With the Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster coming out this September, more and more details are being revealed about the niche card-based RPG dating back to the GameCube era.And series director Yasuyuki Honne recently announced that Baten Kaitos largely It wasn’t named Baten Kaitos (thanks to our sister site, time extension!).
Sharing the details on Twitter, Honne clarified: All about Nintendo) There was “a lot of opposition” to the name at Namco. Honne didn’t say what Namco (now known as Bandai Namco) was thinking at the time, or why they changed their minds, but we’re glad they did. ing.
This is Honne Tweet (Translated via Nintendo Everything):
“Thanks to the kindness of Bandai Namco, the world and map that I worked so hard to draw 20 years ago have been revived! There was a lot of opposition from…but we got it through!”
Baten Kaitos is an unusual name at first glance, but if you’ve played the game, you may have looked a little closer to find out what it means. Baten Kaitos is actually the traditional name for Zeta Cetus, a binary star in the constellation Cetus. It’s an Arabic word that means “belly of the sea monster”. Cetus, also known as the “whale,” is named after a sea monster in Greek mythology.
In “Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean” and “Baten Kaitos Origins,” both constellations and sea monsters, especially sea whales, stand out. Multiple different locations, weapons, and moves are named after other Arabian constellations. Entire side quests are spent collecting constellations and rebuilding maps. The sea whale a bit It’s going to be a spoiler, but he’s an important figure in the lore of the series world. So “Baten Kaitos” is a very intentional name.
