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Tiddlywinks (talk | contribs) m (→Name origin: Only Xatu's origin is needed, and don't remove the Japanese one... And be careful about spellings. (Gen II ref: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75594 )) |
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====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
As revealed in | 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== |