From me knowledge...
Eggman was Robotnik in Japan.

But it work because in Kanji script, Namgge is pronounceable (Robotnik started out as a good guy, known as Dr. Kintobor, but then became mutated & became Robotnik - spelled backwards y'see).

Annoys me immensely as well as it's like saying "You know everything you've known since the age of 8? Yeah, it's wrong!"
(rhyswynne - on every social network mullarkey known to man, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 12:48, 2 replies)

I thought Eggman was his original Japanese name, which was changed to Robotnik for the English-speaking market.
But now publishers/developers/whoever have decided it's more important to be faithful to the original, hence the change to Eggman. Have I got it wrong?
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 13:17, closed)

this ^

( h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Thu 29 Apr 2010, 15:16, closed)

Impressive knowledge
Ha genuinely impressed with with the replies, who knew eh?
(vv STONED vv is also my Xbox live gamertag, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 14:09, closed)