Moon's canon name has been revealed.

STEEPEST FLOOR

I like Kai and Lana better. They sound more like Kantonian names.

>>33156650
They're all Japanese names you moron
>Kantonian
Cancer

>>33156650
>Lana
>sound like Kantonian name
Kanto is literally a region of Japan... thus, Mizuki.

>>33156637
You're four hours late, OP.

>>33156663
Yeah but if it's Mizuki in Japan, it's Selene in the U.S.
I just like Kai and Lana better. Mainly Kai.

Someone change her bulbapedo profile, that's literally the only way it's going to reach anyone outside of these obscure /vp/ threads. People hate pomf, but they go to the wiki all the time.

>>33156744
It's already being worked on. The change now just has to be approved by the ((((staff)))).

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>>33156662
>IMG

>>33156637
We've known "Mizuki" for almost a year now and most gamers in Japan and even fan artists have used Mizuki ever since then. Why is this news to you faggots?

>>33156783

Canon.
I wonder when I can preorder this fig.

>>33156791
Yes, and that's nothing new in Japan.

>>33156818
Where did the Japanese first find out about it?

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I hope I can buy at least her and Lillie.

>>33156637
Welcome to a year ago.

>>33156791
Not for awhile Hilda isn't even up yet, there will be a thread when you can though.

>>33156637
I already know that

but i still like calling her chicken-chan it has grown on me

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>>33156855
This. People here are idiots.

>>33156637
>Ariga working on Chicken-chan

This guy can even imitate Ohmura on his A-game.
My god, I thought Rosa was a fluke.

>>33156973
Ariga can do so many things, I wonder why he chose that shitty art style for Mega/Gigamix though.

>>33156637
She will always be Chicken-chan in our hearts and outdated fanart
But
>Selene
>Elio
>tfw this is the closest to a Greek region we will ever get

>>33156637
Why is Sun and Moon trying to be so similar to XY
>Sun looks like Calem
>Chicken Chan's name Selene is close to Serena, only 2 letters off
>Magearna looks like Diancie
>The New gimmick of this Gen is "Z"-moves
>Zygarde is here for no reason
>There were 48 Megas in Gen 6 and Gen 7 adds Ash-Greninja and Zygarde's Complete form
What the fuck?

>>33157160
Sun looking like Calem is due to every male protag copying Lucas' Pt color scheme. Selene and Serena are a coincidence since their Japanese names couldn't be further apart. Everything else seems to convey a connection between Alola and Kalos that will probably be apparent in USUM.

>>33156637
>we also know that her English name is Selen

sauce faggot

>>33157200
Probably corresponds with some pre-release trailers.

>>33157184
So you're saying it really will ALL COME TOGETHER this time?

>>33157160
don't forget that moon's figure has a pose similar to the serena figure as well

>>33157449
>moon
Her name is RIGHT THERE

>>33157200
Selene is the name in place of Mizuki in the English trailers.

In the Japanese trailers, it will say Mizuki in japanese text.

>>33156824
At the same time we did.

>>33156758
Reminder that the "staff" took over a year to actually move an article for an anime episode they called a special even though everyone else called it a regular episode, which resulted in their episode numbers being one number off from everyone else's.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Talk:XY078

This site and their staff is absolute fucking cancer.

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Jej

>>33156637
I swear I already heard Moon's canon name being Selene/Selena somewhere

>>33157624
Holy shit.

Her japanese name means swimsuit lol

>>33157720
it's mizugi that means swimsuit

Mizuki is beautiful moon

>>33156637

so sun's canon starter is naybby?

>>33157876
Looks like it.

>>33157876
It's Popplio

Chicken is canon

Barabait goes to Kukui

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>>33157876
Got none cause he doesn't exist.

>>33158065

e d g y

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>>33157645
Here are the videos where the Japanese and English canon names were first mentioned:
https://youtu.be/OF_OrULIEWA?t=71
https://youtu.be/9Ojd6FzTaEM?t=67

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>>33157645
>>33158092

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But I thought people knew this was her name?

>>33157896

decidueye is then emobait?

primarina trannybait?

get a life you underage

I would say that popplio is a bullshit because it seems that male player are the main protagonist's all the time

so sun is getting litten and chikcen-chan is getting rowlett, they both suits them a lot

>>33156637
>>There were 48 Megas in Gen 6 and Gen 7 adds Ash-Greninja and Zygarde's Complete form
This one's a bit superfluous, don't you think? Most gens have added new formes.

>>33158092
I remember seeing this and other stuff floating around the board a while back. Most people decided to assume the names were placeholders or something, at least that was the case for "Selene."

>>33156637
finalyy
im glad they named her selene instead of lana

>>33156637
Oh shit! The owl's name has also been revealed!

>>33156744
yes this need to be done

>>33156650
I wish it were Luna rather than Lana. Kai and Luna fit so much better than Elio and Selene.

>>33156650
>Lana
>When there's already a Lana
unless that's a shitty nip name get outta here

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>>33159724
>Implying only one person can be named Lana

>>33156650
>Kai and Luna
these sound like bad OC nanes tbqhwy

>>33157184
I really hope they stop the red/blue/white pattern for male protags, the fem protags post Platinum get a shit ton of variety in terms of color

Can anybody explain the train of thought based on those tweets that leads us to Selene and Elio? I believe it, but just want it explained.

>>33159752
i want a male protag that wears purple

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>>33159731
yeah, in the real world maybe because it doesn't matter
even if it's game-wise, a character with the same name usually isn't in the same game

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>>33159753
Already discussed within the thread, but once more from the top:
>>33158092
>>33158100
Promotional videos had a screen of player characters with the names Sun, Moon, Elio and Selene. In the Japanese equivalent video these names were Sun, Moon, Yō and Mizuki. Mizuki is the name given for the girl in the new Kotobukiya figure of her, marking the first time she is officially named in (Japanese) merchandise. People take this to mean that the names in the video are the characters' official default names.

>>33159753
The English protagonist names generally convey a similar meaning to the Japanese name (Haruka and May both being spring-related, Hikari and Dawn both being light-related, ect). The names in the trailer carry a similar pattern, which implies they're attempts at translating the names from the Japanese trailer and not just random placeholders.

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>tfw my Chicken-chan had her canon name all along

>>33160101
get that noncanon overcomplicated slut of a character out of the thread.

>>33157160
Mizuki seems fine for a name but I agree that Selene is just completely unoriginal, the English translators fucked up on that.

I personally think that Sean and Mona make better names for them but that's just my faggot opinion.

>>33156637
We've known Chicken-chan's official name for a year. It never mattered because no one will call her that.

>>33156783
Because this is official merchandise and not some fan art from tumbler?
Retard

>>33156650
I like them more, but those names are supposed to have Hawaiian roots, not Japanese ones.

I like Mizuki for all regions since her being from Kanto is significant, just as Serena got a Western name for all regions since her being from Kalos was significant.

>>33160283
Kai and Mizuki sound nice.

>>33160283
Yeah, but the English games have already established people from Kanto have American names. If Kanto had been the first Japanese region after several Japan-based regions, we'd have probably seen a lot more Japanese names in the localized version.

>>33160267
well, elio and selene are neither japanese or hawaiian. it's pokeworld, not our real world

>>33160036
>ect

>>33160267
The MCs moved to Alola from Kanto, dumbass.

>>33160381
It's mostly the usual "Japanese names must be changed to English ones, but non-Japanese names can stay foreign" autism you usually see in English overlocalizations.

>>33156919
this

Is Are Red and Blue/Green's Japanese names the Japanese words for those colors or are they like "Reddo" and "Gurinu"

>>33161135
Reddo and Guriin