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Norwegian boy left disappointed.

Norway's King Harald V has told one of his subjects that he cannot change his name to Sonic X.

Official name changes must be sanctioned by the monarch, but six year-old Christer, who wrote to the King last year, was told he was not old enough to make this kind of decision. Should he still wish to, Christer can reapply when he is 18 years-old.

His parents were reportedly reluctant to post the application, according to Norwegian paper and website Dagbladet (picked up by Gamezine).

Christer said he thought the whole situation "a bit bad", but was no doubt cheered by a hamper of Sonic goodies sent by a sympathetic SEGA.

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Ninja_Tino #1 3 years ago

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Goodies!? Damn, if I weren't 18, I would attempt loads of name changes.
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YoungPayters #2 3 years ago

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some Kid!
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jack_klugman #3 3 years ago

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Don King?
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mega7ech #4 3 years ago

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...and in other news, man eats cheese and ham pasty - says was nice!
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Plewt #5 3 years ago

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His parents could've solved this by giving him one of the latest Sonic games. But then again that's perhaps too cruel.
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BraveArse #6 3 years ago

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For a man who knighted a penguin that's a surprise decision...
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evilbert #7 3 years ago

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His parents were 'reluctant' to post the application? His parents need a good kick in the ass for entertaining this garbage. My (almost) six year old daughter regularly forces us to refer to her as Ahsoka Tano, but I wouldn't go trying to make it official.
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dadrester #8 3 years ago

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the 6 year old should have asked his name to be changed to "Alex" middle name "Kid"... the king might have been more lenient.

[edit] lenient?! haha... I didn't mean lenient at all...

Edited by 1 at 27/04/09 @ 11:10
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Lexx87 #9 3 years ago

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Yeah so a hamper full of shit new sonic games is just what they wanted
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Cataferal #10 3 years ago

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This is a truly bizarre story.
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rogueJT #11 3 years ago

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The King has to personally sanction any name changes?

WTF?
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etyek #12 3 years ago

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And in yet more completely unrelated news, Sega's Scandinavian office were seen lighting big cigars and patting each other on the back for coming up with a silly Max Clifford-esque story to rival the "Name Your Baby 'Turok'" PR stunt of a few years ago. Which marketing agency do his "reluctant" parents work for, I wonder?
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SleepyMagpie #13 3 years ago

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Thank god our king stopped this young man making a mistake he'd regret in later years. I mean, everyone knows Sonic sucks now, right?

And yes, our king has many important tasks to keep him occupied. He's also a rather nice fellow, albeit not always completely present, often seen doddering behind his wife the queen, seemingly falling asleep at inopportune moments.

He loves a fag and a good regatta though, these things seem to cheer and wake him up.

Leve kong Harald!
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rogueJT #14 3 years ago

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So did King Harold personally ok the changing of names like Fenriz, Gaahl, Infernus, Varg Vikernes, Hellhammer?

I'm sure some people know what I'm talking about.
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metalangel #15 3 years ago

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The young boy will appear in a Nemi strip later this week, where Nemi's standards slip yet again as she gets drunk and beds a six year old boy. Hilarity, as always, doesn't ensue.
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ekko #16 3 years ago

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Hmm, I might change my name to Playboy...
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RhapsodyRules #17 3 years ago

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Oh King, what are you doing in the throne? Poor child. He only want is name changed to Sonic X. This isn�t unusual at all.
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scouserfuller9 #18 3 years ago

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If I were his age I'd ask for the name Nintendo or Sega so I'm then given loads of their goodies for free and not just Sonic.
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metalangel #19 3 years ago

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Sweet Zombie Jesus, I was right. In today's Nemi, she meets the boy and whacks him one. Their courtship begins!
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