5th Gen Isshu City Names

Started by valor555 July 24th, 2010 9:26 AM
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Personally Gens 1&2 had my favorite city names because they shared a common theme which i felt was lost in 3&4. Kanto was named for colors and your home town was Pallet like a painters pallet where the colors begin. And Johto was named for trees, aside from Golden Rod which is a color but it fits because it is the link between Johto and Kanto. I personally would love to see the return of cities with themed names. what do all of you think?
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Yeah, I agree with Valor. The towns should return to having a central theme. Especially since the main theme in Black and White is Yin and Yang or balance of nature and industry.
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Personally Gens 1&2 had my favorite city names because they shared a common theme which i felt was lost in 3&4. Kanto was named for colors and your home town was Pallet like a painters pallet where the colors begin. And Johto was named for trees, aside from Golden Rod which is a color but it fits because it is the link between Johto and Kanto. I personally would love to see the return of cities with themed names. what do all of you think?
You forgot to mention that the cities in Hoenn are made up of two words put together.

I don't think they should name them after real cities, this is a fictional world. There's a lot of other things they could do. Maybe we'll get sky-themed names. Doesn't "Hiun" have something to do with the sky?

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Meh i don't consider putting two words together a "theme" colors are theme, tree names are a theme
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Meh i don't consider putting two words together a "theme" colors are theme, tree names are a theme
Well according to Bulbapedia it is a theme...
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well bulbabedia isn't my opinion XD i said I Don't just like some people don't believe in smogon's tiers it is their opinions, i didn't mention it because I don't believe it
@ calder i like those suggestions especially Tenbun Town it sounds like a great name for your home town
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So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
and teeming with souls shall it ever be.
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Hiun means Fate

Tenbun Town? (Destiny)
Sachi City? (Fortune)
Tame Temple? (Good)
Warui Way? (Bad)
Shiawase Shrine? (Luck)
That would be cool.~

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& I consider putting two words together a theme also, just not a very good one. :/
I agree, I love Kanto/Johto names.


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well bulbabedia isn't my opinion XD i said I Don't just like some people don't believe in smogon's tiers it is their opinions, i didn't mention it because I don't believe it
@ calder i like those suggestions especially Tenbun Town it sounds like a great name for your home town
Well I just felt that Hoenn was left out...so add that up for me ok :)
Well doesn't Huin have something to do with the sky I heard someone in this forum say something about that...
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Well I just felt that Hoenn was left out...so add that up for me ok :)
Well doesn't Huin have something to do with the sky I heard someone in this forum say something about that...
I already said what it means it has nothing to do with the sky its Fate
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Well, it could also mean Misfortune also or fate like you said.
I know it could mean Bad fortune as well but I removed that translation and just left Fate because it makes more sense (Why would the major city be bad fortune?) and so that I could use Sachi City which sounds awesome.
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Hiun means Fate

Tenbun Town? (Destiny)
Sachi City? (Fortune)
Tame Temple? (Good)
Warui Way? (Bad)
Shiawase Shrine? (Luck)
I like this right here, It'd be awesome if these cities really reflected their names.

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Maybe the theme is based on aspects of life, like fate, hope, misfortune,etc. Though I like the fate/destiny theme :D
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Hiun means Fate

Tenbun Town? (Destiny)
Sachi City? (Fortune)
Tame Temple? (Good)
Warui Way? (Bad)
Shiawase Shrine? (Luck)
Not a bad idea. Some of these could work, but some are a little simple. I mean, Bad Way? Besides, warui and shiawase are very common words in Japanese.
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If anything, Gen II didn't have a theme. Goldenrod, Mahogany and Violet are colours (although the latter is also a tree). Cherrygrove and Cianwood are compound words and Olivine is a rock. Where's the theme in that?

Gen III had a theme of compound words describing the area. Lily-cove, Petal-burg, Lava-ridge. =|
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Personally Gens 1&2 had my favorite city names because they shared a common theme which i felt was lost in 3&4. Kanto was named for colors and your home town was Pallet like a painters pallet where the colors begin. And Johto was named for trees, aside from Golden Rod which is a color but it fits because it is the link between Johto and Kanto. I personally would love to see the return of cities with themed names. what do all of you think?
Actually both gen 1 and 2 towns are all named after color. Get one of these crayola boxes with a bunch of different colors in it and you will find all of first two gen city names With the exception of New Bark Town.

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If anything, Gen II didn't have a theme. Goldenrod, Mahogany and Violet are colours (although the latter is also a tree). Cherrygrove and Cianwood are compound words and Olivine is a rock. Where's the theme in that?

Gen III had a theme of compound words describing the area. Lily-cove, Petal-burg, Lava-ridge. =|
Outside of Goldenrod (the link between kanto and johto, so it fits with kanto's color theme) all of the cities in Johto as i stated are named for plants/trees that, is an obvious theme 0.o which IMO is better than taking two words and sticking them together

@Darknight i am 99% sure they were plant names before they were color names :/
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"And shepherds we shall be,
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Outside of Goldenrod (the link between kanto and johto, so it fits with kanto's color theme) all of the cities in Johto as i stated are named for plants/trees that, is an obvious theme 0.o which IMO is better than taking two words and sticking them together

@Darknight i am 99% sure they were plant names before they were color names :/
Even so they were color names when pokemon was invented. My idea is just as plausible as yours is seeing as both of ours have one odd city out.

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You have a point but i actually think your "odd" city out proves the plant/tree aspect and not so much the color
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I am almost 18 play pokemon, wear a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers shirt, and love Mac and Cheese if you think i'm childish you can burn for all I care!
"And shepherds we shall be,
for Thee, my Lord, for Thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand,
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So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
and teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."


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Mahogany is a type of wood, not a tree. Olivine is a rock, or an extension on Olive (yet another colour). Cherrygrove is two words put together. And, uh, Cianwood and Ecruteak don't exist outside of Pokemon. Admit it, less than half of the Johto cities are actually plants.

And then Gen III theme isn't just "taking two words and sticking them together". Each name means something in relation to the city itself. Slateport is a main port with big streets and stuff. Lavaridge is on a ridge next to a volcano. Sootopolis is a portmanteau of soot (from a volcano) and metropolis, meaning big city, which is what Sootopolis is - a big city in a volcano. If anything, the Gen III names were much better thought out and fit a lot better than the original ones, while sticking to a theme.
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