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Zelda November 22nd, 2010 3:57 PM

Isshu's gone Unova?
 
So as we got the news with the English names for the starter Pokémon, we also received the English name for the Isshu region. We've had Kanto and Kanto, Johto and Johto, Hoenn and Hoenn and Sinnoh and Sinnoh, so one would only assume Isshu, Isshu right? However this is not the case. The English name for the region is...the Unova Region.

First off, I want to ask Nintendo...why. Why do they pick the time now to change the pattern? :\ I was fine with Isshu, it was very creative in my opinion. I've got isshu's with this but I guess I'll have to deal with it. :( It isn't half bad either though, but still, I would have preferred Isshu anytime.

So...discuss!
[Keep in mind this is only to discuss the Isshu...er, Unova region and its name]

altariaking November 22nd, 2010 4:01 PM

It's not bad...but I preferred Isshu. I just think Isshu suited Isshu. I mean Isshu suited Unova. Wait, Isshu is Unova, so Unova suits Unova. Gah! I'm so confused! Where are my pills...

seeker November 22nd, 2010 4:03 PM

Personally, I don't see why they went off the 2 syllable word pattern.
Kan - to
Joh - to
Ho - enn
Sinn - oh
Issh - u

I don't mind it that much but I liked Isshu. It's nice on the ear, a euphonic sounding word, yet Unova sounds so brash. But,m Unova is closer to Untied States of America.

Also this;
UN - United Nations
Ov - of
A - America

Agent Clank November 22nd, 2010 4:04 PM

Unova isn't THAT bad, I mean its pretty bad but not terrible.
I thought that Isshu suited Isshu, but I guess Nintendo didn't ;-;

Kenshin5 November 22nd, 2010 4:06 PM

Maybe they changed the name of the region because this one is a great distance from the others and they want to Englishnize the name. Hopefully they give a reason at some point for the Regional name change.

yuki1406 November 22nd, 2010 4:07 PM

I was really disappointed with that. :/

I see they wanted to innovate even more, but renaming a region feels just wrong. And Unova it's a terrible name...

PlatinumDude November 22nd, 2010 4:07 PM

I liked Isshu better than Unova, even though there's nothing wrong with the latter. Unova is going to take a while to get used to.

M4 November 22nd, 2010 4:19 PM

Nintendo are a bunch of hermaphrodites.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire November 22nd, 2010 4:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaori (Post 6302475)
So as we got the news with the English names for the starter Pokémon, we also received the English name for the Isshu region. We've had Kanto and Kanto, Johto and Johto, Hoenn and Hoenn and Sinnoh and Sinnoh, so one would only assume Isshu, Isshu right? However this is not the case. The English name for the region is...the Unova Region.

First off, I want to ask Nintendo...why. Why do they pick the time now to change the pattern? :\ I was fine with Isshu, it was very creative in my opinion. I've got isshu's with this but I guess I'll have to deal with it. :( It isn't half bad either though, but still, I would have preferred Isshu anytime.

So...discuss!
[Keep in mind this is only to discuss the Isshu...er, Unova region and its name]

Actually Sinnoh's Japanese name was Shin'ō, and Hoenn's was and Hoenn was just little diffrent from it's Japanese name which was Hoen (they just added an n) so only Sinnoh and Isshu really have had real name changes with Isshu have the most drastic from Isshu to Unova (just correcting you on your trivia is all :) )

Ho-Oh November 22nd, 2010 4:20 PM

I honestly hate Unova, it's not appealing to me at all. Isshu, however, was awesome and I will not be calling Isshu "Unova" anywhere unless I officially have to, lol :(

Btw. A better way of thinking of Unova -

"A star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then gradually returns to its original brightness..." found from the online dictionary.

U = You.

So, Unova means a place where you can be a star, but when you leave, the... star-quality wears away, promoting that you should stay in Isshu.

dragon0fangz November 22nd, 2010 4:20 PM

I like unova, it has nova, which means new. very fitting, for a region with the likes of Hiun City.

Oshawott November 22nd, 2010 4:21 PM

Apparently, in the Spanish versions of the games, it is going to be referred to as "Teselia".

I'm not too sure about that, though.
I like the name though. I have no isshus with it. XD

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire November 22nd, 2010 4:24 PM

Unova...I wonder if it comes from Uno (one) and Nova as in star meaning one star referring to how Reshiram and Zekrom were once one powerful being... or I might just be over thinking things...

butterbiscuit November 22nd, 2010 4:25 PM

I always take a while to transition from the Japanese name to the English, but I'm not that concerned about a name. It doesn't really change anything, and I think the name is fine.

