W-Item

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Glitch, or deliberate?

And how did it get its name? What does the W stand for?

 

[Strangelove]

In Japanese, W is used as shorthand for 'double'. Obviously it doesn't work in English where it doesn't have that meaning, but that's FFVII English for you

 

[ForceStealer]

You know its funny, W doesn't have that meaning in English, and I knew nothing of Japanese back then, but I never questioned the W. I did just accept that as meaning 'double'. Weird.

And what do you mean glitch or deliberate? You mean the name or the actual W-item glitch? There's no way that was deliberate.

 

[Tennyo]

Maybe someone slipped it in under the table?

I would.

 

[Smaddy]

Say it out loud: "double you[r] item" ??

 

[ForceStealer]

it's long bothered me that "Double-U" is actually a double-V (which is what it's called in Spanish - at least, likely in the other romance languages as well)