5th Gen Isshu's gone Unova?

[KaosDoom]

Interesting selection of the english name of the new region.. hmmm..
I still prefer Isshu.. oh well.. guess have to get used to it like we will have to once we hear all of the english names for the new pokemons.

 

[Aquacorde]

I'm going to keep calling it Isshu.
That's its original name, I'm used to it, and it just sounds better in my opinion.

 

[pieguy259]

*Ketchup Dance* Aserejè, ja, de jè, de jebe tu de jebere seibi UNOVA majavi an de bugui an de buididipi...

But seriously, it's an interesting change. Will take some getting used to, of course, but I think I'll be fine with it come the release.

 

[Azumi]

Meh, I've gotten used to it already. But it's still kinda disappointing since I still love Isshu very much.

 

[Yoshikachu]

Personally, I don't see why they went off the 2 syllable word pattern.
Kan - to
Joh - to
Ho - enn
Sinn - oh
Issh - u

I don't mind it that much but I liked Isshu. It's nice on the ear, a euphonic sounding word, yet Unova sounds so brash. But,m Unova is closer to Untied States of America.

Also this;
UN - United Nations
Ov - of
A - America

How could it be United Nations of America??? America doesnt own the world u kno and Unova isnt america, it's based on new york, but it isnt america. like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh aren't japan.

I was really disappointed with that. :/

I see they wanted to innovate even more, but renaming a region feels just wrong. And Unova it's a terrible name...

They renamed every region i think. Sinnoh was Shinou.

 

[Azumi]

How could it be United Nations of America??? America doesnt own the world u kno and Unova isnt america, it's based on new york, but it isnt america. like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh aren't japan.

They renamed every region i think. Sinnoh was Shinou.

The headquarters of the United Nations is in New York.

You can't even call it renaming when it's just changing the syllables a little.

 

[mervyn797]

I don't like the name Unova a bit. Isshu was way better! Citizens of Isshu! We should revolt!

 

[Roughsponge]

I haven't played the japanese versions of B/W yet so the name change doesn't bother me too much... But I have to admit Unova just doesn't seem like a region name for pokemon.. although, that is kinda the point so I guess I quite like it :P

 

[RYOUKI]

*Ketchup Dance* Aserejè, ja, de jè, de jebe tu de jebere seibi UNOVA majavi an de bugui an de buididipi...

But seriously, it's an interesting change. Will take some getting used to, of course, but I think I'll be fine with it come the release.

Oh! I know that song. Ahahaha.

Anyways, I don't like Unova one bit. Unova makes me think of mythical and dragons, like land where magic exist. Isshu makes me think of new renovations and technology and such. Though I don't like it, I'd probably gonna get used to it. Same with all the other English name. Now, I just hope they DON'T change Iris's name.

 

[Scythe_Ironclaw]

UNOVA describes EXACTLY what ME and RESHIRAM will do to the region. KAH-BOOM!!!!! Hah hah hah!

All I know is; Gamefreak better NOT touch RESHIRAM or ZORUA's names!

 

[Mew~]

I was very suprised when I took a look on the BW site and saw tghe name change, usually it was always the same. Never the less, I actual quite like the name, it sounds... novaish? Considering a nova is supposed to be some sort of space explosion I bet they didn't think about it for very long...

 

[tkallab]

You can see that the people at Pokécommunity are the biggest Pokémon fans because they hate it the most when there's something new.

I think Unova's fine, just a bit cheesy. It's logical, the first four regions are based on Japan, so they have Japanese names, heck, Kanto's not even changed from the area it's based on. It's only logical that the area based on new york be named English-ish. The cheesy part is of course that it's a play of words, like the United States of America thing that was mentioned, the you're a star thingy and, most importantly, I don't know wether it was mentioned or not, the 'nova' part also meaning new.

Yes, new. I think it's the most important part of the name, because this s a completely new era of Pokémon. Including a new kind of region name. As fans, we shouldn't hate on new things just because they're different from the older stuff.

 

[dragonite149]

I think Isshu has gone Un Ova the top with the name change! I mean, I'd be happy with Issoh or Issho but Unova? One word. SRSLY?!?! (Or 'Seriously?!?!' for you grammar nazis out there)
Anyway, Unova sounds more technical than Isshu, and Isshu sounds more natural than Unova. So I'm gonna call it Isshu when playing White, the 'natural' game, and I'm gonna call it Unova in Black, the 'technical' game.

However, like someone stated, the 'U' can mean 'You', and the 'Nova' can mean star, so Unova can mean 'Youstar'. Implying that, when you're playing Pokemon Black and White, you're a star!

Also, as tkallab said, Unova sounds more USAish for a game based on New York.

Overall, I'm 50/50 on the new name. It sounds good and bad to me. But that's just my opinion!

 

[AshPikastar]

Unova doesn't sound that bad although I was hopping that they would keep the Isshu Region. I like both names I guess. I'm so use to the Isshu region though but I guess I'll get use to this name as well.

 

[Ho-Oh]

Anyway, Unova sounds more technical than Isshu, and Isshu sounds more natural than Unova. So I'm gonna call it Isshu when playing White, the 'natural' game, and I'm gonna call it Unova in Black, the 'technical' game.

Afaik, this hasn't been stated anywhere I've seen and it actually DOES make sense, although probably not why they chose the names, lol. Considering imma mainly play White, Isshu does match up. I just thought there was something wrong about Unova anddd that might be why. XD

 

[Ivysaur]

LOL at that meaning along with Isshu's "one variety" meaning. :cer_laugh: But couldn't they have used a corruption like Unueva? (uno and estrella nueva; the latter of which means nova in Spanish, from my research). I can't even see an origin for Teselia, and all the other localized names seem to have something implying one/1 or the letter U (possibly standing for United States of America, as Isshu/Unova is based on New York). So the Spanish name is the odd one out, despite Teselia sounding very pretty. I'm actually very surprised that the Spanish region name didn't even incorporate the term uno, as the Spanish name for "1" is, spelling-wise, a bit closer to the Latin name than the English name "one" is.

I don't know if it firts here, but a Tesela (English: Tessera) is each one of the coloured pieces that, put together, would create a mosaic. It could be a reference to the fact that it's a new piece in the pokémon world. In Greek, that word meant "4". I don't know what to make out of that but I must say that the name sounds much prettier indeed.

*Ketchup Dance* Aserejè, ja, de jè, de jebe tu de jebere seibi UNOVA majavi an de bugui an de buididipi...

But seriously, it's an interesting change. Will take some getting used to, of course, but I think I'll be fine with it come the release.

Sadly, it was unoUva XD

 

[Yoshikachu]

The headquarters of the United Nations is in New York.

You can't even call it renaming when it's just changing the syllables a little.

It may be there but that doesn't change the fact America doesn't own the world and you would find it strange if a place was called the United Nations of Australia for instance. And the United Nations is an organization not a country.
And Unova REALLY isnt America

 

[Skystrike]

UNOVA describes EXACTLY what ME and RESHIRAM will do to the region. KAH-BOOM!!!!! Hah hah hah!

All I know is; Gamefreak better NOT touch RESHIRAM or ZORUA's names!

I'll have to stop you with Zekrom. UNOVA = the aftermath of an epic battle.


But, it has been long confirmed that Reshiram = the same in the US.

 

[Prometheus]

I'd rather it be called Isshu.

 

[Gymnotide]

Wait, Isshu means "one variety," so Uno-va(riety) is just a terrible corruption. FML.