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[http://www.dm1999.com/News_View.asp?NewsID=63&page=1 Here] is a interview of the director Zhang Lili. The reason of name-changing is that many companies registered 神奇宝贝(magical creatures) or 宠物小精灵(pet elf) trademarks of some areas (even most areas of 神奇宝贝 and 宠物小精灵 are registered by Nintendo, there're some areas like shoes, umbrellas, lamps are registered by other companies). The script is actually changed from the Taiwan version. Some translations are also changed, like 超极冲击(Giga Impact, literally super and extreme tackle) to 超级冲击(literally super tackle). I still cannot understand why they think 地方(Regions) should be changed to 地区. But most translations would keep the same. BTW, Dynamic Media is licensed by {{wp|Shogakukan|ShoPro}}, who also license Doraemon to them. --[[User:Swampert|Swampert]] 12:53, 12 July 2011 (UTC) | [http://www.dm1999.com/News_View.asp?NewsID=63&page=1 Here] is a interview of the director Zhang Lili. The reason of name-changing is that many companies registered 神奇宝贝(magical creatures) or 宠物小精灵(pet elf) trademarks of some areas (even most areas of 神奇宝贝 and 宠物小精灵 are registered by Nintendo, there're some areas like shoes, umbrellas, lamps are registered by other companies). The script is actually changed from the Taiwan version. Some translations are also changed, like 超极冲击(Giga Impact, literally super and extreme tackle) to 超级冲击(literally super tackle). I still cannot understand why they think 地方(Regions) should be changed to 地区. But most translations would keep the same. BTW, Dynamic Media is licensed by {{wp|Shogakukan|ShoPro}}, who also license Doraemon to them. --[[User:Swampert|Swampert]] 12:53, 12 July 2011 (UTC) | ||
:So, the name change was due to trademark issues. I guess they can't do anything about it. I do find some of those changes unnecessary. Hope they would at least change the ones that are mistranslated ({{tt|兆幅音频|Megahorn}}, {{tt|疯狂机器|Frenzy Plant}}, {{tt|波动弹|Aura Sphere}}, etc.) --<font color="#2B547E">'''神</font><font color="#F8D030">電</font><font color="#990000">の</font>[[User:神奇超龍|<font color="#0B0BA6">超龍</font>]]「'''[[User talk:神奇超龍|對話]]'''」''' 13:27, 27 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
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