I noticed that the Spanish versions of FFXV make several creative decisions that set them apart from English. But I couldn't find mention of this anywhere so I've spent some time compiling a bunch of noteworthy changes to share. Espero que les interese!

El don Lux

The most prominent change in the Spanish versions is that Noctis's hereditary powers are in Latin. It's called "the gift of Lux" and every teleportation-related ability has that title. I checked, and this is unique to the Spanish versions of the game. Not even the original Japanese does this even though the main characters's names are Latin in every language. It's a truly inspired choice that's canon as far as I'm concerned - it adds to the light vs. dark themes, it sounds much cooler, and it's literally Noct's family name (Noctis Lucis Caelum).

Every gift of Lux and its lame English equivalent:

Español | English | - | - | Lux Impetus | Warp-Strike Lux Itineris | Point-Warp Lux Evasio | Warp Out Lux Mortis | Warp-Kill Lux Contra | Death Drop Lux Fatua | Warp Decoy Lux Custodia | Impervious Lux Vigilosa | idk but it's real i swear

El Coro Espectral

The weapons that Noct robs from the tombs of his ancestors are collectively called "the Spectral Chorus" instead of "the Armiger." And the group attack when you press L1 + R1 twice is called the "Spectral Nova" instead of the "Armiger Chain." The English names are accurate I suppose, but the Spanish names are more poetic.

What's more, each individual weapon is named after the monarch that it belonged to. I don't know where these names come from because they're not mentioned anywhere else in-game, I think? This is also unique to Spanish. Other languages give the weapons wordy names that are more of a description, really.

Every Royal Arm (spoilers!)

Español | English | - | - | Salomón | Sword of the Wise Deva | Axe of the Conqueror Vaiu | Bow of the Clever Jano | Swords of the Wanderer Iaksa | Blade of the Mystic Fukuryu | Star of the Rogue Goliat | Sword of the Tall Galatea | Shield of the Just Ragnar | Mace of the Fierce Bautista | Scepter of the Pious Vajra | Trident of the Oracle Beatrix | Katana of the Warrior Caelum | Sword of the Father

The titles for these monarchs are different too, but I want to highlight the three associated with Prompto, Ignis, and Gladiolus in particular. In Spanish the connections make perfect sense, but in English they really don't (What's clever about Prompto? When does Iggy ever wander? Gladi is tall tho I'll give you that)

Español | Translated Spanish | English | - | - | - | el Diestro | the Dexterous | the Clever el Inquieto | the Anxious/Fretful | the Wanderer el Indómito | the Indomitable | the Tall

Juegos de Palabra

In English, some quests rhyme while most have generic titles. In Spanish the opposite is true - every sidequest rhymes with few exceptions. Spanish added a great pun to diners too: you can order "Batidas de caza" from them which means "Hunting raids." It's pronounced the same as "Batidas de casa" meaning "Homemade shakes." The fact that chefs tell you to hunt monsters makes no sense in other languages.

Here's some more text changes that I think are improvements, funny, or otherwise cute:

Español | Translated Spanish | English | - | - | - | los Sidéreos | the Sidereals | the Astrals la Sideralia | the Sideralia | the Hexatheon la Santálita | | the Crystal la Chocoberiza | it's a play on Chocobo + stable | the Chocobo Post Academia de Eos | Eos Academy | Tutorial Álbum de Prompto | Prompto's Album | Auto-snaps Caldo Curacrudas | Hangover-curing Broth | Quillhorn Soup la Cocina de doña Quina | the Kitchen of Mrs. Countertop | Iron Shelf Recipes Nocberto | | Noct Gar

Also, it's adorable how the Pop camera filter is named the Prompto filter in Spanish and the Random setting is called "as much as Prompto wants" (al gusto de Prompto).

Also also, I like the Spanish description of Cid's hammer more:

Español | Translated Spanish | English | - | - | - | A quien ni a martillazos se le ablanda la cabeza | For someone whose head can't be softened even through hammer-smashings | Property of Mr. Hammerproof Thickskull

Errores

In Latin Spanish, the node that increases attack incorrectly says it increases health. Spanish Spanish doesn't have that mistake.

A more substantial error is the description for the healing nodes: both Spanish versions describe Gladiolus's nodes differently than Ignis's and Prompto's. That is, they say that Gladi will heal himself automatically when he's at low health, but Iggy and Prompto will heal only when they trigger an assist skill or when Noct commands them to attack. In English, all recovery nodes have the same description and they all say that the healing is automatic. I don't know which of these are correct but they can't all be.

