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I thought that since this is a landmark-kinda article, it might fit to have the logo up and center. Apparently, my change was undone. What does everyone think? I think the 200px image on the right with the description is a bit cheap... -[[User:Ash Pokemaster|Ash Pokemaster]] ([[User talk:Ash Pokemaster|talk]]) 07:43, 23 July 2012 (UTC) | I thought that since this is a landmark-kinda article, it might fit to have the logo up and center. Apparently, my change was undone. What does everyone think? I think the 200px image on the right with the description is a bit cheap... -[[User:Ash Pokemaster|Ash Pokemaster]] ([[User talk:Ash Pokemaster|talk]]) 07:43, 23 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
== The Japanese Name of the Series == | |||
OK, this may sound silly to some of you since I'm admittedly not as avid a fan of Pokémon as some people, but I notice a continuous trend is to render the Japanese title as Pocket Monsters. I assumed this was correct for a long time, but then I actually took a look at the katakana on the Japanese Pokémon Yellow game box, then looked at the Japanese game titles in general. It's off. ポケットモンスター should read as poketto monsutā, or Pocket Monster. If it was meant to be Pocket Monsters, it would be ポケットモンスタース instead. From what I've seen, this is the consistent spelling outside of some spinoff titles that literally use the ポケモン (Pokémon) name. Even on the Pocket Monster Pikachu box, it says Pocket Monster in clear English, though in later games (as as 3rd gen) they seem to write Pokémon in English instead, even though that is not the direct title. I've only seen Pocket Monsters on the Generation II boxes, so that seems to be the odd one out. So I'm confused. Am I missing something? Why do we use the plural if it's not in the Japanese text? Shouldn't we use the correct translation anyway when talking about literal Japanese titles? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 20:33, 16 October 2012 (UTC) | |||