While many Pokemon names remain consistent across locales, some undergo intriguing changes in translation. Due to the structure of the language, the Japanese versions of Pokemon often trend ...

While many Pokémon names appear to be made up, some are derived from Japanese terms, like the franchise's mascot Pikachu, which roughly translates to "shiny mouse". Others draw from English ...

Pokémon dataminers KmiE_821 and Wobbuu on Twitter/X had been digging through R/S files when they came across the Japanese phrases ... in November 2002. The names of games were originally ...