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====Name origin====
====Name origin====
As revealed in the Penny Arcade Staff Podcast, by Jeff Kahles, the man who named this evolutionary line in English, Natu is short for Nature, and a Xat is a sort of Native American totem pole. The name arose from The Pokemon Company's desire to have one pokemon for every letter of the alphabet.  
As revealed in a Penny Arcade Staff Podcast by Jeff Kalles, who assisted in the naming of many [[Generation II]] Pokémon, Xat is a sort of Native American totem pole. Xatu's name arose from The Pokemon Company's desire to have one Pokémon for every letter of the alphabet.


Natio may be a corruption of ''native''.


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