User:Siegfried/Predictions
These are my predictions of what the names of the main characters of Pokémon Black and White will be or, better, what I’d like them to be in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
This page was inspired by Maxim’s idea.
Enjoy!
English
Japanese | Prediction | Reason | Real name | Comment |
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Dent | Silvius, Woody | From Latin silva, forest. Or from wood. | Cilan | They ruined the opportunity to create a good triple pun, and this is unforgivable. I find their names stupid, childish and uncalled-for. Score: 4 |
Pod | Rufus, Charlie | From Latin rufus, red. Or from char. | Chili | My contempt for this name knows no rest. I wish I hadn’t lived to see the day when a Fire Gym Leader is named after a spicy food.
To complete this horrid tragedy, not only this isn’t a real name, but it’s also visibly and needlessly degrading. Maybe I’m a little overreacting, but I firmly believe that the culprit of this particular localization should be dragged out into the street and shot. Score: 3 |
Corn | Livius, Sean | From Latin lividus, blue. Or from sea. | Cress | I won’t bother making a constructive comment. Score: 4 |
Aloe | Norma, Nora | Do I have to explain this? | Lenora | Good. It diverts from the boring Norman/Norma/Nora group but at the same time it retains the “normal” pun. Score: 8 |
Arti | Isaac, Nat, Dorian | From insect or gnat. Or from dor [1], also a reference to The Picture of Dorian Gray, which fits well with the artist theme. | Burgh | Hold your seat and prepare for a shock. I actually like this name. First of all, it’s a real (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Burgh) and documented old-fashioned name. It may sound a little obsolete or quaint, but at least it shows some creativity and research. Score: 8 |
Kamitsure | Electra, Farah | From electric. Boring but works. Or from farad. | Elesa | Is it a misspelling of Elisa? There seems to be an obscure Orthodox Saint called Elesa, though this probably isn’t the actual source for this name. Do I like it? Not really. But I can’t say I dislike it. All in all, at this point I would have preferred Electra. Score: 6 |
Yacon | Arthur, Sandford, Landon, Clay, Cecil |
From earth, sand, land and clay. Cecil is the dominant red clay soil in the American South. | Clay | What should I say? >:D Score: 9 |
Fuuro | Robin, Claude, Gail | From robin, cloud and gale. | Skyla | Real name (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Skyla). The pun, albeit pretty |
Hachiku | Fritz | From freeze. | Brycen | Pryce. Candice. Brycen. This wordplay is becoming more and more stale. At least they could have used a different spelling for the “ice” part. Brycen (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Brycen) is an alternate (boorish?) spelling of Bryson, a name which could have retained the pun and brought a little more originality. Score: 6 |
Iris | Kendra, Drusilla, Winnie | From dragon. Winnie is from wyvern and also is a reference to White (this one was inspired by both [2] & [3]). | Iris | Lazy & monotonous. The last Gym Leader to keep his/her Japanese name was Erika. I’m sure they could have worked out something better and draconic sounding. On second thought, I think we are lucky they didn’t overspell her name Yréez or something… Score: 4 |
Shaga | Drew, Drayton, Basil | From dragon. Basil is from basilisk and is also a reference to Black (this one was inspired by both [4] & [5]). | Drayden | Is it just me or the localization team is particularly fond of variants and "creative spelling" names this generation? Drayton could have been a better choice pun-wise and you can actually find it in every book about given names. Well, at least Drayden is/looks real. Score: 7 |
Shikimi | Morna, Ruth, Morgan | From mourning and ruth. Or Morgan le Fay / morgue. | Shauntal | This is the only name that needed more than 5 sec. to figure out the pun behind it. “Haunt”. It looks like her parents were called Shaun and Chantal and decided to go extravagant (using an euphemism) and fused their own names to create this amazing supercute name for their special offspring. They probably had a bad divorce afterwards. Score: 6 |
Giima | Dimitri, Darius, Mark | From dim, dark and murk. | Grimsley | "Grim". This is a very, very, very obvious pun. Almost dazzling. The name itself is quite obscure, but at least it exists (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Grimsley), and I really appreciate this. I just find it a little bit over the top. Score: 7 |
Cattleya | Caitlin... | Wasted potential. | Caitlin... | ... |
Renbu | Marshall, Fry | From martial and fray. | Marshal | Perfect name. >:D And I was lucky enough to pre-date (and not predate) Maxim. Score: 10 |
French
Japanese | Prediction | Reason | Real name | Comment |
