his move names are both iconic and cool as fuck Buster Wolf? C'mon, that is sick

[@AirLancer]

It also helps that they're in English and he shouts them out hella loud.

[@sangera]

Do we call Yoshi's "avoiding the puddle" Aris?

[@moopersworthninjason42nd81]

A poor man's orbital heel?

[@happycat4838]

4:42 "Waldstein has the clap", he should get that checked out at the VD clinic in that case...

[@yuurou7927]

In GG, BB, Uni. You can't always say move names, cuz they're the epitome of chunibyo. Look at Hyde. LOOK AT HIS MOVELIST

[@AntanovOCEFGC]

What? Do you not yell such gems as "Clad Red Craver", " Black Orbiter", "Dark Lotus" and "Vacant Shift" when you play Hyde? Because believe it or not, I've played so much of him its become a rather gross habit of mine, Gyre Vortex is like my motto now. EDIT: I just remembered his best one, "Bent Sinister" like, WTF?

[@turbogeschwindigkeit6180]

Try opening Nanase's CHASING LA REVE

[@yuurou7927]

Damn I love black orbiter! He says it with so much passion too for a fire ball.

[@RyuGoomba]

guilty gear move names are fine lol they're actually cool

[@greenhillmario]

Hyde is one of the least chuuni. And honestly that's one of the best worst things about anime fighting game move names

[@argonwot9540]

I'm gonna Tsubame Gaeshi

[@koover]

Akatsukis B tatsu is called armor piercing legs, his fireball is called denkodan/ lightning shot and his dp is called human cannon but no one calls them that lmao. Guilty gear names are for the most part pretty on point. Pilebunker and most finer are pretty easy to remember and hype.

[@solecaliber5549]

To be fair, human cannon sounds od and we should be calling it that

[@Xapper0]

Well, then you have Dizzy's specials... "We talked a lot together"

[@HellecticMojo]

@@Xapper0 Certainly explains the awful name of their child. Sin, what kind of parent names their kid Sin?

[@danaltamirano2546]

RYUUJIN! WA-CHAAAAA~

[@geekgo4]

@@HellecticMojo In a game where the main lead is named "Badguy?"

[@RobSomeone]

Hahaha, uhhh, Paul's death fist is called phoenix smasher

[@isolex_]

it's called deathfist.

[@ExceedSC2]

It’s somewhat similar in Starcraft. Everyone says “ling speed” instead of metabolic boost or “ultra armor” instead of chitinous plating. It’s just easier in every way to say what it does instead of the fancy name. Viewers can understand it better, it’s easier to say, and just from a player perspective it’s how most remember it, because the function of the upgrade is what we care about.

[@TheSeventhChild]

I main Enkidu in UNIST and couldn't tell you the name of a single one of his moves.

[@Sin606]

The one where he snatch you off the ground and the one that sorta look like Genocide Cutters

[@NxLevelMapler]

You could honestly give then pokemon move names and people would know what your talking about

[@rampant1apart]

I think of Ivy Valentine and how Calamity Symphony and Summon Suffering escaped just being called "Command Throw." Maybe the names are just cool enough that people stuck with it?

[@AntanovOCEFGC]

I think its more because the names are pretty fitting for HOW FUCKING SCARY THOSE MOVES ARE, if a move called Calamity Symphony didn't take away half my health on impact, I wouldn't have gave a damn, BUT IT DOES, AND I DO. (Also those names are really just too badass)

[@Demonstormlord]

There are also two separate moves, that certainly matters.

[@BlueLightningSky]

"Do I call it special beam cannon or ?"

[@OmegaTaishu]

Makankōzappō > no one can pronounce Top lel

[@moopersworthninjason42nd81]

Anyone who saw the latino dub of dbz can say it. Those who can't only saw GT but wont admit it

[@limear]

the japanese version is easier to pronounce if you're not american

[@RegularBeico]

There's good names. There's weird names. And then there's KOF 2002 UM listing Iori's DP as "Fireball"

[@The-toast]

Big shoutouts to "ON A SCALE FROM ONE TO TEN, ILL RATE YOU A THREE." For being, 1: what the character actually says, 2: a move name so long it's cut off EVERY single time. and 3: Being what people call the move, cause they'll Just say "On a scale from 1," or Just "Bluegeta On a Scale,"

[@flappyfighter1426]

"FLAP-FLAP-AROUND-KICK!"

