Let’s Compare Joystick Sizes
Check out this terrifying eggplant emoji of a joystick on Tetris Dekarisu!
The name “Dekarisu” comes from “dekai” — “huge” — and “Tetris”, written phonetically as “Tetorisu” in Japanese. In katakana, “Tetris” and “Dekarisu” look pretty similar, too –「テトリス」and「デカリス」– so you can see how the name works.
It’s a pretty good name.
It was released in the West as Tetris Giant. What a dimwitted localisation! I bet I can think of 10 better English names right now off the top of my head:
1. Gigantris
2. Enormtris
3. Almightris
4. Megalopotris
5. Humongtris
6. Whopping-Greatris
7. Fatris
8. Overweightris
9. Elephantiatris
10. …
Alright, only nine, but you get the point. Anyway, the huge joystick is a surprisingly effective BIGTRIS! There – I knew I could do it.
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