CyndaquilRules
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Hmm, ok. Well I use Serebii's namings so it's Desukan it is.
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Hmm, ok. Well I use Serebii's namings so it's Desukan it is.
So its the same situation with Emboar/Embouu? I was sort of confused when everyone suddenly started to call it Emboar.
CyndaquilRules
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Serebii calls it Emboar. I assume most people, like me, on these forums go by the romanizations he does.
I don't know if Serebii's romanizations are all that accurate to be honest. I mean, he had Caitlin's Japanese name romanized as "Katorena" or something similar when it's actually Cattleya. It definitely had an "n" in it for some reason. I'll just use Desukan for now, not because I think it's 100% accurate, but because taking the time to learn the other romanizations could take me weeks, seriously. I still find the Pokemon to be rather unsettling though. I think they should have given it the Rock-type at least, to match with the sarcophagus-theme :/
CyndaquilRules
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Eh, considering I use Serebii's dex, it's more profitable to use the names he uses irregardless of correct or incorrect romanizations.
Slowemperor
Villain in training
Deathkan/Desukan is one of my favorite pokemon ever (I just love acient egypt). But I was too somewhat dissapointed on his typing. I mean ghost/rock or even better ghost/steel (he eats gold and is made of solid gol afterall) would have been awsome.
Deathmas is far from being as cool as his evo but it's nice too. Although it feels strange to capture a human soul.
Deathmas is far from being as cool as his evo but it's nice too. Although it feels strange to capture a human soul.
Kokoromori
Isshu's got issues
All this hate on Koro/Kokoromori make me feel awkward.
But omg Deathkan's shiny is purple. <3
But omg Deathkan's shiny is purple. <3
Well, it makes sense though, since a sarcophagus is in essence a coffin. Though I don't know about Ghost/Steel, gold isn't steel after all. Ghost/Rock would probably work, though.
I prefer Desukan to Deathkan, simply because of the way it sounds. Deathkan may be more accurate, I don't care. I can't tell you how much I love the name Deathmas however, if only because it's basically the name of a holiday themed episode of Metalocalypse.
Johto King
2nd gen all the way!
When will the dream world site be up? And does serebii know where you'll be able to catch these pokemon once they are found on the dream world?
They can be caught in a forrest north of the high link.
NoirTHECHA
Son Of Godric!!!
has anyone caught a shiny desukaan yet?? i love that thing!!!
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Linkdarkside
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i hope they do change Diaper to Eggshell and for Vultina, i think Bone Vulture would be better as she is a vulture.
Johto King
2nd gen all the way!
That's great to know! Thank you. Do you know when the site will be up for dream world? And is the dream world exclusive to only 5th gens?
Sabonea_Masukippa
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If you wanted to be 100% accurate to the Japanese orthography you'd need to call it Desukaan.
It still has a long 'a' it either needs to be spelt Desukaan, Desukarn or Desukahn to represent it.
And some of Pokebeach's romanizations are lolz. They call Miruhoggu "Meerhog" and Gochimu "Gothemme" and Gochimiru "Gothimelle" which are half right and half made up arbitrarily loosely based on the original sounds. And Gearl? It's spelt "giaru" in Japanese. I'm not quite sure where they got the extra L from.
My point is not to have a go at Pokebeach/Bangiras, but there are just as many errors/typos as Serebii's page and you shouldn't be relying on any one site atm.
One of the more common names for vulture's in Japanese is "hagewashi" which literally translates as "bald eagle". It is possible that "Bone eagle" ("honewashi" in Japanese) is a pun, which would justify a change to "Bone Vulture" in English. I translated it as Eagle though, because it's an accurate representation of what was actually in the code, if I were doing it professionally I would ask the creators which they prefer. (For instance the creators may consider Vultina/Wargle to be the m/f of a single "eagle" species and request it to be translated as such)
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Ahh, you're right (you would know XD). I kinda went with PokeBeach because Serebii didn't have too many romanizations to begin with... But yeah, fair enough. "Gearl" was really weird, I agree. Meerhog makes sense to me, though. Meerkat + groundhog? It seems plausible. Of course, I know nothing of Japanese.
Sabonea_Masukippa
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Ahh, you're right (you would know XD). I kinda went with PokeBeach because Serebii didn't have too many romanizations to begin with... But yeah, fair enough. "Gearl" was really weird, I agree. Meerhog makes sense to me, though. Meerkat + groundhog? It seems plausible. Of course, I know nothing of Japanese.
Well, sure Miruhog might be based off a meerkat/groundhog combination and the name might be a high-level pun on that but meerkat in Japanese is ミーアキャット or Miiakyatto, while Miruhog is ミルホッグ or Miruhog, so I don't find it likely, personally.
The "miru" is the name is likely derived from the word for "see/look/watch" in Japanese, a reference to the guarding/lookout tendencies of the line. (Also where the "mi" from Minezumi comes from - literally the "look-mouse")
Ahh, okay! That makes sense. Thank yah, SM.
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