[@sidd8257]

I’m pretty sure my favorite move name ever is Cookie Crumble 😂

[@darknightspider7495]

All of Dante's and Vergil's moves in UMvC3 are perfect, though that's probably because they originate from a different game entirely. Stinger Helm Breaker Fireworks The Hammer Killer Bee Lunar Phase Acid Rain Judgement Cut Reverb Shock Jet Stream Crazy Dance So many of those are so easy to remember because they're short, catchy, and they're visual descriptions of their moves.

[@Sage_6reen]

Sajam: Makes a video about move names Also Sajam: If you care a lot about move names you're a dweeb

[@arootube]

If you care about commentators not using the official names.

[@JameboHayabusa]

As a Dizzy main, I just call her moves "Ice SPike" "Fire Pillar" "P Summon etc". No way I'm going to remember every characters move names I know lol.

[@joshuaworden274]

"Sky fang" is a literal(ish) translation of "Kuga," so that one kinda works out anyway.

[@NeoBoneGirl]

i feel like with the exception of Raven and Leo, cuz they're German, move names in Guilty Gear are really on point. A couple of them get shorthanded (like Bacchus Sigh turning into just "mist") but for the most part people just say the move name when they're talking about them

[@styru4980]

Dizzy's move names are entire sentences, like "I used this to catch fruit", "What happens when i'm TOO scared". People just call it "Bubble", "Fire Bubble", "Ice pillar", "Fire fish", and so on. Even tho that looks awful, that actually made me interested in the character, because the move names made it looked like they actually matter, and i started imagining she using it outside of fights. Great way to give depth to the character background IMO.

[@HellecticMojo]

I think the Engrish is what makes it so memorable. May's moves are all just Dolphin, beachball and stuff like that.

[@NeoBoneGirl]

@@styru4980 Yeah Dizzy is definitely an oddball with move names, Jack-O as well. But whenever I see like a match with, Sol, Ky or like, Slayer, the commentators just say the move names. Even with I-No and long ass names like Stroke the Big Tree, they still say that it's "Stroke"

[@Nooctae]

The name for Jam's kick move or the cards tho.. Ain't nobody got time for those. It's Dragonkick, DP kick, and axekick.

[@LadyViolet1]

The only move name I remembered from Uni was Grim Reaper, because it's the only one the only one that made sense.

[@jamestaylor3560]

Raiden's "Superman" move. It's pretty much what you think it looks like. Not sure what the real name is...

[@geekgo4]

Either "Torpedo" or "Electric Fly."

[@vandagylon2885]

Psycho crusher.

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

"Electric Fly" sounds like a dance move

[@fissilewhistle]

It varies from game to game. In early games it was called the Torpedo, I think in the 3D games it was called Flying Thunder God, now in recent games it’s called Electric Fly.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

@@kholdkhaos64ray11 Or could describe someone's dick being stuck in the toaster.

[@Edgeiv]

Susanoo’s “splintering thrust” is always just referred to as the godpress by everyone I know. It’s the godpress that’s what it is.

[@gearhead6042]

Sol's moves are perfect for this. Even the most chuuni sounding shit can be shortened.

[@euronymous_t]

VOLCANIC VAIPAH

[@gearhead6042]

@@euronymous_t BANDIT BRINGAH

[@jojak0512]

GAN FURAME

[@pyradorlover13]

just like how makoto's hayate is referred to as "chesuto" or "chesto" because thats what she says

[@neonknight5857]

Heihachi's qcf+2 is called Iron Hand. like dude the game is named after this move

[@abouken6434]

I can't believe people call it Special "needs" canon when the original Makakesosaposodosapo is such a great and easy name to remember.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Ohgod, my brain had a meltdown reading that.

[@pwnerj]

HighLanderPony Makankosappo is not that hard to remember or pronounce.

