I feel this is the missing key for all those people who moan about "Gameboy sounds".I kind of dread this thought since Pokemon having distinct cries is a direct line to its inspiration by kaijuu media, wherein several monsters are recognizable by distinctive sounds.
I think it's more than fair for the pun names to seem extra dumb when the creatures themselves are saying themcartoony impossible creatures with pun names being all good but vocalizing being "fucking dumb" is some otherworldly dissonance
it implies that puns are deeply woven into the fabric of the universe
lol spot on. I'd rather the pun names come from dumb, tactless humans rather than the creature itself nudging you with its elbow - "exeggcutor!! (get it??)" As if their evolutionary traits over the millenia lead them each to say their bad pun.I think it's more than fair for the pun names to seem extra dumb when the creatures themselves are saying them
it implies that puns are deeply woven into the fabric of the universe
As if their evolutionary traits over the millenia lead them each to say their bad pun.
lol you're acting as if the game universe doesn't have recorded history and species origins just because the entire premise is tacitly ridiculous"evolutionary traits" in a world where everything is born in eggs while rats and birds can have offspring together in the span of an hour before metamorphing into something completely different and learn a maximum of 4 very specific magic spells.
lol you're acting as if the game universe doesn't have recorded history and species origins just because the entire premise is tacitly ridiculous
none of that is quite as dumb as a creature being born with the name "Geodude" and instinctively knowing in the fabric of its being that it is a "Geodude"They kind of are. The whole world speaks 1 language and that one language is ridiculously centered around Pun-creatures. Viruses are stat buffs. God is a Pokemon.
BOOOOOOOO!!!!!! No ambition and lack of trying while evidence proves otherwise.Eww, no. Pokemon should have cries. Also, if they choose to move to the Pokemon names, it's an easy solution thanks to the anime. But they never will outside of Pokemon like Pikachu who retain their name internationally, because it would be a localization nightmare. Much easier to have Pokemon with generic cries than to localize every single one. There's a big difference between retaining Ikue Otani & Aoi Yabusaki's voice acting versus localizing every single Pokemon.
Humans will probably eventually get voice acting. The games are clearly designed & staged for it but Nintendo's lack of expertise outside of English & Japanese voice acting holds them back.