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Japanese Pokémon Names

UnovanZorua · 2024-01-01 14:52:42

Happy New Year! I'm going to start this Year with spreading how weird some Pokémon names are in Japanese. Some are good, but some are just straight up a real, normal word. For example, Charmeleon. It's called Lizardo in Japanese. Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, are called Freezer, Thunder, and Fire. There's probably a lot…