[@Phoenix-pb4sm]

@@pwnerj It really isn't lol

[@bestwind4618]

@@Phoenix-pb4sm true

[@NicholasToras01]

Android 16 super and Mitsurgi's 8way 2_8 is called Hell Flash

[@carp6829]

TSUBAME GAESHI

[@MilanorTSW200]

HEY! POPPY!

[@tylercleland5743]

I always have to call Sabrewulfs Ragged edge by its name. Just have to. Dunno why. Shits tight

[@nameless5766]

The only special moves I use the actual names of are for Hazama and Terumi, because I only know the Japanese move names and they’re shorter than the English versions anyway. I’m not calling Terumi 623B “twin divine blades”, I’m just gonna call it Soutenjin

[@The268170]

Dan's Super: "Certain Victory Relying On Nobody But Myself Fist!"

[@fogijay]

People call DK’s Giant Punch, Donkey Punch

[@konsta3220]

Every fireball is hadouken and every uppercut is shoryuken to me, no matter the game

[@romdog1818]

Gotta love the moves with arbitrary names.

[@wgreenewgreene1022]

Literally od susan's special moves in bbcf are renamed. Splintering thrust is called godpress for example

[@imnotturkish7501]

big fan of calling ky's dp "A+ Semester" and goldlewis's 6p "jueves"

[@texteel]

I was expecting Sajam to try to say Makankōsappō

[@basicweeb4272]

Bardock lariat is called dash punch. One less syllable therefore easier to say and much more clearly communicates what you're talking about. No one calls it dash punch tho

[@dreadedsage8630]

Dash punch requires more pronounciation

[@basicweeb4272]

@@dreadedsage8630 it does have more consonants fair point Edit: I think more consonants in dash punch and an extra syllable in lariat makes em about the same in terms of ease of pronunciation

[@no_nameyouknow]

@@basicweeb4272 Lariat is just a cool word. Dash punch sounds dumb. Simple.

[@WutTheDeuceGaming]

Imagine actually calling Ryu, Ken, and Akuma's tatsu............"tatsumaki senpukyaku"

[@ngubod16]

Heck Ive heard people refer to Lucia's fire spinner as a tatsu - which funny enough when I say fire spinner people go 'what move?' but if you say tatsu they know which one you're refering to even if its not a tatsu.

[@ShiningT1g3R]

I remember when we used to call it "Hurricane Kick" because that's what the name was in the manual and videogame magazines that covered Street Fighter 2.

[@Reydriel]

@@ShiningT1g3R People still do call it a hurricane kick sometimes, and it works because that name is intuitive

[@jasonelbowran4l]

We call it either Hurricane Kick or Twirl Kick.

[@fissilewhistle]

In Akuma’s case, it would be the Tatsumaki Zankukyaku.

[@sanko111]

What "mixer" are you talking about? It's called beyblade!

[@scotter7663]

Just did a key bump, I mean key blast

[@EnvyMizuhashi]

Takes a real bitch to not wanna say Tetsu Zankou, and not describe that it's a technique that when used within close range has to power to reverse the course of the battle, even if the odds against the fighter are...unwinnable.

[@SupermanSajam]

Sounding like a real dweeb

[@tokyobassist]

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku? Fuck that. Dorian Kick!

[@CripplingMemeAddict]

Me n my buddies call Bryans 3+4 'The OOF' since it looks like it really hurt

[@strippinheat]

I only like the funny replacement names, like Merkava's "Spaghetti Arms." But why is it that you hear "fireball" used instead of "Hadouken," but "DP" is used less than "shoryu"?

[@ubeemac7094]

Iron Saviour and Swift Strike: aka Haircar and Ziocar

[@irvintang2751]

Imagine some monster program a fireball move with DP motion. Is it a fireball or a DP?

[@nepgeardam6807]

What do people call Yuzu's 214 X Yae Ichirin??

[@ThaMxUp]

By "Bardock mixer" do you mean the move where spins 8 million times?

[@jonatanperdomo432]

This reminds me of the "El Fuerte" character in SFIV. Developers were like: "OMG, he's mexican, just name his moves Burrito Throw... Enchilada Jump... whatever..."

