5th Gen Isshu's gone Unova?

[Trap-Eds]

I'll admit, when I first heard that "Isshu" was going to be renamed "Unova", I didn't like it. I'm not too fond of the starter's names either: Tepig, Snivy, Oshawott? Whaaaat?? Those names just don't sound quite right...like gibberish or something. :cer_confused: But after reading the name "Unova"' several times, I think it's grown on me. xD

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

*Car fanatic speaking*

Pronounce it a certain way and it reminds me of the Chevy Nova. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, considering how there have been very few car references in Pokemon games to date.

 

[Astinus]

Unova reminds me of something medical-related that I really can't bring up here on PC.

When I first heard the name last night, I didn't really like it. Then again, B/W are the first games that I followed since the beginning, so I'm so used to the Japanese names. Hearing the English names kind of threw me off a bit at first.

I'm getting used to it now. It just comes with time for the new names to sound normal. I'm sure once the English games are released, at least I will be using these new names with ease.

 

[Volroc]

If you mean letter wise not really as Hoenn(H) and Johto (J) which come before Kanto (K)
I not then what do you mean?

its not letter wise, its name wise Isshu is simple natural, & has a ton of puns involved with it lol

Unova... its got nova, which is a large star about to,or has exploded at the end of its life, which is basically saying its supposed to be better& on top, which frankly the graphics are awful, the overworld camera is absolutely awful in places like Sky Arrow Bridge, & Huinn City, not to mention, the games are awfully pixelated for a DS game,not to mention the back sprites are absolutely horrible.
it looks worse than Heartgold&Soulsilver, the battle& pokemon improvements are the only good thing about Black&White (come fan boy&girls flame me, i welcome your blindness)
Nova is big, bright, explosive, most things with nova are amazing, exc. but Black&White graphically are a HUGE disappointment compared to Heartgold&Soulsilver.
on a gameplay note, its fontastic, which out weighs the horrible graphics i guess, but the 3rd version we will get in 1-3years has ALOT of graphical improvements to be made.

Isshu fits the region, its simplistic but still fontastic
Unova doesnt fit, its trying too hard to emphasize on 1 place, Huinn City, which is the only "spectacular" part of Isshu, i personally found everywhere EXCEPT Huinn City brilliant, the camera in Huinn just pisses me off.

I laugh at all the English players who have to adjust now, thank god I'm Japanese.
Anyway, Unova....meh, will always be イッシュ to me.

same here, except i dunno if im jap or not :P
but i am studing the language :D

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

its not letter wise, its name wise Isshu is simple natural, & has a ton of puns involved with it lol

Unova... its got nova, which is a large star about to,or has exploded at the end of its life, which is basically saying its supposed to be better& on top, which frankly the graphics are awful, the overworld camera is absolutely awful in places like Sky Arrow Bridge, & Huinn City, not to mention, the games are awfully pixelated for a DS game,not to mention the back sprites are absolutely horrible.
it looks worse than Heartgold&Soulsilver, the battle& pokemon improvements are the only good thing about Black&White (come fan boy&girls flame me, i welcome your blindness)
Nova is big, bright, explosive, most things with nova are amazing, exc. but Black&White graphically are a HUGE disappointment compared to Heartgold&Soulsilver.
on a gameplay note, its fontastic, which out weighs the horrible graphics i guess, but the 3rd version we will get in 1-3years has ALOT of graphical improvements to be made.

Isshu fits the region, its simplistic but still fontastic
Unova doesnt fit, its trying too hard to emphasize on 1 place, Huinn City, which is the only "spectacular" part of Isshu, i personally found everywhere EXCEPT Huinn City brilliant, the camera in Huinn just pisses me off.




same here, except i dunno if im jap or not :P
but i am studing the language :D

Well Unova also has lots of puns like You Nova (you are a super star...) etc.

 

[Volroc]

Well Unova also has lots of puns like You Nova (you are a super star...) etc.

lol only youd pull that off mate :P

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

Lol well it can also mean Un- which sounds like the french word for one, together with Nova meaning One Nova, like I said before referencing to the powers of the Legendary mascots that ruled Isshu (Reshiram and Zekrom :) )

 

[vaporeon7]

They should have kept the name Isshu. I mean they could have used Unova for a Pokemon Ranger game. It would suit it more.

 

[Yuoaman]

Nova means new. And since Unova is in an entirely new part of the world the name makes a lot of sense.

 

[Ho-Oh]

They should have kept the name Isshu. I mean they could have used Unova for a Pokemon Ranger game. It would suit it more.

I agree, actually. Considering what I remember from the one Ranger game I do own, it does sound like it would be more suited to those games, good... observation? XD I guess the sound of it doesn't really suit the main games, but the meaning behind it does, oh well.

 

[King Gumball]

I agree, actually. Considering what I remember from the one Ranger game I do own, it does sound like it would be more suited to those games, good... observation? XD I guess the sound of it doesn't really suit the main games, but the meaning behind it does, oh well.

It sounds like some detergent brand XD

I am sad it changed, no matter how much sense it made. We shall get used to it, but... Isshu sounded so good ;_;

 

[*Minun*]

I like Unova actually.

I think it sounds better than Isshu. Snivy, though? That was dissapointing.

 

[Haza]

I like Unova, it sounds sophisticated... lol

 

[Logiedan]

Now because of Yuoa, I think it fits good as well. I still prefer Isshu though but on technical terms, I don't mind it being Unova.

I also agree with Vaporeon, Unova sounds way more fitting for a region in the Pokémon Ranger series.

 

[Shiny Gardevoir]

Honestly, Unova is ok for me... Though it makes me think of a reproductive organ...

Maybe they changed Isshu because

Isshu = Issue

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

I like Unova, it sounds sophisticated... lol

It does sound sophisticated :)
I can see people are beginning to warm up to the name after all the hate it got :)

 

[King Gumball]

I think the main reason the changed the name, is because they changed the continent in the pokemon world, so they would speak another language. The people from Sinnoh, Kanto etc. Probably call it Isshu in the pokemon world as they would speak another language.

 

[WarpstarX]

Overall I like the starters name.....

but Unova is just really odd. There was nothing wrong with Isshu (and that's not just shock talking) I honestly love Isshu more.

I think it might call the region Isshu anyway....unless I learn to adapt to Unova.

Is Unova pronounced like "You-nova"? Because that's the only way I'll ever adapt to it is if it's pronounced like that.

Pronounced Like uno (derived from unum meaning one) And nova (derived from novus meaning new.)

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

I think the main reason the changed the name, is because they changed the continent in the pokemon world, so they would speak another language. The people from Sinnoh, Kanto etc. Probably call it Isshu in the pokemon world as they would speak another language.

They always change the name a bit each gen Sinnoh for example was Shino or something like that.

 

[El Diabeetus]

They always change the name a bit each gen Sinnoh for example was Shino or something like that.

It's not really a change. Shinou can be romanized as Sinnoh. Well, for the most part. They added a second "n" in but, it's the only real change in there.

シンオウ

シ = Shi (Can be romanized as Si)
ン = n
オ = o
ウ = u/h

Actually, there's a bunch of ways you could romanize Shinou.

Shinoh, Sinou, Shino, Sinoh, Sino, etc.

Plus, in most cases they just ignore the "u" when romanizing.

Most people automatically assume the Japanese has to be completely literal when romanized when that isn't the case.

Except for Zorua, since there was NO "U" in the name AT ALL. Zoroa, is it.

ゾロア

ゾ = Zo
ロ = ro
ア = a

Same with Zoroa:

Zorroa, Zoloa; are also acceptable romanizations for Zoroa.