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Lt. Surge the American
Alright In the Game they describe Lt. Surge as the Lightning American. What I wish to know, is he an American in the Japanese version of the game, or did they merely call him that for the Western versions of the game?
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I haven't played the games in Japanese, but you can tell from how he's drawn that he's meant to be an American soldier.
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Yeah. Look at his face and the clothes he's wearing. He's really an American.
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I don't play the japanese games srry...
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http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/iimarckus/bulba/greensurge.png
クチバ シティ ポケモン ジム リーダー マチス イナズマ アメリカン! Kuchiba City Pokémon Gym leader: Machisu, Lightning American! |
ok that proves hes really american. I guess in the japanese for Fantina she would also be american.
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But on topic, mostly, yeah... Lt. Surge is American, as it has already been pointed out. ^^; |
Lieutenant Surge is 100% American, look at his face, and his clothes.
It's obvious that he has been serving in the armed forces. |
Ash: You're not American! You're not even wearing a flag on your head.
Lt. Surge: You're right. I must have left it back home. In America. |
He pretty obviously seems American.
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Back on topic, the Japanese screencap pretty much verifies that Surge is American. Does anyone know if he uses American phrases when you speak to him in the Japanese version? |
Well now that it is Unanimously been said that Lt. Surge is American. Does anyone feel weird that knowing in the world of Pokemon there is America? Something about that just ruins the fantasy of Pokemon
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I actually like the fact that Lt. Surge is an American because it adds a little realism to the game.
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Not at all. In my fan-fiction's universe, America is a very real part of the world - my main character's even from South Carolina! With Lt. Surge an American, it clearly shows that the Pokemon canon (game-wise, at least) agrees that America does exist in the Pokemon world.
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I think all of the real world references they make in the games (they made them especially in the original games and as such the remakes) kind of ruin the Pokemon mythology for me. Mew being found in South American is ridiculous, and Lt. Surge being an American, etc... All of the Pokemon games take place in made up regions of a nation and at this point are now featuring Pokemon that control space and time, Pokemon that helped create the universe (Mesprit, Azelf, Uxie), and a Pokemon deity (Arceus). Referencing the real world ruins this, because they're now making Pokemon practically a religion in the games. It ruins the fantasy.
See Final Fantasy games, Lord of the Rings, etc. for good examples of fantasy worlds. Pokemon doesn't cut it. |
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... And Hoenn is a little Island on the south, and Sinnoh is Hokkaido.
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Kantou is a place in Japan, just as it is in the Pokemon world.
Most people in the games with yellow hair are Americans. When you fight them they have English names like Johnny and Mike. They play a guitar and usually have electric Pokemon. At least in DP. I think they are from America. One of them speaks English when you talk to him (in Tobari City). |
Yes, in the japanese version they say Lt. Surge was the Lightning American soldier and had his electric pokemon on his side in war. ;]
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arcainine
It also says in arcanine's pokedex info that arcainine is thought as a legend in china... so china and america exist......
lol.. wonder if it says that in the chinese version.... |
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It's not strange. In the Pokémon world, the regions are all just replacing parts of our world, and those regions grew Pokemon. Or just that only them got Pokémon put into them. So it isn't weird. I hope.
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