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[[Image:Telefang logo. | [[Image:Telefang logo.gif|thumb|right|Logo of Keitai Denjuu Telefang]] | ||
'''Keitai Denjuu Telefang''' {{lang| | '''Keitai Denjuu Telefang''' {{lang|jap=携帯電獣テレファング|romaji=Keitai Denjuu Terefangu}}, often shortened to just "Telefang", is a series of video games developed by [[Smilesoft]]. There are two games in this series, namely [[Keitai Denjuu Telefang 1]] and [[Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2]], or more often shortened as Telefang 1 and Telefang 2. Both games have two versions of the game each, Power and Speed. | ||
The monsters found in both games are called [[Denjuu]]. They | The monsters found in both games are called [[Denjuu]], whose names are mostly derived from plant names. They are found in the [[Denjuu world]], apart from the [[Human World]]. | ||
==Name Etymology== | ==Name Etymology== | ||
''Keitai denwa'' (携帯電話) means mobile phone in Japanese, while ''juu'' is the word for an animal, or more appropriately here, a monster. Thus, the ''Keitai Denjuu'' (携帯電獣) part of the name is a portmanteau suggesting the telephone-using monsters that the series is centered around. Within the game, the word for the monsters is simply ''Denjuu'' (電獣). | ''Keitai denwa'' (携帯電話) means mobile phone in Japanese, while ''juu'' is the word for an animal, or more appropriately here, a monster. Thus, the ''Keitai Denjuu'' (携帯電獣) part of the name is a portmanteau suggesting the telephone-using monsters that the series is centered around. Within the game, the word for the monsters is simply ''Denjuu'' (電獣). | ||
''Telefang'' (テレファング), the name of the battles the Denjuu participate in, is a romanized {{w|Katakana}} contraction of "telephone" and "fang" with reference to the | ''Telefang'' (テレファング), the name of the battles the Denjuu participate in, is a romanized {{w|Katakana}} contraction of "telephone" and "fang" with reference to the [D-Shot] telephone and the monsters that use them. | ||
Since ''Denjuu'' contains the characters ''den'' (電) and ''juu'' (獣), meaning "electric | Since ''Denjuu'' contains the characters ''den'' (電) and ''juu'' (獣), meaning "electric" and "monster" in Japanese respectively, the bootlegged version of Telefang 1 referred to them as "electric monsters", which has little to do with the intended meaning of the name. | ||
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[[Category:Telefang]] | [[Category:Telefang]] |