Pokemon Name Mistakes [ English Names ]

Started by Dizzy October 30th, 2003 12:48 PM
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Do you think that Some pokemon are named wrong? Have you ever wondered where they got the name from? Please Explain your answers.
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A lot of the incomprehensible names are direct romanizations of Japanese names...Gengar and Lapras, for example. In my opinions, those tend to be the better names... anyway, one that kind of annoys me is "Manectric". I mean...th' heck? What was wrong with Raibolt? Whatever. Same with Kyogre. It's not an ogre, it's a WHALE. Hence the "orga" (orca) in japanese. Meh.

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A lot of the incomprehensible names are direct romanizations of Japanese names...Gengar and Lapras, for example. In my opinions, those tend to be the better names... anyway, one that kind of annoys me is "Manectric". I mean...th' heck? What was wrong with Raibolt? Whatever. Same with Kyogre. It's not an ogre, it's a WHALE. Hence the "orga" (orca) in japanese. Meh.
Exactly! And "Kai" means ocean!
Why would they ever change it?

Besides, Satoshi Tajiri himself had made English names for Pokemon, then he use Japanese characters to fix the sounds.
BUT WHY DO USA HAVE TO INVENT THEIR OWN NAMES??????????
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Cuz the big companies think they're "better" than the Japanese ones.
(IMHO)
But nearly everyone thinks that it is "worse" than Japanese name.

And, why do they give me such a horrible name?
I thought thatルージュラ sometimes is a lucky Pokemon.
Remeber that Misty's "Princess Dolls"<----ANOTHER BAD NAME!
It is "Luck Dolls" in Japanese, and one of them is ルージュラ!
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Unfortunately, it's the big companies that import Japanese products (Pokmon, Yugioh, etc) that get to choose the english names.

And they generally butcher it. They should have a team of kids working on it...

And if everyone thinks the names aren't too good, but like the idea. (Kyogre, above...)

They still buy the games/products, and the guys at the top who choose the new names, or whether or not to give new names never notice....

All they see is empty shelves needing to be refilled.
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I dislike Blaziken... it has an unoriginal ring to it. I've seen Roosterno suggested, but that's not the best name since Burysamo can be female. I liked Griferno myself. Ah well. Flamiken XD

Poochyena and Mightyena have been terribly butchered. For one, Pochiena is not a hyena reference (hyenas aren't even canine!), it was a reference to pooch and chien. Mightyena just looks and sounds stupid. Before the english name was known, people called it Greyna, semi-romanized from Guraena. Not the best name but still sounds better than Mightyena ;P. The english names should have had something to do with lupine this or wolf that. They're not freakin' hyenas -_-;

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I dislike Blaziken... it has an unoriginal ring to it. I've seen Roosterno suggested, but that's not the best name since Burysamo can be female. I liked Griferno myself. Ah well. Flamiken XD

Poochyena and Mightyena have been terribly butchered. For one, Pochiena is not a hyena reference (hyenas aren't even canine!), it was a reference to pooch and chien. Mightyena just looks and sounds stupid. Before the english name was known, people called it Greyna, semi-romanized from Guraena. Not the best name but still sounds better than Mightyena ;P. The english names should have had something to do with lupine this or wolf that. They're not freakin' hyenas -_-;
Well, Poochyena is just similar to the Japanese name, but Mightyena?
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I've wondered about Articuno, it's not really a birdy kinda name :P
I'm not sure about the japanese versions, but Articuno, along with the other two birds, are a large play on words, using spanish. In spanish,
1 = uno
2 = dos
3 = tres.

Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres

See?

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Exactly! And "Kai" means ocean!
Why would they ever change it?

Besides, Satoshi Tajiri himself had made English names for Pokemon, then he use Japanese characters to fix the sounds.
BUT WHY DO USA HAVE TO INVENT THEIR OWN NAMES??????????
well, mainly because it's easier to remember english/latin words in names since that's what's spoken in america

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well, mainly because it's easier to remember english/latin words in names since that's what's spoken in america
last time i checked everyone remembers Lugia. Everyone remembers Togepi. What? But... aren't they japanese? *cough cough*
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I'm not sure about the japanese versions, but Articuno, along with the other two birds, are a large play on words, using spanish. In spanish,
1 = uno
2 = dos
3 = tres.

Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres

See?
Wow! I know some Spainish now!
But why 1,2,3?
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That's the order they appear in the Pokedex... plus the names sound pretty cool. I remember Nintendo Power joked and said there was a fourth bird named Squawtro (squawk and cuatro) or something like that.

Sableye. Sable is a collie color. Unless there's another meaning for sable, this name makes little sense.

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ya, well i like that order.. y didn't they have a forth bird, or dog!
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i know! i don't look that close at things like that! *maybe i should *
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That's the order they appear in the Pokedex... plus the names sound pretty cool. I remember Nintendo Power joked and said there was a fourth bird named Squawtro (squawk and cuatro) or something like that.

Sableye. Sable is a collie color. Unless there's another meaning for sable, this name makes little sense.
Hehe, I called Ho-oh "Psyatro" in my first-ever pokemon 'fic...that was a LONG time ago. RBY-days, oh yeah.

Anyway, "sable" is commonly used to refer to animals with black pelts...sable mice, sable ferrets, etc...an actual "sable" is a type of marten as far as I know. *shrugs*

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