M4 November 22nd, 2010 4:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magmaruby and Aquasapphire (Post 6302539)
Unova...I wonder if it comes from Uno (one) and Nova as in star meaning one star referring to how Reshiram and Zekrom were once one powerful being... or I might just be over thinking things...


The Game
involves Arceus and only Arceus, if you're not Arceus, you're nothing.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire November 22nd, 2010 4:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by butterbiscuit (Post 6302541)
I always take a while to transition from the Japanese name to the English, but I'm not that concerned about a name. It doesn't really change anything, and I think the name is fine.

Yeah it does...oddly I have never dealt with a situation like this before as I have never really gotten used to the Japanese names of the Regions or of the starters but this generation I saw and got used to it's Japanese name but it's still easy to transition :)
Unova really sounds cool :D

butterbiscuit November 22nd, 2010 4:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 6302548)
I don't mind the name- I'll use Isshu and Unova interchangably. The names of the starters are a whole other league, though. I wonder what other languages the region will be called, as well as Tsutaja, Pokabu and Mijumaru? Hmmmm...


Yeah, I don't really like the starters' names at all.

Snivy?...
._.

And I thought Turtwig was a bit much.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire November 22nd, 2010 4:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 6302553)
The game has NOTHING TO DO with Arceus. I now wonder what the CITY AND TOWN NAMES will be. :D

OH yeah we have yet to learn those places names :D
I wonder if Huin will sound like New...york
Wait a moment york new...change that to You and then change that to U and New to Nova you get Unova :P

Fee Nicks November 22nd, 2010 4:38 PM

In retrospect, you guys should have seen this coming from a mile away.
The reason? Team Plasma.
Also given that everything pre-Elite Four is all new pokemon, a drastic shift in the naming pattern of the regions doesn't exactly seem out of the question.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire November 22nd, 2010 4:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fee Nicks (Post 6302574)
In retrospect, you guys should have seen this coming from a mile away.
The reason? Team Plasma.
Also given that everything pre-Elite Four is all new pokemon, a drastic shift in the naming pattern of the regions doesn't exactly seem out of the question.

True there is that Plasma and Nova relation
And new pokemon and Nova relation we should have seen...well at least Tsutarja's name was predictable :)

Nakuzami November 22nd, 2010 4:45 PM

I'm very disappointed. I don't know how i'm going to adjust, i'v been calling it Isshu for months, same with the starters(and they're just disappointing :()
I just found this all out about 2 minutes ago, as I never really visit this section and I just found it out on a different website. Very, very disappointing...

Volroc November 22nd, 2010 5:03 PM

WORST RENAME EVER!

Isshu was awesome :( why Unova? it sounds like its trying too hard to top every other regions name :/

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire November 22nd, 2010 5:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volroc (Post 6302625)
WORST RENAME EVER!

Isshu was awesome :( why Unova? it sounds like its trying too hard to top every other regions name :/

If you mean letter wise not really as Hoenn(H) and Johto (J) which come before Kanto (K)
I not then what do you mean?

yaya0 November 22nd, 2010 5:07 PM

Trollfreak is troll.


I'm using both names interchangeably.

bobandbill November 22nd, 2010 5:27 PM

Quote:

First off, I want to ask Nintendo...why. Why do they pick the time now to change the pattern? :\ I was fine with Isshu, it was very creative in my opinion. I've got isshu's with this but I guess I'll have to deal with it. :( It isn't half bad either though, but still, I would have preferred Isshu anytime.
Idk, I don't mind that they changed it personally. After all changing a couple of letters from the Japanese name isn't that creative either...

As for meanings, consider this. First there's the whole UN (united) (states) OV (Of) A (america) thing.... but then there's the fact that Isshu, iirc, could be taken to mean 'one variety'.

Unova --> 'uno' + va, or 'unum' (one) and 'nova' (new)... if anything it actually seems to be a multi-layered name. Which seems rather neat to me.

Reason why a lot of you dislike it I feel may be due to the fact you're used to the old name... but you may grow to like it, as many people have admitted to doing every gen, and with for instance the starter Pokemon themselves when they were first released...one could go on. tl;dr - I don't feel it's that bad and the name actually still fits, IMO.


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