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Dent | Valère | From vert (green). | Rachid | Arachide > peanut. Surprisingly clever and funny (real) names. The puns work so good (compared to the others) that I’m in the mood of ignoring the lack of Elemental references. On a related note, Rachid sounds like a perfect name for a Lebensborn-looking sommelier… >:D Score: 7 |
Pod | Roger | From rouge (red). | Armando | Amande > almond. Score: 7 |
Corn | Blaise | From bleu (blue). | Noa | Noix > nut. Score: 7 |
Aloe | Norma, Nora | Aloé | It simply doesn’t work as a name in the whole Western emisphere (and probably the Eastern too). No excuse. Score: 3 | |
Arty | Abel, Anton, Apollon | From abeille (bee) and hanneton (cockchafer). Apollon (Apollo) is the god of arts, a kind of butterfly [6] and is also similar to the French word for butterfly, papillon. |
Artie | They’re not even trying anymore. Score: 3 |
Kamitsure | Claire | From éclair (lightning). | Inezia | http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inezia Nomen Omen. Score: 3 |
Yacon | Térence | From terre (earth). | Bardane | Direct plant name. A totally random plant, that is. Score: 3 |
Fūro | Angélique | From angélique (angelic). | Carolina | Probably a direct plant name. Probably a totally random plant, that is. I don’t feel the need to further investigate. I feel the need to throw up. Score: 4 on trust. |
Hachiku | Frédéric | From froid (cold). | Zhu | 豬. Score: 5 |
Iris | Doriane | From dragon. | Iris | Disappointing and unsatisfactory. Score: 4 |
Shaga | Darius, Guibert | From dragon and guivre, (wyvern). | Watson | Watsonia. Direct plant n... Writing bad reviews is really tiring. So many disappointing names and so little energy… Score: 3 |
Shikimi | Amélie, Mira, Fantine | From âme (soul), mirage and fantôme (phantom). | Anis | AN*S. Score: 3 |
Gīma | Tibère, Tristan | From ténèbres (darkness) and triste, (sad). | Pieris | P-E*IS. Score: 3 |
Renbu | Lothaire, Martial, Côme | From lutter (fight), martial and combat. | Kunz | CU… I’m so sorry… Score: 4
This page wasn’t really meant to be a stream of consciuosness of hate. I don’t actually like to write bad comments. But these “names” are unprecedentedly cheap. Previous French localized names were so elegant and interesting… Good times. |
Renbu | Goyah | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters |
German
Japanese | Prediction | Reason |
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Dent | Günter | From Grün (green). |
Pod | Rutger | From Rot (red). |
Corn | Balder | From Blau (blue). |
Aloe | Norma, Nora | |
Arty | Wenzel, Klaus, Amos | From Wanze (bedbug), Laus (louse) and Ameise (ant). |
Kamitsure | Elrike, Thordis, Donata | From Elektrizität (electricity), Thor and Donner, (thunder). |
Yacon | Bogdan | From Boden (ground). |
Fūro | Flurina, Feodora | From Flug (flight) and Feder (feather). |
Hachiku | Gerfried, Kalixt | From gefrieren (freeze) and kalt (cold) |
Iris | Linda | From Lindwurm (lindworm). |
Shaga | Dietrich | From Drache (dragon) |
Shikimi | Gesine, Walburga | From Gespenst (ghost) and from Walpurgisnacht (the celebration of Saint Walburga and meeting of witches). |
Gīma | Finn | From Finsternis (darkness). |
Renbu | Gerwald, Rufin | From Gewalt (violence) and raufen (brawl). |
Italian
Japanese | Prediction | Reason |
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Dent | Silvio | From Latin silva, forest. |
Pod | Rufino | From Latin rufus, red. |
Corn | Glauco | From glauco, of the color of the sea. Also from Glaucus. |
Aloe | Norma, Nora | |
Arty | Settimio, Alvaro | From insetto (insect) and alveare (beehive). |
Kamitsure | Elettra, Tonia | From elettricità (electricity) and tuono (thunder). |
Yacon | Sisto, Terenzio | From sisma (seism) and terra (earth). |
Fūro | Violante, Celeste, Arianna | From volante (flying), celeste (celestial) and aria (air). |
Hachiku | Nevio, Frediano | From neve (snow) and freddo (cold). |
Iris | Drusilla, Angelica | From drago (dragon). Or from Angelica, a character from Orlando Furioso. |
Shaga | Diego, Rodrigo, Ruggero | From drago (dragon). Or from Ruggero, a character from Orlando Furioso. |
Shikimi | Ombretta, Addolorata | From ombra (shadow) and addolorata (grieving). |
Gīma | Oscar | From oscuro (obscure) |
Renbu | Ercole, Massimo | From Ercole (Hercules) and peso massimo (heavyweight). |
Spanish
Japanese | Prediction | Reason |
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Dent | Silvestre | From Latin silva, forest. |
Pod | Pirro | From Greek pyrros, flame-coloured, red. |
Corn | Nereo | From Nereus, a Greek sea God. |
Aloe | Norma, Nora | |
Arty | Gustavo, Héctor | From gusano (worm) and insecto (insect). |
Kamitsure | Amparo | From amperio (ampere). |
Yacon | Tiberio | From tierra (earth). |
Fūro | Paloma, Avelina | From paloma (dove) and ave (bird). |
Hachiku | Heladio | From helado (frozen). |
Iris | Drusila | From dragón. |
Shaga | Doriano, Jorge | From dragón and Saint George. |
Shikimi | Dolores, Angustias, Olvido | From dolores (pains), angustias (anguishes) and olvido (oblivion). |
Gīma | Óscar | From oscuro (dark). |
Renbu | Luciano, Pelayo | From lucha (fight) and pelea (fight). |