English Names for Gen 5 Pokemon!

[raichu]

Well.. just the starters and surprisingly the region's (!) name has been announced. Reshi and Zekrom are the same

http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/en-us/

there is the link.


while I'm kind of 'meh' over the starter's names... I'm greatly surprised with the changing of Isshu to Unova...

Comments

[poussifeu]

>>Snivy

no. just no

I don't like any of the new names :( this does not bode well for the others

[rosehiptea]

I can't say I like the new names either.

Then again I've been thinking that ever since the second generation which was the first time I heard the original names first, so... I imagine I'll get used to them just like I did in the past.

[ex_citrinitas659]

Tepig. I'm lukewarm towards that pun, but I can see myself warming up to it.

But here's my question. Am I the only one who's reading the otter like, "OSHI-- WOT???"

[ninja_asty]

Am I the only one who's reading the otter like, "OSHI-- WOT???"

I am too. It's the main reason why I love the name.

[ex_citrinitas659]

Honestly, these names...I thought they were silly when I first read them, but they're growing on me. My friend pointed out that Snivy's like...what you get when you shove snide and ivy together, and after that I liked the name more too.

[ninja_asty]

As I said above, I'm in love with Mijumaru's English name. It's just awesome to say. Along with Tepig, which is so close to "teh pig".

Unova... It reminds me of a medical procedure. I'm so used to calling Isshu by its Japanese name that it'll take a long while to change to the English.

[cheyinka]

Is this the first time that a region name has been changed in translation? I liked Isshu much better than Unova.

(I'm meh on the actual starters' names; I'd gotten so used to the various fan names that I'd forgotten that those weren't going to be the real names.)