But by far the most interesting mistake is the names these languages give to the Aztec bosses:

Español | España-ol | English | - | - | - | Quetzalcóatl | Quetzal | Quetzalcoatl Mictecacihuatl | Cihuatl | Mictlantecihuatl

As you can see, Spain-ish abbreviated the names. But Nahuatl is a language like German in that its big words are composed of smaller words. So by chopping them in half, Spain changed their meanings entirely.

Here are all the relevant words:

Nahuatl | English | - | - | quetzalli | big, beautiful, green feathers coatl | serpent Mictlan | Hell cihuatl | woman

So Quetzalcoatl means "Serpent of Beautiful Feathers" and Mictlantecihuatl means "Mistress of Hell." But in Spain those gods aren't the bosses you face. No, instead you fight against a pile of pretty feathers and some random woman LMAO

And if you're curious why the goddess of Hell has different valid names, that's because there are different dialects of Nahuatl and variations of spelling. El Gran Diccionario Náhuatl.

Español vs. Españaol

Besides Spain being wrong about Mexico, it also has different descriptions for all the lore. I skimmed it ngl so the only difference that stood out to me is that the havens from the endgame dungeons were made dry. They don't have unique names or poetic rhyming though they do in both Latin Spanish and English. Also for some reason, Spain calls the Bestiary the Database.

Spain is also weirdly specific for the outfits without jackets. English and normal Spanish simply label them all as (No Jacket) or (desabrigado) but Spain will specify (sin levita), (sin guerrera), (en camiseta), (sin casaca), (sin chaqueta), etc.

Otras Cosas

• The highest rank you can get after a fight in Spanish is ⭐. In English it's A+ and in Japanese it's S
• The main menu is in ALL CAPS IN ENGLISH but not in either Spanish
• In English, the text above each character's experience is "To Next Level: " and in Latin Spanish it's "Siguiente nivel" without a colon and in Spain it's "Nivel ⬆"
• Bandersnatch and Jabberwock are Zamarrojo and Galimatazo in Spanish. What are the hispanic names referencing? Beats me.

The date formats used in the Ω-files are wildly different:

Español | Españaol | English | - | - | - | 24-10-745 | Día 296, Año 745 | M.E. 745-X-24th 25-11-745 | Día 328, Año 745 | M.E. 745-XI-25th

Finally, the line Noctis says to his bros in the last camping cutscene is more or less the same between these languages.

spoiler for the thing I just said

Español | Españaol | Spanishes Translated | English | - | - | - | - | Bueno... ¿Qué quieren que les diga? Chicos... Son los mejores. | Bueno... ¿Qué queréis que os diga? Tíos... Sois los mejores. | Well... What do you want me to say? Fellas... You're the best. | Well... What can I say? You guys... are the best.

I heard he's more affectionate in Japanese, but I don't know the language so if anyone could translate what he's saying, I'd much appreciate it!!!! Please tell me what he says in all the other languages too! I really want to know! If you've read this far and know Japanese, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, or Russian then I obligate you to tell me.

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The only times I've managed to dream are when I nap while already well-rested, but even then I still usually don't. Like I might get 1 or 2 dreams a year in total from when I go back to sleep immediately after waking up, but never from normal sleep.

Anyone else like this?

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Here's the statement from the archive team.

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A banger conversation where Radhika Desai challenges common narratives regarding world development communistly. She made a lot of interesting arguments and I took some notes that I'm gonna share here:

• imperialism is when nationstates manage capitalism's contradictions at the expense of subordinate territories

• once capitalism develops in one country, other countries are forced to either become subordinate (buy their excess commodities, surrender resources) or develop themselves (protectionist, state-directed industrialization)

• maintaining unevenness is imperialism, resisting this underdevelopment is anti-imperialism

• global development is not the spread of markets, not the rule of successive hegemonies, but the spread of multipolarity

• golden age of capitalism was after WWII and was actually ruined by capitalism, not caused by it

• • it came about from socialist policies that wringed monopolies: regulations, full employment, welfare, universal education, healthcare, price controls
• • neoliberalism is the rolling back of these measures to protect capitalism, prevent further socialist development

Highly recommend you guys listen in! This video made a lot of ideas click for me.

Btw here's a free link to her book

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