UPDATE: In a fittingly bizarre twist, this article right here reveals that the Guns 'n' Roses name-change madness was a localization decision taken by one Alyson Court, better known to videogame fans as the voice of Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil series. I guess it must mean something different outside of the UK. The best of all is Spiral Pegacion being renamed to The Skiver. Then Izzy Stradlin gets a Izzy Glow named after him and any pretence goes out the window. Things start getting a bit stretched when Tidal Makoeen is renamed to Duff McWhalen after former GnR bassist Duff McKagan. Crescent Grizzly became Grizzly Slash, which I can kind of understand because I suppose bears do slash with their claws. So, Spike Rosered become Axle the Red for the western releases. The only reason I can come up with for this strange choice is that one of the bosses is rose-based and you shoot him with your (arm-)gun. Imagine if Final Fantasy VII had been released in the west and your party consisted of John, Paul, George and Ringo. To the best of my knowledge, no reason for this has ever been given, and I sure as hell can't think of one. All of the Maverick bosses were renamed after the members of Guns 'n' Roses. Then, during the translation process, a truly bizarre decision was made. It starts off being business as usual, and in Japan Megaman X5 contains bosses with traditional MMX names like Spiral Pegacion, Crescent Grizzly and Volt Kraken. This is where it all starts to go a bit peculiar.