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B/W Starters & Region Announced!
Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:29 PM by Lightning
In English, of course. C'mon, I've beaten Black. I'm not that far behind the times!
http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/en-...arter-pokemon/
The official English names were released today. We have Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott. Isshu is now Unova.
Snivy
I like this a lot more than Smugleaf. So much more. Watching the fallout from all the people who, for some reason, actually thought they'd name it Smugleaf (seriously??) is excellent.
Tepig
They had so many options from fire and pig puns to choose from and they chose this. Eh. Ehhhh. This is boring. :(
Oshawott
All I can think of when I see this is the nearby city of Oshawa, which is terribly uninteresting. Where does the Osha part come from, anyone know? o_O
Unova
Unova will take some getting used to. Sinnoh wasn't too far off from Shinou. And Kanto and Johto were the same. Was Hoenn really different or is this the only region to get such a major change?
So. What do you guys think?
http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/en-...arter-pokemon/
The official English names were released today. We have Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott. Isshu is now Unova.
Snivy
I like this a lot more than Smugleaf. So much more. Watching the fallout from all the people who, for some reason, actually thought they'd name it Smugleaf (seriously??) is excellent.
Tepig
They had so many options from fire and pig puns to choose from and they chose this. Eh. Ehhhh. This is boring. :(
Oshawott
All I can think of when I see this is the nearby city of Oshawa, which is terribly uninteresting. Where does the Osha part come from, anyone know? o_O
Unova
Unova will take some getting used to. Sinnoh wasn't too far off from Shinou. And Kanto and Johto were the same. Was Hoenn really different or is this the only region to get such a major change?
So. What do you guys think?
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I believe Oshawott is a play on Ocean+water+otter. Far too complex a pun if you ask me. XD
...and Hoenn was Houen in Japan iirc, so Unova is truly the only region to have a significant change in translation. :PPosted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:36 PM by Timbjerr 
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The English names suck. All of them.
I think we should hold a vote to just close B/W as a forum all together. I think it'll pull out well.Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:37 PM by Patchisou Yutohru
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I agree completely. I love Snivy as Tsutaja's English name. Tepig? Fail. Oshawatt I'm impartial on. It's not horrible, but It could use some work.Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 PM by Livewire
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Unova is just ridiculous, they should have just kept it as Isshu. As for the starter names, they're all horrible except Smugleaf's english name.Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 PM by Zet
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IDG why people were making such a big deal about Smugleaf when it was just a nickname for it D:Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:39 PM by Erik Destler
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I wasn't expecting Smugleaf at all, and the fact that people were makes me lol. But even Smugleaf is better than Snivy. That's just so unoriginal and really shows off their lack of creativity.
Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:41 PM by Patchisou Yutohru
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Oh wow, they kept the legendaries Japanese names. Go die in a fire NoA.
Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 PM by Zet
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I like how the reaction to the hodgepodge of the name Oshawott mirrors the initial reaction reaction to the hodgepodge of it's design. XD
Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:44 PM by Timbjerr
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NO NICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
I hate all the English names. As of now, I've officially become Japanese.Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:49 PM by Forever
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Agreed >_>Quote:Originally Posted by Patchisou Yutohru
The English names suck. All of them.
All of them are terrible and I hate to say that.
I do kinda like Unova though, but it too will take time to grow on me.Posted November 22nd, 2010 at 11:52 PM by Agent Clank
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Snivy is a cool name. Tepig isn't as good. Oshawott is in between those. In other words: Snivy > Oshawott > Tepig.Posted November 23rd, 2010 at 01:20 AM by PlatinumDude
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I feel like these complaints have been said before.Posted November 23rd, 2010 at 03:08 AM by Luck
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If you guys all hate it.. well that's why there's a nickname option ._. Don't have a heart attack..Posted November 23rd, 2010 at 03:23 AM by Kura
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You can't nickname pokedex entries ;o;Quote:Originally Posted by Kura
If you guys all hate it.. well that's why there's a nickname option ._. Don't have a heart attack..
Posted November 23rd, 2010 at 03:49 AM by Zet
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@Kura: lmao, no kidding. :( I may not be the biggest fan of all the names but the amount of sheer loathing I'm seeing toward them tonight is just ridiculous. People all felt this way toward the starters and the game in general anyway, though, and fangasm everywhere over them now, so I imagine this'll probably be exactly the same. 9_9Posted November 23rd, 2010 at 06:01 AM by Lightning
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I think I have something to cheer you all up.
Posted November 26th, 2010 at 07:20 AM by インフェルノの津波