[@xthelegionargamingx6030]

Johnny Salami people jumping to conclusions before even fully understanding the situation...... nothing new here

[@jonatanperdomo432]

Seriously? And also those big breasted female characters that act all horny were just given a "sexy personality"? Lazy character design (oversexualization and brain dead concepts) works backwards: you put some BS and find something to justify it with later.

[@jonatanperdomo432]

Or someone has a reason, that makes sense from a creative point of view, for making the character a Luchador and also a chef, besides justifying the use of easy characterization/movement names?

[@acminostgien3038]

2 words, akatsuki, cheestooooo

[@chrisnorris8251]

snake edge..... bryan should register that name

[@omgazr0]

"KI has good move names" Hadokouken Alright Edit: it's Endokuken but you get my point

[@zethstar3475]

For unist people use Hydes move names Kuuga Chesto And everything else is numpad notation From what i noticed

[@ApexGale]

you're forgetting elbow

[@zethstar3475]

Ah right apologies Eru bO

[@danaltamirano2546]

B TATSU

[@turbogeschwindigkeit6180]

Imagine being a commentator and screaming out "CLEARLAMP USED EX HOW SHALL I COOK YOU TO TAKE BACK HIS TURN"

[@zethstar3475]

Lma

[@chachawho435]

exactly like why the fuck would I call yuns dash punch by it;s actual name when i could just call it dash punch

[@brningpyre]

(GG) Leo's move names are all so ridiculous.

[@nicktho2654]

Boom, flash kick, rekka, stance, parry, super, stance super. All you need 😅

[@NoirLouisStream]

Nick Tho except Siegesparade, we can call it air parade where Leo enter stance when it connects. Tho mostly grounded so they don’t need complete names.

[@revengeofoboro]

Good ol' Short-Ham

[@geekgo4]

Kyo & Iori's attacks. (sigh)

[@ShiningT1g3R]

It wasn't that hard in OG CVS: Demon Blaze, Wild Bite, Creeping Darkness, Maiden Masher, No-Style, RED Kick, Rising or Falling Harp, etc. Of course, I'm speaking as a KOF player, so...

[@jasonelbowran4l]

@@ShiningT1g3R Fun fact: RED Kick stands for "Rainbow Energy Dynamite" Kick. For real. Look it up! Lol

[@kingdomofthesaintful]

What's so bad about saying Yamibarai or Oniyaki? I agree that some of them are ridiculous. You will never use "Kototsuki You" when you can just say "Kyo's Command Grab". But those I mentioned plus Orochinagi and the classic SCUM GALE are excellent, badass names.

[@geekgo4]

@@kingdomofthesaintful Those aren't the full names. Why are they numbered?

[@kingdomofthesaintful]

@@geekgo4 They're supposed to be from these ancient martial arts systems

[@chuck1162]

As a wrestling fan, one of the most annoying things to hear is a generic name for a specific move. WWE commentators almost never call moves by their names and instead say “he hit the knee” or “the big slam” and that extends for me into fighting games. The hadoken isn’t a fire ball god damn it!

[@mallow2902]

UNiB move names are so dumb. For Carmine, my main, I can't be bothered to memorize his silly move names, so I just call them stuff like wheel, spikes, crystal, tornado, etc.

[@AsdfAsdf-mh4zc]

MAKANKOSAPPOOO!!!

[@omrizubary]

Johnny cage has a move called Say cheese lol

[@PassingTheJ]

Yun's Gen'ei Jin 😉

[@gatfatf]

If sora ever came to smash any commentator that said "key blade" in anything but the Nort voice is getting SMACKED.

[@xhoodedmaster7600]

Prophet?

[@confucamus3536]

KI lowkey such the best fighting game ever made

[@aramondehasashi3324]

NRS community uses all notation or nicknames for moves except special moves.

