02-20-2011, 09:04 PM
(02-20-2011, 10:44 AM)Sengir Wrote: tbh the only name that really peeves me is Panpour
you see, the 'p in pour' makes it's name stick out more than the others, which use an 's in sear and sage'. I think it should've been Pansoak or something
This I do agree with. The name's fine, but it's strange that it doesn't alliterate like the others.
As for Reshiram, the name sounds vaguely arabic to me (while not being familiar with Arabic's phonolgy. It sounds like a language from that area of the world, at least); but Kyurem sounds Japanese through and through.
But I think as a general rule, the names of the major legendaries in each game go unchanged from japanese (with maybe some minor romanisation).