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5th Gen Official English Name Discussion

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English or Japanese names?

This is a relatively controversial question about the names of the starters and other pokemon.

Just wanna know if i'm the only one who hates the English names too :P
 
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Meeeerged as we're discussing your opinions on the starter's English names here already. Also, the prefix "B/W Weekly Poll" is only for the use of Forever and myself. ;)
 
Chaobuu - Charboar (Almost a romanization & Charcoal + Boar)
Enbuoh - Emboar (Almost romanization & Ember + Boar)

Futitchimaru - Wotterfall (I'm sorry, I had to)
Daikenki - Ragosha (Rage + Ocean)

Minezumi - Beahog (Beaver + Hog)
Miruhog - Meerhog (Merrkat + Hog, as in it's Meerkat-like behaviour)

Yooterri - Terrior (Terrier)
Haderia - Biterrier (Bite + Terrier)
Muurando - Graderrier (Grand + Terrier)

Choroneko - Chronecho (Almost romanization)

Shimama - Zapra (Zap + Zebra)
Zebraika - Zapraika (Almost romanizaiton)

Meguroco - Deserdile (Desert + Crocodile)
Warvile - Wardile (War + Crocodile)
Warvial - Wargator (War + Alligator)

Bachuru - Infantula (Infant + Tarantula)
Denchura - Voltula (Volt + Tarantula)

I think that Munna and Musharna will keep their names. I also think that all the legendaries, Chillarmy and Ulgamoth will keep their names too. The rest I couldn't think...
 
So someone else found this and I thought it quite interesting, in regards to Oshawott's name...

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Gotta love amusing edits. XD
 
I am indifferent to the names Snivy and Oshawott but I must say, I love Tepig. I am going to wait for the game to come out in Europe so I can play it in English....

I am not usually a follower of the names when they come out, but I must say, compared to Turtwig, Chimchar and Piplup, these names sound original and charming. The Sinnoh starters names sounded rushed and a little bit silly.
 
Scarf said:
I don't know if this has been suggested before (it seems like the kind of name that would have been thought of before), but what about Anjelly for Pururiru or Burungeru?
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Oh, I like that one. :0
Is it like... a combination of angel and jelly? That would work. :3
 
bobandbill said:
So someone else found this and I thought it quite interesting, in regards to Oshawott's name...

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Gotta love amusing edits. XD
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That would have been truly hilarious if the article was actually true.
But no matter, Oshawott's name is already starting to grow on me now.
 
Skara said:
Chaobuu - Charboar (Almost a romanization & Charcoal + Boar)
Enbuoh - Emboar (Almost romanization & Ember + Boar)

Futitchimaru - Wotterfall (I'm sorry, I had to)
Daikenki - Ragosha (Rage + Ocean)

Minezumi - Beahog (Beaver + Hog)
Miruhog - Meerhog (Merrkat + Hog, as in it's Meerkat-like behaviour)

Yooterri - Terrior (Terrier)
Haderia - Biterrier (Bite + Terrier)
Muurando - Graderrier (Grand + Terrier)

Choroneko - Chronecho (Almost romanization)

Shimama - Zapra (Zap + Zebra)
Zebraika - Zapraika (Almost romanizaiton)

Meguroco - Deserdile (Desert + Crocodile)
Warvile - Wardile (War + Crocodile)
Warvial - Wargator (War + Alligator)

Bachuru - Infantula (Infant + Tarantula)
Denchura - Voltula (Volt + Tarantula)

I think that Munna and Musharna will keep their names. I also think that all the legendaries, Chillarmy and Ulgamoth will keep their names too. The rest I couldn't think...
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I actually like Wotterfall. But i disagree with Voltula. Too similar to Voltolos. Also, I dont think they will be doing lots of romanizations. Only the legendarys and Wargle.
 
I reckon these starter names are pretty disappointing, I mean 'Tepig' what on Earth is that supposed to be? ;_; I hope they give the rest of the generation better names or they're gonna ruin an amazing generation
 
Honestly, the first time I saw the names on PJ I kind of thought it was a prank.
Oshawott and Tepig are just so incredibly random when you don't think about it.. or at least the fashion they were done in.
I would have never put a word meaning "lukewarm" with a Pokemon like Pokabu.. maybe it's a pun off his final evolution having a mutation of "broil" in his name..?
Either way, it still makes little sense to me. Fire is not exactly lukewarm. XD;

Oshawott sounds like ocean water/otter when I say it out loud, so I guess it's an interesting pun.. but the spelling and the fashion the name is in makes the name look so.. sloppy to me..
Snivy was long predicted, and I was not surprised when I saw it. Despite that, I'm still having small issues with it. It's just a direct translation of Tsutaja.. making it a little less than amazing.

Too simplistic to appreciate Oshawott, too confused to like Tepig, and too complicated to enjoy Snivy. -Le Sigh-

Oh well, the starters were all hated on in some shape or form when they were first released, and now most of them are adored by the majority.
Same fate will occur for the English names if given the time~
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Believe me, you are not alone. In one of my youtube videos (i'm flygonproductions569) i said the same thing. Oshawott is OK but Tepig and Snivy are TERRIBLE. When I get BW in English I'll name everything after their Japanese name.
 
I think we all tend to enjoy Japanese names a little more because most of us are not used to the Japanese language. It provides something different for us, and can seem a little more creative than the English counterparts at times.
But, when you really think about it, Tsutaja and Snivy are one in the same. There's no difference other than language.
Tsutaja just has the exotic feel, and sounds pretty cool. Snivy sounds generic next to Tsutaja if Tsutaja was the first name you learned.

When it came to the other 4 gens, I never learned the Japanese names because I was either too young to venture much, or I was out of my Pokemon phase when the Japanese versions of the games were out.
The English names always sounded great to me growing up, and I never had an issue with any of them. When you adapt something, like Japanese names, it's pretty hard to get used to anything else.
If you had never known the Japanese names and had first learned the English names, I doubt anyone would feel this way about 'em.

Admittedly, after this post, I'm rethinking my above one.
I might be contradicting myself a little, yes, but I suppose all this is the only reason the names aren't exactly adored yet. XD;
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I saw this in the Gym and Gym Leaders discussion thread and thought I'd bring it over here. [thanks to that person] ;) The thought was the English name for Fuuro could be Ava. I don't know whether it has anything to relate to her typing or her Japanese name itself, but it just seems like a suitable name overall. The more I repeat it, the more I could see it happening. I do however, would like to hear a good name for Fuuro as she's a pretty cool Gym Leader.
 
Kaori said:
I saw this in the Gym and Gym Leaders discussion thread and thought I'd bring it over here. [thanks to that person] ;) The thought was the English name for Fuuro could be Ava. I don't know whether it has anything to relate to her typing or her Japanese name itself, but it just seems like a suitable name overall. The more I repeat it, the more I could see it happening. I do however, would like to hear a good name for Fuuro as she's a pretty cool Gym Leader.
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Oh I remember that comment, the person who suggested that name got it from the word Aviation...
Though her name could also be Avia... which reminds me of Staravia which is a flying type which happens to be her type :P
 
Why couldn't they have just named it Wotter ;A; Oshawott just sounds terrible. And Tepig sounds like it's going to create a whole new storm of luljokes like mudkip :I
 
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