5th Gen Hilbert & Hilda Discussion

Started by Yusshin March 15th, 2011 5:51 PM
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So, our heros for BW are Hilbert and Hilda.



Anyone have any opinions on their design? Their names?

I'd not have chosen Hilbert or Hilda; such awful names, regardless their apparent meaning (Battle Maiden and something else, forgot). There's no charisma, no charm.

I'd have preferred Jett & Rima, or Jett & Candice rather than Hilbert and Hilda. They mean Black and White respectively, similar to Cheren and Bianca whose names also apparently mean Black and White.

Here's a nice list I recently conjured:

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Boy

Blanchard (White - French)
Candid (White - Latin)
Corvin / Corwin (White Castle - English)
Gavin (White Hawk of Battle - Welsh)
Gwynn (White - Welsh)
Irwyn (Fresh White - Welsh)
Rajat (Silvery White - Sanskrit)
Whitaker (White Land - English)
Whitby (White Farm - English)
White (White - English - duh)

Aswad (Black - Arabic)
Doug (Black Water - Gaelic)
Jet[t] (Black Gemstone - English)

Girl

Anwen (White - Welsh)
Blanche (White - French)
Blanchflor (White Flower - French)
Candie (Fire-White - Greek)
Fiona (White - Gaelic)
Gwen (White - Welsh)
Guinevere (White - Welsh)
Gweneth (White - Welsh)
Jen (White - Cornish)
Jennifer (White - Cornish)
Kandace / Candice (Fire-White - Greek)
Rim[a] / Reema (White Antelope - Arabic)
Whitney (White Island - English)

Jedda (Jet-Black Gemstone - English)
Mela (Black - Greek)
Melanie (Black - Greek)


As for design, I would've preferred a blonde heroine this time 'round. I like the images of the characters themselves, but the male sprite in-game is a bit awkward based on videos I saw. I play as a female (being female myself), and I like the design of her in-game. Smooth and nice to see. The male's hair is just too puffy >:|

Feel free to discuss, as I can't find another active topic on this.


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i think the design is awesome but what is up with there names... ugh i didnt even know that was there name until i read this. but they could have been more creative and chosen more unique names. hilbert sounds like a hill billy name to me....is japan making fun of us?


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Blanchard and Melanie would have been amazing names for them. But anyway, I think they're my favorite protagonists tbh. They're both cute. :) But the names Hilbert and Hilda...omg i cant even...
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I hate the dude's name. If I were him I would never visit my mom on the game for a dreadful name such as Hilbert. (I'm sorry if that's actually someone's name and they read this.)




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I do agree that this gen translation names is not the best, but being a fool as I am, I did call my Character Hilbert :P as I call everyone in the game from there names given such as

Ash in Red/Blue/FireRed/LeafGreen
Jimmy in HG/SS (Didn't know his name back in the day before Pokemon Chronicles)
May in R/S/E
Dawn in D/P/P

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I don't really like the names. Apparently we got Germanic-based names for some reason and the Germans got English/Italian-based names. In German their names are Warren and Lotta which I personally like much better.

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Oh God, the French version, Hilbert's name is Ludwig, and Hilda's name is Ludvina.

>____>


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I thought they were called Blair and Whitlea.

Or well, names I hate, designs I do not.

But Yusshin, you gotta remember that THIS IS JAPAN. Even single hero/heroine has had dark hair, Brendan even had it, he was wearing a hat...I think. But yeah, he's dark haired as well.

Anyway, I like both of their designs, overall they're cool. Gamefreak just keeps getting better in my opinion.

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What I don't get is Japan in every other game, they abuse blondes XD Naruto, Link, Zelda, Peach, and countless other things... But not in Pokemon.

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At first, I died a little inside when I heard the names. After awhile of playing & stuff I got used to Hilda & then I'm somewhat getting over the name Hilbert. It's not exactly thaaat bad, although I did use his japanese for my file.

As for designs, I love them. The female's hair is fine. I mean they are based on more older protagonists than the usual 10-year olds. I can imagine a girl having hair that poofy/big wearing the kind of clothing the protagonists have.

Overall, I love them. I prefer the male a bit more, despite my own gender.

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I prefer Hilda's design over Hilbert's, but overall I like them soooo much better than Lucas and Dawn. I just don't really like Hilbert's haircut and the fact that his jacket is unzipped at the bottom kinda bothers me lolllll :/ But their names, I can't... I just can't. I'm still sticking to my theory that Game Freak was on drugs when they were discussing the English names for the Unova protagonists.
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I also hate the names given to the protagonists. To be honest, they aren't really fitting to the characters and they don't really sound like they should be named Hilbert and Hilda. Hilbert reminds me of something down in the deep rural south (and Hilbert as a character looks more urban-styled in culture) whereas Hilda sounds like a name that you give to people from Nordic and/or Germanic countries (whereas Hilda as a character seem more fit for a rural-sounding name). But, this is just my opinion.

I think that "Gavin" and "Melanie" are nicer, more fitting names rather than Hilbert and Hilda. Maybe because their Japanese names come from their word for transparent or clear, their names would be better if their names were also derived from words that meant clear or something close to it. Like Vitro(Esperanto for Glass) and Clara(Clear).
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I really liked the designs of the main character this time round. Hilberts hair is very stylish as i see boys my age walking around high school campus with his hair style, and Hilda is also, seeing how she has rather large hair. And you know what they say; "the higher the hair, the closer to god". XD XD

So yeah. I REAALLLYYYY like their designs. But their names are just so ugly. D;

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Wow, those names are a joke. But oh well, must get used to them. Doug & Whitney would be perfect choices for them. I was expecting the girl to be Whitlea (sp?) but that is nowhere close.
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Their designs are awesome. I have no opinions on their names, though.
I mean, c'mon! It's only a name! What's with all this hate going on here?
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