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Topic	Why is pikachu the only Gen 1 pokemon that stayed Japanese
Dudebusters 04/12/24 3:42:32 AM #71:	Letsago posted... I thought they remove the "u" just because it sounds more natural to English speakers or w/e. Let me use another example. The second boss in the Wind Waker is called "Kare Demosu" in Japanese (afaik it doesn't mean anything). In English it's called Kalle Demos. I figured they changed Demosu to Demos because it sounds better in English, not because "Demosu" would actually be an incorrect way of romanizing it. "S" by itself doesn't exist in Japanese. It can't be Demos, the s needs to be accompanied by a vowel. The reason we know it's usually just straight up an "s" when romanized is due to the intention of the japanese word/name. --- I beat Call of Duty 4. In one day. WHAT UP! <cite>Dudebusters posted [p:979866941] in Why is pik... [t:80745064]...</cite> <quote>Letsago posted... </cite><quote>I thought they remove the "u" just because it sounds more natural to English speakers or w/e.Let me use another example. The second boss in the Wind Waker is called "Kare Demosu" in Japanese (afaik it doesn't mean anything). In English it's called Kalle Demos. I figured they changed Demosu to Demos because it sounds better in English, not because "Demosu" would actually be an incorrect way of romanizing it.</quote>"S" by itself doesn't exist in Japanese. It can't be Demos, the s needs to be accompanied by a vowel. The reason we know it's usually just straight up an "s" when romanized is due to the intention of the japanese word/name. --- I beat Call of Duty 4. In one day.WHAT UP!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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