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5th Gen ISSHU WHY MUST YOU HAVE BECOME UNOVA!!!!!

Which do you prefer?

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Guy

just a guy
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At first, being so used to calling the region Isshu, I sort of fell off the edge so-to-speak when I heard the English name would be Unova. Then there was the matter on how to pronounce Unova, because while some say it like "You-No-Vah" the anime and commercials pronounced it as "You-Nuh-Vah". I eventually got used to it though, and now, referring to the region as Isshu aloud just sounds weird.
 
Perriechu

Perriechu

i make this look easy tik-tik boom like gasoline-y
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I didn't like saying Isshu. \; It just didn't sound right. idk ;o; I prefer Unova, a lot more than Isshu. When the name was first announced and I hadn't heard it said yet; I heard all the horrible sayings people said it sounded like. That put me off. ;-; Until someone finally said it was pronounced how it sounded.
 

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~

Buffalo State College
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WHen I first heard of Unova I was like I can't stand the name because I was so use to hearing the name Isshu. But after hearing Unova over and over again, I like the name of it and prefer Unova over its original name.


:t354:TG
 
Yoshikko

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I like Isshu better. Unova just sounds awkward to me, just like Nimbasa. Isshu is fast and easy to pronounce, and it is very catchy.
 
Amore

Amore

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Isshu sounds like somebody sneezing. Pronouncing Unova like how they do in the anime, rather than how I naturally pronounce it, makes it much better.
 

Superjub

Pokémon Aureolin
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Tbh, I don't really care, mainly because Unova isn't that bad of a name in my opinion. Had it been something ridiculous, then sure, I'd be annoyed, but its grown on me, and I just naturally call it Unova now. As for pronunciation, I just pronounce it how I feel it should be pronounced. XD I don't really talk to people about Pokemon in real life (well, not much anyway) so yeah. :P
 
Kevin

Kevin

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I like the name Unova. It sounds pretty unique.

Plus Isshu sounds like issue, so... yeah. I never really liked that name. O:
 
Shining Raichu

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The Isshu region did sound a little weird to me. I much prefer Unova as a name, and was really glad when they switched.
 

2Cool4Mewtwo

Pwning in Ubers since 1996.
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Isshu sounds really weird... Kinda feels like saying "issue" and I never grew into it.

Unova sounds much better to me.
 
Pyrax

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Well...'Unova' is a much better name than 'Alleos', which was Unova's apparent name in the UK before B/W were released.
 

Ho-Oh

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I love Isshu. I love Unova. Either suits the name of the region really. If I had to pick, yeah I'd go back to Isshu simply for the nostalgia.

Used to really hate Unova btw, much like the others :x
 
Legendary Silke

Legendary Silke

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Unova? Isshu? To me, there's no real difference - just different names. This time, they just went and chose the translation-localisation route instead of just transliterating it - there's a meaning to it, and they want to get the meaning across in all languages, hence the name switch.
 
johnny18

johnny18

Kiss Me Like It's Do or Die
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Even though I pick Isshu over Unova, I think it does not really matter. It is just one region that is called by two different names by two different countries.
 
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