Dub Names Revealed! :: News

Reported by Psythor on Wed 26 Apr 2006 08:10:52 UTC
Last updated by Psythor on Wed 26 Apr 2006 08:10:52 UTC
Section: Diamond, Pearl and Platinum

Three new dub names have been reveald, additionally they don't stray too far from their Japanese counterparts.

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Over the last several months, we've been treated to several new Pokémon, three of them now have dub names.

Perappu is now Perap, I'm guessing the rap part comes from it's musical connection.

Manafi is now Manaphy, Not a massive change there.

Buizeru is now Buoysel, Buoy some of you may know is a device that floats in water for several uses and the Sel, probably comes from Weasel. Strange, it looked like an Otter to me.

Now we just have to wait for Manyula's, Manene and Tamanta's. It shouldn't be too long before the 8th Movie hits English-talking shores, so we can expect Manyula's and Manene's soon.

So what do we do now? Besides learning how to say these strange and wonderful names, we can all split into several groups. We'll have the first group who dislike the dub names and will only stick to the original Japanese and refuse to call them by any other name. We'll have people who like the dub names and think they're an improvement on the original. Then we'll just have a third group who really couldn't care and just use what ever name is easier for them.