Rune Factory Oceans coming to U.S., Now we just have to wait a year for it to come out. Options

[epona]

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The new name for Oceans is, Rune Factory: Tides Of Destiny
I'm not really crazy about the name changes, Azel is now Aden, and Sonia is now Sonja.
I think Natsume is also changing the main story a little, from what I could tell anyways.

[BunnyChan360]

Personally, I like the new spelling for Sonja. Sonia kind of looks wierd to me. I think the names were changed to fit the somewhat Scandinavian/Nordic setting. (Yes, there is a difference between Scandinavian countries and Nordic ones. Apparently Finland doesn't consider itself Scandinavian, but thats another story.)

I'll admit that the setting is also kind of Greekish, but I also see some Nordic influences (the runes for one).

Looked up the meaning for the names. Sonja is a form (aka same name pronounce/spelt different) of Sonya which is a dimunuative (kind of a shortening or nickname) of Sophia. Sonja is Scandinavia, Finnish (see, I told you), Slovene, Serbia, Croatian, and Macedonian. Sonya is Russian and English. They both mean "wisdom".

Aden is modern English and a Form of Aiden, which is the Anglicized form of Aodhan, which is taken from the Irish name Aedan (maa~ this is getting annoying, unfortunately this is a common occurance with name origins and meanings). It aparrently means "fire".

I'll help with name origins when the other names are released.