Extreme Speed (move): Difference between revisions

You seem to assume that if the translation of the Japanese name doesn't match the localized name then it implies the English name is a mistranslation. The translated name is intended to be the most accurate and direct translation, which is "swiftness"
m (I talked it over with a few, and this is the consensus. Also, we have NO place to validate the official company's translations.)
(You seem to assume that if the translation of the Japanese name doesn't match the localized name then it implies the English name is a mistranslation. The translated name is intended to be the most accurate and direct translation, which is "swiftness")
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* ExtremeSpeed is tied with {{m|Sucker Punch}} for the [[Priority|increased priority]] move with the highest [[Power|base power]].
* ExtremeSpeed is tied with {{m|Sucker Punch}} for the [[Priority|increased priority]] move with the highest [[Power|base power]].
* Despite its in-game descriptions prior to [[Generation V]], ExtremeSpeed had the same [[priority]] as many other increased priority moves, and a few other moves such as {{m|Feint}} and {{m|Helping Hand}} even went before it. In Generation V, its priority was increased to +2, therefore making it faster than all other increased priority moves other than {{m|Feint}} and some [[status move]]s.
* Despite its in-game descriptions prior to [[Generation V]], ExtremeSpeed had the same [[priority]] as many other increased priority moves, and a few other moves such as {{m|Feint}} and {{m|Helping Hand}} even went before it. In Generation V, its priority was increased to +2, therefore making it faster than all other increased priority moves other than {{m|Feint}} and some [[status move]]s.
* Its Japanese name, しんそく, can translate to both "god-like speed" and "swiftness", despite common misconception that it refers to the term "Godspeed", an unrelated English expression that is used to wish someone good luck on a journey.<ref>[http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Godspeed Definition of Godspeed in Oxford Dictionaries (British & World English)]</ref><ref>[http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/Godspeed Definition of Godspeed in Oxford Dictionaries (US English)]</ref>


==In other languages==
==In other languages==