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| Pikachu315111 wrote: |
Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott? Isshu is now Unova? Zekrom is the Deep Black Pokemon and Reshiram the Vast White Pokemon? |
What the hell were they thinking? They totally messed up all the names. Snivy sounds okay but "The Pig" and Wott sounds totally off. And they completely messed up Yin/Yang.
It's not The pig
it's Tepid + Pig
Tepid meaning warm
Oshawatt is Ocean Water and Otter
and Unova
Unova's Japanese name is derived from 一種類 isshurui, meaning "one variety". As explained by game director Masuda, this is to express that even though the region has great diversity in species and race, when seen from a distance they are all the same as living creatures.[2] It may also be influenced by the motto of the United States, e pluribus unum, Latin for "from many, one".
not United States of America
but Uno (One) and possibly Unity (Sticking together)
That's where Unova comes from
@ the last post: It's "Tepig," not "The Pig" (there's no 'h' in its name). Anyway, I'm gonna pick Snivy as my starter when Black & White is released in the U.S. I always pick the Grass-type starter, and I'm not gonna break that tradition anytime soon. I started with Bulbasaur in Red, Blue, FireRed, and LeafGreen, Chikorita in Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, Treecko in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, and Turtwig in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. So I'm going with Snivy all the way!
| Shiny_missingno wrote: |
It's not The pig it's Tepid + Pig Tepid meaning warm Oshawatt is Ocean Water and Otter and Unova Unova's Japanese name is derived from 一種類 isshurui, meaning "one variety". As explained by game director Masuda, this is to express that even though the region has great diversity in species and race, when seen from a distance they are all the same as living creatures.[2] It may also be influenced by the motto of the United States, e pluribus unum, Latin for "from many, one". |
| Shiny_missingno wrote: |
It's not The pig it's Tepid + Pig Tepid meaning warm |
We all get where they derived it from but like Pikachu said, some of them just dont sound right. Most people are already complaining and it's only been a few hours. They should've kept Isshu the same because they usually don't change region names that much.
Going to take me a while for these names to grow on me. They're pretty meh so far
Now i'm a little fearful for the rest of the names, i know in the end i'll grow to like them, but still, i don't want that phase to last too long..
Snivy is good, I can get use to that. Tepig sounds like it could be derived from Chinese like it should be and Oshawott is kind of cute. Overall I do prefer the Japanese names so I guess I'll be nicknaming these to join my Pochama.
Unova sounds nice as well. Yes it's very different then Isshu, but it sounds way cooler.
| lostfan111 wrote: | ||
Don't you think they're "disconnecting" their ties to the new verison. The designs/style are just so off that it seems they're trying to rush into ending it. I mean, they didn't even including any pre-evos/evolutions! |
This brings me back to the reason, don't **** when you don't know something. They didn't make pre-evolutions and evolutions of older pokemon for a reason.
While I do understand the whole "disconnecting", I still think they should have introduced some new evolutions/pre-evolution. If the regions are "placed" in the Pokemon World where the places they are based on are in real life, that would mean IsshUnova is half way around the world from the Kanto/Johto/Hoenn/Sinnoh region (pretty much meaning they are the furthest away possible) so I would think SOME older Geneartion Pokemon would go through interesting "mutations". I mean, not even everyone's favorite genetic unstable Eevee remains unaffected from getting new evolutions? Heck, they could use it being half way around the world to introduce the Physical-type Eeveelutions!
Oh well, next Generation. 
........I have already grown fond to Tepig .-. like, when you think of it as a chinese theme, it grows on to you real fast, Tepig, it's got the stuff for a chinese fire pig. And, Unova is actually much cooler sounding than Isshu. I wanted to rage at other forums for a week at least >_>
Yep. Already used to a good chunk of the new Pokemon. Looks like Black is now a defenite buy
| thec0mebackman wrote: |
| - the lack of water pokemon is upsetting. besides Daikenki, the only good water Poke left is that water/ghost balloony thing. |
Maybe Game Freak realized there were too many of them. Look at Hoenn for example. When you see every region, there's always more Water Pokemon than anything else. That's why Fire and Electrics keep getting fewer members. 10 total in Hoenn, and I believe 10 in Sinnoh as well combined.
EDIT: There are about 28/29 Water Pokemon in Sinnoh not counting the ones from Kanto or Johto. There are 14 in Sinnoh not counting the originals, while 32 in Kanto, but that was 1st gen so it can slide, and 18 in Johto.
Y'know, i'm starting to consider buying Black version as well now... i mean, i always love my campaign teams and can't bear to restart at least about a year after playing with them and i won't want to wait until Gray for a new team.
>_> *wastes about an hour thinking about a tentative team for each version*
White Hot Power
Iroh 
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Leonardo 
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Chocominty 
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Ben Reilly 
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Atlantixor 
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Cell 
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Deep Black Force
Nethuns 
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Tazmaniac 
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Toph 
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Eelectro 
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Hawky 
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Atem 
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Strength Balance Gray
Xiuhcoatl 
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Chandler 
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Nanook 
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Hayabugsa 
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Nastas 
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Zalgo 
The only name I had a problem with was Tepig, because it sounds like a lame pun, but I'm alright with it... The others are great, and Oshawott sounds very unique. Snivy, I wait for you to be on my team.
and it's not like a million other Pokemon aren't lame puns?
