For Paradox, the future ones are mostly bad but the past ones are mostly good. At the very least, the names are great. Scream Tail.The names are my least favorite part, honestly. There may be no greater indicator of the loss of creativity in Pokemon than the fact that we've started naming stuff "Adjective Noun."
The names are my least favorite part, honestly. There may be no greater indicator of the loss of creativity in Pokemon than the fact that we've started naming stuff "Adjective Noun."Most of the Pokemon in the generation aren't that, though? Paradoxes are supposed to be weird and unlike other Pokemon.
Indeed, gone are the halcyon days of making a seal and naming it seel
The names are my least favorite part, honestly. There may be no greater indicator of the loss of creativity in Pokemon than the fact that we've started naming stuff "Adjective Noun."
I do think it's interesting that they chose to go with the two word names for the paradox mons. They remind me of the codenames of the Ultra Beasts, but they got 'real' names to go alongside them.
The 'iron' names I think are really a lost in translation thing. They're direct translations of the Japanese names (ie Tetsu-no-X, where X is a three syllable word) which have a much better flow and mouth feel than the english versions, even if the meanings are the same.This feels like a genre thing too, like that name more strongly implies a 'mecha anime' feel to me than the english names do. just kind of a hunch on this
The 'iron' names I think are really a lost in translation thing. They're direct translations of the Japanese names (ie Tetsu-no-X, where X is a three syllable word) which have a much better flow and mouth feel than the english versions, even if the meanings are the same.
all this whining about the names is just "blah blah blah I didnt actually play SV" to me.
how many pokemon names are a portmanteau of an adjective and a nounI would contend that portmanteaus are still marginally more clever than just picking a couple of words and putting a space between them. Something like Arcanine may not be the absolute peak of creativity, but it's better than Blazing Hound.
all this whining about the names is just "blah blah blah I didnt actually play SV" to me.
I played Scarlet and didn't even know that Koraidon was named Winged King.
I would contend that portmanteaus are still marginally more clever than just picking a couple of words and putting a space between them. Something like Arcanine may not be the absolute peak of creativity, but it's better than Blazing Hound.
Sandslash is just a Y away from being the same as Sandy Shocks.if it had been named Sand Slash, we would only have 151 pokemon today