I don't have too big a problem with names. I admit that some are random and a bit complex (like Alomomola), but once you read the name carefully and say it once or twice it's not too hard to pronounce. I admit that Cofagrigus is pretty weird and difficult to say, but that's probably the most difficult I can think of, and it's one in 650+ Pokemon.
I do agree that they try to make them clever, but not much more than before. I mean you also had Ekans and Arbok, and they were pretty good names despite being reversed versions of their real-world counterparts. I think they're actually using this "clever-ness" to make them more memorable actually, since they kind of relate the names to the appearances. Klink, Lillpup, Trubbish, all names that you can remember instantly simply by seeing Pokemon.
My biggest problem with names is, as I mentioned earlier, unnatural stuff like Mr. Mime. I suppose Trubbish also counts, the coincidence is huge. If humans (in the Pokemon world) named Pokemon, it'd be fine and make sense, but the fact that the Pokemon's name comes from what it's capable of saying just ticks me off.
But that's nothing to do with names specifically, so yah.
I do agree that they try to make them clever, but not much more than before. I mean you also had Ekans and Arbok, and they were pretty good names despite being reversed versions of their real-world counterparts. I think they're actually using this "clever-ness" to make them more memorable actually, since they kind of relate the names to the appearances. Klink, Lillpup, Trubbish, all names that you can remember instantly simply by seeing Pokemon.
My biggest problem with names is, as I mentioned earlier, unnatural stuff like Mr. Mime. I suppose Trubbish also counts, the coincidence is huge. If humans (in the Pokemon world) named Pokemon, it'd be fine and make sense, but the fact that the Pokemon's name comes from what it's capable of saying just ticks me off.
But that's nothing to do with names specifically, so yah.