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12. March 2007, 12:17:52
AbigailII 
Subject: Japanese Chess vs Minishogi
Just curious, why is the full sized game called "Japanese Chess", while the small version is called "Minishogi". Wouldn't it be more consistent if they both either used "Japanse chess" or "Shogi" in their name?

14. March 2007, 19:46:44
TKR101010 
Subject: Re: Japanese Chess vs Minishogi
AbigailII: I'm not sure why BrainKing names them that way. Personally I wish that 'japanese chess' would get renamed to 'shogi'. On the settings page, the tab for shogi setting is called 'shogi'. More consistancy in the naming would be nice.

Of course, I also wish that when one is using the japanese piece set and has the opportunity to promote, that the piece displayed above the board would also be shown in the japanese piece set rather than the 'western/symbolic' set. And that it wouldn't always say "Click on a piece you want to promote the pawn to." even if you're moving a knight, rook, bishop, etc, and not a pawn. Also, that gives the impression that a piece can be promoted to more than one promotional value (like a chess pawn), whereas each shogi piece obviously only promotes to one thing and one thing only per piece. (Hint hint Fencer)

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