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Protagonist names revealed. Your thoughts.(May be a spoiler)
The Protagonist in B&W2 have now had their English names revealed.
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Source: http://serebii.net/index2.shtml |
I have to say they did a pretty good job this time.
At least it's better than Hilbert and Hilda. There is usually a theme going on with protagonists' names, but I like the whole "resonate" theme going on. The female character's name was a good choice, I like the name Rosa. Nate on the other hand is suits the male character well. |
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I do agree. They are WAY better than Hilbert and Hilda. I don't know if any thought went into naming Hilbert and Hillda. I really like Rosa and even though I think Nate is plain it is one of the better names yet. |
They are not Japanese names, so I'm not gonna like them =D
But oh well... they did a decent job even though Nate seems to be randomly generated name o.O |
I'm quite pleased to hear this news to be honest. Mainly because 'Nate' is a shortened version of my name and will definitely suit me well when I play my copy of B2, haha.
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lol I dislike them ;( Rosa reminds me of a character I really disliked on a TV show once and Nate seems... well I don't have any negative opinions of that, but Rosa, ya not a fan of (also Hilda > Rosa :3;)
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Yay, Rosa not too bad. I like it. But to be honest, I dislike the names of Nate. I Prefer Kyohei because its more cool than Nate IMO.
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Remember that protagonists' names usually have a theme to them?
The names come from "resonate", which was also the basis for their Japanese names. |
I wonder what the basis for these names are.
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I don't mean to sound dumb, but what is "resonate"? |
Gah, I agree with Forever. I seriously dislike their new names so much. Nate's fine but Rosa? Seems way too Arabic. I would've opted for Nathan & Rose.
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: to relate harmoniously : strike a chord <a message that resonates with voters> Taking a look at the word I bolded there, harmonious: : having the parts agreeably related : congruous <blended into a harmonious whole> So basically it involves coming together as one...just like Kyurem and Zekrom/Reshiram :P They just applied that to the protagonist's names. Silly Pokemon and its puns. |
Nate and Rosa...not bad. Their names being based on "resonate" were so totally creative of GameFreak.
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Ethan/Lyra (Lyra is supposedly a redesigned Crystal) Brendan/May Lucas/Dawn Those don't have any theme to them that I can see. Red/Blue(Green) were named after the first two games, though the defaults were always reversed in appropriate games. (If you played Green your MC's default is Green and Rival's preloaded was Red.) Hilbert and Hilda don't really have a theme to them either. I think Nate and Rosa are coincidence cause I've yet to find anything about a member of Gamefreak and or TPC interview to say the meaning behind their names. |
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Nate, eh? cue the unending line of Uncharted jokes.
Rosa seems unusual, but it's nice. though, if I end up playing as either character, I'd end up naming Nate as Drake/Kyouhei/Palmtre and Rosa as Mei/Meiling/Amy. |
There was a theme. TwilightBlade kind of explains it.
Anyway I rather like Nate and Rosa. The resonate theme is actually pretty creative and they go with the original name theme. At least they're better than Hilda and Hilbert. I have a friend named Nate so that reminds me of him. Only difference is he's handicapped. |
Hmm I like Nate, but I think I prefer Mei to Rosa. Although over all they're pretty good, and I really like the theme. I can't wait to play as Nate! :D
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FINALLY! This is all I've been waiting for. Not bad at all, I really like them. I thought of Marlon as Nate though. Rosa's great!
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Not a fan of the name Rosa, but Nate's okay.
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Hmm. Nate fits the male protag perfectly. I noticed that this time, the male protag's name seems....younger, somehow, fitting with the fact that he seems younger than Hilbert was in BW. And Rosa is just great. This is so much better than Hilbert/Hilda. I really like these names. THANK GOD these weren't a horrible disappointment. *COUGH COLRESS COUGH*
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I myself dislike the name Rosa a lot.. it's a beautiful name but it doesn't go well with the character, I'd name her Lia or Reyna maybe? a short and funky name that suits her jumpy personality. Rosa is just too serious on the other hand I love the name Nate, it suits him perfectly IMO! |
They're okay. Just Rosa dosen't feel American to me...
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I'm not too disappointed about the names, but they do sound rather average.. I may be biased though because my brother's name is Nate. :pink_tongue:
Rosa to me reminds me a Roserade or a grass pokémon, so maybe she's very earthy? |
finally names that aren't embarrassing. love 'em.
lol hilbert....... lol hilda...... |
I think they fit perfectly, especially since there home town is in relation to the real world is in New Jersey .
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I was really hoping there was a Sailor Moon and Digimon fan on the staff, but I'm fine with the names. Besides, I use my real name when playing anyway. I just like idea of using canon names so that it will be less of a mouth full like the "______male player" or "______female player" when talking about the games in general.
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I'm fairly pleased with the newly announced names of the protagonists. They're not BAD by any means- I'm just delighted they're not abysmal (I'll never, ever be able to recover from Hilbert/Hilda. Just... BLECH). These names are quite.. unexpected, and pretty nice. They're names, and ones that won't affect me all that much in my playthrough, so I don't mind too much, but they're nice, yeah :P
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I like Nate but i think they could of picked a better name for the girl protagonist. Not that its a bad name though
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Nate is a really cute name, I love it! It suits him well n.n Rosa however sounds Italian and definitely does not suit the female protagonist imo :p I like the new names tbh, but anything's better than Hilbert/Hilda haha.
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I like them! Finally some good names that fit the characters well.
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What, they finally have names I hear in school. XD.
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I like em both. I've known some cool Nathans, and Rosa could be short for Roselia!....
I'd name my kid that if I was in the Pokémon world, and the name was widely known to represent something pretty As said many times above, better than the BW protagonists, imo |
I loooooove them! Nate is one of the most awesome names ever and Rosa just makes me think of Rose from Homestuck.
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I like the names. They seem simple but are fitting as Black and White are simple shades. Also someone another site pointed out that they're proably a pun on Resonate. I noticed that Hugh is proably a verbal pun on the word Hue.
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I really like these! <3 Very pretty-sounding and much better than Hilbert and Hilda imho. Although I do think Rosa doesn't suit the female protagonist too much, I'll get used to it very soon haha.
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I like them, Nate fits the male protagonist well, and same with the female, seems like a Rosa to me
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Great names for them imo, I especially like Rosa for some reason.
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These names have not been confirmed :P
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Still going to call them Mei/Kyouhei...
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I love the names. I never had a problem though, seeing as I always named my character either my nickname or my favorite name.
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They're great names! The only problem is I don't ever use the default names.
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They actually have. Multiple sources have confirmed this. |
I have a few friends named Nate, so I don't mind that. As for Rosa, its not that bad. I would've liked just plain old Rose better, but meh. |
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Huh. I didn't know it was based off of New York!
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I unofficially named the female character 'Faye' months ago, so she'll be Faye to me always :3
I like Rosa though, I am a fan of uncommon names. |
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Although, honestly, I don't get what these names have to do with Black and White. I was hoping they would be Ebony and Ivory *gets slapped* |
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