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PhantomDusclops'92

Reading this reminded me of that very weird period between the original release of Generation 4 in Japan and the US release.

Basically, there were people who went on and made their own "English names" for all the new Pokémon and treated them as official… which were just the Japanese names but translitterated by removing mute letters and replacing some characters. So for example Hikozaru (the creature we all know as Chimchar nowadays) was of course going to be localized as Ikozal.

» Reply to this [20/10/2025 17:35:09]

Knilz Kapilz

In response to: post by Laura

According to The Forbidden Leaks(TM), Gibble was what they initially wanted to name it. It was rejected by legal, for whatever reason

» Reply to this [30/09/2025 23:03:11]

Laura

One of the few English names of Gen 4 Pokemon I dislike is Gible - it's more logical to spell it Gibble, as in nibble. I keep instinctually wanting to pronounce Gible with a long I sound.

» Reply to this [19/11/2024 17:14:21]