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I see a lot of disagreement online about how to say Westone. Is it Wes-tone? We-stone? West One?

Back in the day, I used to think it was wes-tone, but some years ago, something convinced me that it was actually west one, but now I can't seem to find any official source to back that up and I'm questioning everything I know.

Does anyone know for certain and have something to back up their claims?

I think the founders answered this in interviews, it’s “west” joined to “stone”.

Actually, Wikipedia cites us: https://www.smspower.org/forums/9823-MonsterWorldCompleteCollectionManualExtract...

Raccoon Lad wrote

I see a lot of disagreement online about how to say Westone. Is it Wes-tone? We-stone? West One?

Back in the day, I used to think it was wes-tone, but some years ago, something convinced me that it was actually west one, but now I can't seem to find any official source to back that up and I'm questioning everything I know.

Does anyone know for certain and have something to back up their claims?

Probably from the password "WE5T 0NE 0000 000", at least that's what I used to think it was back in the day.

Raccoon Lad wrote

Does anyone know for certain and have something to back up their claims?

In John Szczepaniak's The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers vol. 2, p. 173, Ryuichi Nishizawa says: "As you know, the company name Westone is a combination of "West," which is from my name Nishizawa, the Nishi part, and "stone" is the first character in [Michishito] Ishizuka-san's name."

A footnote also mentions that it was co-founded in 1986 as Escape, but they had second thoughts that "Escape" might imply unreliability, so the company name was changed to Westone in 1987.

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Raccoon Lad Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 495 Location: El Cerrito, CA	Correct pronunciation of Westone? Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:51 pm
	I see a lot of disagreement online about how to say Westone. Is it Wes-tone? We-stone? West One? Back in the day, I used to think it was wes-tone, but some years ago, something convinced me that it was actually west one, but now I can't seem to find any official source to back that up and I'm questioning everything I know. Does anyone know for certain and have something to back up their claims?

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14735 Location: London	Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:28 pm
	I think the founders answered this in interviews, it’s “west” joined to “stone”. Actually, Wikipedia cites us: https://www.smspower.org/forums/9823-MonsterWorldCompleteCollectionManualExtract...

BKK Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 467	Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:48 pm
BKK Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 467	Raccoon Lad wrote I see a lot of disagreement online about how to say Westone. Is it Wes-tone? We-stone? West One? Back in the day, I used to think it was wes-tone, but some years ago, something convinced me that it was actually west one, but now I can't seem to find any official source to back that up and I'm questioning everything I know. Does anyone know for certain and have something to back up their claims? Probably from the password "WE5T 0NE 0000 000", at least that's what I used to think it was back in the day.

Centrale Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Posts: 89	Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 2:24 pm
Centrale Joined: 06 Apr 2015 Posts: 89	Raccoon Lad wrote Does anyone know for certain and have something to back up their claims? In John Szczepaniak's The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers vol. 2, p. 173, Ryuichi Nishizawa says: "As you know, the company name Westone is a combination of "West," which is from my name Nishizawa, the Nishi part, and "stone" is the first character in [Michishito] Ishizuka-san's name." A footnote also mentions that it was co-founded in 1986 as Escape, but they had second thoughts that "Escape" might imply unreliability, so the company name was changed to Westone in 1987.

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