[@BHS289]

I just like saying Hyakkuretsu and Tetsuzanko though :{

[@BHS289]

Dizzy in GG wins the award for names I will never use seriously though lol

[@krystianlewanczyk1771]

imagine using Renzoku Energdy Dan :V

[@tommerman64]

short-ham sajam

[@steeplewiththesnakes]

Hey

[@superrookie-1]

Let's go

[@MissIceMateria]

Ankle Sock > French Twists > Chompadour > Updo H > Gregor Samson > Gregor Samson > Gregor Samson > Gregor Samson > Snip, Snip > Knee High > Thinning Shears > French Twists > Queue Sting > Hairball H > Fenrir Drive

[@BIMONLAKI]

Anyone who calls a ki blast, a fire ball deserves to be put in solitary confinement

[@Giraffinator]

Chicken wing

[@f0fuchsia742]

Ryougafufuken!!!

[@pickledparsleyparty]

I would love it if in the FGC we adoped "tatsu" in place of "quarter circle back" and "hado" in place of "quarter circle forward." Saying QCF and QCB is so laborious, and anyone who's ever played a fighting game can get on board with what tatsu and hado mean after just a tiny introduction. "What's tatsu HP mean?" "Quarter circle back into heavy punch." "Oh, because that's the motion you use to get Ryu's spinning kick?" "Yeah." "Ah. Sweet."

[@ShiningT1g3R]

That was the whole point of numpad notation. Around 2000, FGC noobs were complaining about stick motions as many were coming from playing PC games and QCF-style inputs were confusing, so numpad shot to popularity by default. As an OG arcade player, I hated this switch but you gotta change with the times...

[@geekgo4]

@@ShiningT1g3R Who the Hell's plays a fighting game on a keyboard? ...and why?

[@ShiningT1g3R]

@@geekgo4 When Super SFIV AE hit Steam followed by KOF XIII, most people played on KBnM. This was before the Xbox One controller standardization happened, as most KBnM players refused to learn pad and wouldn't shell out the money for a fight stick. Surprisingly, people who played with KBnM realized that it gave them an advantage that pad and stick players didn't know about until the Hitbox came out.

[@NoirLouisStream]

Japanese use it all the time

[@pickledparsleyparty]

@@geekgo4 Dude I've seen videos. Keyboard use is crazy looking. It looks to me like keyboards hold the same appeal of hitboxes, though. Looks freaking weird from the outside, but discrete buttons for movement can be used for more precision. And frankly. since I've been using the PS4 controller, I've learned how maddening that d-pad is since it's one piece. Pressing "right" can sometimes register an "up-right."

[@joshe-mcc3636]

#ShortHam

[@saaah707]

"hurricane kick" or "hurricane" > "tatsu" Tatsu just sounds so weeblord

[@kingdomofthesaintful]

Tatsu is shorter and sweeter tho

[@geekgo4]

Had to deal with this in Super Smash Bros. They're not called "Tilts!" They're called "Strong Attacks!"

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

I don't know anyone in the Smash community that calls tilts, "Strong Attacks". Nobody looks at the "tutorial" long enough to even see that name.

[@darkinertia2]

It sounds dumb, but the only reason i dont play more unist is because of the notation is shit. Mk and tekken have the best, sf is good, but weeb notation is so needlessly messy

[@carrion-fairy]

That can't be the only reason you don't play more unist

[@darkinertia2]

@@carrion-fairy probably not, i like the game just from what ive done in trials, but i dont like it enough to learn a new language or translate all the moves and combos lol

[@IXIZeno]

It's so u can read combos from any language, it's only takes a few seconds to learn

[@pickledparsleyparty]

What I super hate about Tekken, MK and SF's move lists is that they don't tell you what the hell the moves do. Especially in MK, some moves have properties that you just have to realize while you're playing. KI's move list is 120% the best. Not only does it tell you how to do the move, it also tells you what happens to your opponent when they get hit by it, or how the move behaves on the way to your opponent. That shit rules so hard it makes my eyes bleed. While reading the moves list, you're able to start conceiving a strategy.

[@darkinertia2]

@@pickledparsleyparty oh yeah i never use the ingame movelist, its just easier having an app like tekken chicken on your phone...plus in the case of mk, you cant even rely on the frames to be right lol