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Isshu should have stayed as Isshu.
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I dislike how they have to change names and worry about that crap... But I do like Unova better than Isshu. Unova just sounds better to me... Rolls off the tongue a lot better. (I don't think name changes are ever needed, but that's just me. I will call it whatever I like best, whatever I hear the most or whatnot.)
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I was in love with Isshu, TBH, but then Unova came out and I was like 'wtf?' so, it was a weird change..
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I like Isshu slightly more than Unova, however I've gotten used to Unova now I think it's a fairly decent name.
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At first, "Isshu" was just another name. Isshu was just like Kanto, Sinnoh, Johto, Hoenn...kind of like, meh, just another region name. WHen Unova came out, I had no clue about it until I preordered the game. Although, I prefer Unova. Isshu sounds like...well...people playing the game have issues. Kind of like how Guardian Signs, "Oblivia" sounded like oblivion, as if everything was going to be blasted into Oblivion(which Dolce Island was...but anyways...)
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Yeah, I like Unova, but I don't think the change name was needed.
Also, I found out that in my Italian version (IDK if it will be for all European games) the region will be Unima. |
I prefer Isshu. I got used to it and it sounds better to me.I don't know why they changed it.
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My first impression on the change of name from Isshu to Unova was more questioning; why would they differ the region name from the Japanese version in this generation specifically and why now? Isshu was a great name, and I enjoyed making the lame puns for it. However, Unova wasn't half bad as I had looked at it. It still has a pun within either way (Unova know what's gonna happen) but aside from all the lame puns for it, Unova has meaning. You can't really image/get a feeling of Isshu whereas with Unova, you get the meaning of a nova (star) and the idea of { United States of America }. The name represents the fact that the region is based off of New York more than Isshu gives you that message too, and so I do believe the name change was needed so long as it was good, and that it was.
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I prefer Isshu, to be honest. I have no problem with Unova but it's just drastically different. I think the name will grow on me, but Isshu sounds more unique to me than Unova--which seems stale in creativity.
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I honestly don't care that much. I mean, they change the name of pretty much every other aspect of the game...
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Plus, "Unova" retains the traditional "O" sound and doesn't sound as Japanese as "Isshu" does. I prefer keeping consistency among languages so that original meanings can be preserved, but in this case, I guess the changes were a little warranted from Japanese to English. I felt every region except the Spanish-speaking ones could have kept "Unova", though. Teselia was a nice way to avoid Unova's construed "no go" meaning...though I figure even Unova could be used in Spanish just as Dialga (reminiscent of word for algae in Spanish) was. As long as the more positive English and Latin meanings are more prominent, it shouldn't be too much of a problem... :\ Personally, I've now become accustomed to and even prefer Unova over Isshu (I mean, even when I first heard and liked "Isshu", I anticipated that calling a region the exact same thing as a homophone to "issue" and not that far from "tissue" would have been a bit weird...). |
At first I was like ARGH but I've gotten used to it now - I really like Unova :) I actually think of it more as Unova now than Isshu :)
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i like unova so im glad they didnt stick stick with isshu. i just wish they prounounced it differently in the anime
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it was called Isshu? I always knew it as Unova, its what is most familiar to me, so i'd rather stick with it
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.____.; I like Unova better.
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I love the name Unova. It comes from USA (being based on America) and Nova (meaning new, referring to Black & White's "restarting" of the Pokemon Series). Isshu (the Japanese name) just doesn't have a ring to it.
I watched the BW anime and I found that Unova is pronounced "You-No-Va" |
Unova has isshus.
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Probably not, I actually prefer the name Isshu to Unova. I haven't got a real reason for this, it just sounds like a better name, I'm not really a fan of the name Unova.
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I don't think the change was necessary. Though as I like patterns, with the name Unova keeps all regions with the letter O.
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I personally don't care what the name is... though i am mad that all my puns are pretty much dead now...... (i mean really, uknowva, what's the big isshu?)
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At first I liked the idea of the name of Isshu, but until I heard about the new region being Unova, I liked Unova more, and now I think of Isshu as to being like "this region has many issues with it".
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I like Unova better actually. Not the pronouciation I've heard on TV though (Uno [like the card game]-va), I say Oo-nova. Or Yew-nova. Whatever.
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I think Isshu is better than Unova. Because I got used to it. XP
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I voted yes. Well it wasn't needed, but I like the new name.
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Unova sounds a lot better.
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