Apex Legends devs want players to name Ash\u2019s pet rat Respawn EntertainmentSeason 11 of Apex Legends is almost upon us, and while many players are eagerly awaiting new legend Ash, others are more taken by her pet rat \u2013 and the devs want fans to name it. When the next season of Apex Legends debuts on November 2, players will be able to enter the battlefield as new character Ash, a ruthless simulacrum that houses the mind of former mercenary Dr Ashleigh Reid. While Ash will show no mercy to her enemies, she does have a cute pet rat that will add \u201ca bit of humanity\u201d to the otherwise cold character, according to the devs at Respawn. \u201cAsh\u2019s rat has no name. This was a request from us in the animation department with a particular purpose in mind,\u201d explained lead animator Moy Parra in a detailed Twitter thread. \u201cWe wanted to stay true to the character of Ash who wouldn\u2019t show much affection to anyone or care about naming her rat. Therefore we decided to not name it internally so as to not accidentally start caring for it ourselves.\u201d She continued: \u201cAsh\u2019s rat serves an important purpose, however. It allowed us to show a bit of humanity from the character, without compromising the character itself.\u201d Therefore as we animated this little critter we decided to not name it internally so as to not accidentally start caring for it ourselves and have this bleed through our work as we came up with ideas for Ash. Yes!.. animators think about these things \ud83d\ude09 \u2014 Moy Parra \ud83c\udfae (@_moyparra) October 27, 2021 Just because the devs decided to keep Ash\u2019s rat nameless, that doesn\u2019t mean the Apex Legends community can\u2019t give it a name, of course. In fact, the devs are actually encouraging that to happen. \u201cThis does not mean that the community shouldn\u2019t come up with a fun name for it,\u201d Moy continued, stating that her favorite suggestion so far is Ronin before instructing the Apex community to \u201cGo name that rat!\u201d Read More: Who is Ash in Apex Legends? – Ronin does seem to be the most popular pick among players, but some other suggestions include Dust, Ember, and Soot \u2013 all clearly inspired by the name of its owner, Ash. It doesn\u2019t sound as though there will ever be an official name for Ash\u2019s pet rat, but we\u2019re sure the community will decide on one together once the new legend arrives in Season 11: Escape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs want players to name Ash\u2019s pet rat Respawn EntertainmentSeason 11 of Apex Legends is almost upon us, and while many players are eagerly awaiting new legend Ash, others are more taken by her pet rat \u2013 and the devs want fans to name it. When the next season of Apex Legends debuts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}