My original post:
I'm just going to wait for an official announcement and the fervor of hate to wear down. I really don't care what GF names most of these guys because I never made myself learn the japanese names... I don't have any attachment to some other name.
Also... the news post says it's a list of English and ITALIAN names. Are we sure that some of those names aren't for the European versions of the game? Bronzong is Archeodong in France. ArcheoDONG. I actually searched one out on the GTS so I could make jokes about it. My friend in Germany traded me Bidoof with thier German name of Bidiza.
Anyway.. it's not that big of deal. A couple months ago everyone was made because they didn't like how the new guys looked. Now the appearance hate has died down.. the names are what's hated now. Har.
Nikohesus said:
^Wrong, first Italy never changes the English names. Second those were the Italian classifications and not the actual names. Third some of the names were officially revealed after the list was made.
Ok... how am I wrong? I was ASKING if we were sure that wasn't the case. I simply used in an example where the name was different. I don't know anyone in Italy so I haven't trade for thier pokémon. Next time maybe you should actually tryin' reading the response a little closer before your so quick to label them wrong. As for names being released after the list was made doesn't mean anything. Some pokémon names are universal across several languages (ie: Pachirisu).
Boddy903 said:
1. Serperior - Just a Rhyperior ripoff. Seriously, GameFreak? Why don't you just make a Yangrowth or a Tanmega? That's creative. (Growth has a T in it Bobby... just so you know.)
2. Watchog - Sigh... I just can't see myself using this name. I'll just call it Miruhoggu.
3. Lillipup, Herdier, and Stoutland - This is the worst. You'd think that with all of the other basic names given to these Pokemon, they would AT LEAST mention in the name the word "yorkie." No, they use the name Stoutland, which, in my opinion, land is one of the suffixes YOU DO NOT GIVE TO A POKEMON, EVER!
4. Tranquill - I wonder who's idea it was to say, "Hey, guys, let's add an l at the end of the word tranquil! It's so original! ROFLOL!"
5. Roggenrola - *vomit sounds* Oh my... What, a cliche
6. Gurdurr - Play on the word "gurder." This one is ok, but the fact that they repeat the suffix in this evolution line bothers me.
7. Throh and Sawk - *vomit sounds* huh? Gamefreak! Why is Dageki named Sawk? I see NO correlation. Somebody please explain this to me.
8. Scraggy - Add this to the list of Black and White Pokemon named after actual words.
9. Deerling and Sawsbuck - I would very much like to speak to the top zoologist in Unova, because they seriously need an I.Q. Test. Deerling? I understand Deer, but the suffix ling has no business being in this name. I really hope this is list is fake. If not, they've ruined one of the most unique Pokemon from the fifth gen.
10. Alomomola - One of the weirdest names I've ever seen. But, at least it's a palidrome.
1)Wow.. and all of the pokémon from earlier gens with King, Don, or Dos in thier names don't bother you? NidoKING, SeaKING, KINGler, KINGdra, SlaKING, SlowKING, RhyDON, DONphan, HippowDON, GyaraDOS, ZapDOS, AriaDOS, CraniDOS, RamparDOS.... none of these bother you? You do realize that even in the non-video game world that preffixes and suffixes get reused alot right? Ever used the metric system? Also, why do you think dinosaur names commonly end in suffixes like -saur or -raptor?
2) Don't care about that guy.. he's like Furret and Raticate. Rarely used.. so what does it matter if it's name isn't a work of art.
3) You actually make a decent point here.
4) You do realize the "quill" part is also a reference to feathers... which have a quill?
5) I actually really like Roggenrola as a name. No worse than Geodude.
6) Why? They all look pretty "durr" to me. Addtionally, it's a stereotype that musclebound people are dumb... so yea. Durr. Also suffixes have be carried over from previous evolutions before... ie: BulbaSAUR, IvySAUR, VenuSAUR. Same with prefixes.. ie: ELEkid, ELEctabuzz, ELEctivire.
7) Sawk and Throh are based on A) Hitting someone aka "socking them" and "throwing them" as those are two common fighting strategies. I'm not saying they are the bet names in the world, just saying they are based on something. They could have just as easily ended up Hitmonsawk and Hitmonthroh... but I bet people whould have hated that seeing as putting Hitmon on thier names is "uncreative."
8) ...That has happened in other pokémon games besides BW. Look at R/B, Muk is a pre-existing word (even though spelled different). So is Ditto, Electrode, Onix (spelled Onyx.. it's a gemstone), etc.
9) Deer + Sapling (a young tree). Sounds like the zoologist got it right on the mark.
10) I'm sure it has something to do with tropical fish just like Girafarig is a palidrome involving giraffe.
I love nerd rage. I can come in here and point out the problems in people's logic.