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[Hadokeyblade]

Serebii Update: The English names for the new starters are Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/WYsb2BGn8G

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) February 27, 2022

Quaxly is a really good name lol

Yep definitely italy.
Springatito sounds like a pasta.

 

[TheMightyP]

Yep definitely italy.
Springatito sounds like a pasta.

I thought it was Spain?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Gen 9 ain't happening this year lol.

This post aged like milk.

 

[Noipoi]

Yep definitely italy.
Springatito sounds like a pasta.

I think you can see the map of spain in the live action segments.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Serebii Update: The English names for the new starters are Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/WYsb2BGn8G

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) February 27, 2022

Quaxly is a really good name lol

I may get Fuecoco if I get this game just because that name hits hard

 

[Jondolio]

Fuecoco is derived from the Spanish word for Fire, Fuego, so it's probably based on Spain.

 

[Noipoi]

This post aged like milk.

It’s open world. It looks like Legends is having an inspiration.

How pissed are you right now?

Did you break a table

 

[Z25]

Serebii Update: The English names for the new starters are Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/WYsb2BGn8G

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) February 27, 2022

Quaxly is a really good name lol

The first two definitely give off Spanish sounding vibes. Very interesting names though.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

So the game is open world?

pic.twitter.com/1G7tjLbqhA

— Roman Noodles (@Roman3MP1R3) February 27, 2022

God damn it. Everyone make your jokes. But now I’m genuinely not excited for this like at all.

 

[TheMightyP]

Hispanic Candy Mascot

 

[SnakeFighter64]

It’s open world. It looks like Legends is having an inspiration.

How pissed are you right now?

Did you break a table

I’m just sad and disappointed. I’m not angry. Like, exaggerated online anger aside it’s just very disappointing to love Pokémon so much to a degree and then not like where the series is going from a gameplay or design aspect.

 

[Z25]

Yep definitely italy.
Springatito sounds like a pasta.

I thought it was Spain?

It’s definitely Spain based on the architecture and the starter names. The players house literally looks like it’s outta encanto

 

[Noipoi]

Yo guys

Fuecoco is shaped like a pepper

 

[GilTheGreat19]

AYO THE ENGLISH NAMES FOR THE STARTERS DROPPED
Grass - Sprigatito
Fire- Fuecoco
Water - Quaxly

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

Yep definitely italy.
Springatito sounds like a pasta.

gatito means "tiny cat" in Spanish, so it seems like Spain like everyone else is speculating

 

[Wario Bros.]

Hope Pokémon learned from all the criticisms that they got slammed with from the start of Sword and Shield.

The Pokémon fanbase was at its total worst then and I don't want a second round of migraine please.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

I thought it was Spain?

My geography sucks, i get the two confused for some reason a lot

Hope Pokémon learned from all the criticisms that they got slammed with from the start of Sword and Shield.

The Pokémon fanbase was at its total worst then and I don't want a second round of migraine please.

It was all justified, that game is garbage, they ****ed up a cool setting and just gave us hallways.

 

[Lamperouge]

Yea, you right.

Until the next Pokemon game releases a month after and drowns out all conversation about XC3.

What did I say, Noipoi

 

[TheMightyP]

Yo guys

Fuecoco is shaped like a pepper

And, Fuecoco? Fue like fuego or hot.

I think this may be a fire type.

 

[GilTheGreat19]

Not gonna lie
I really love Fuecoco's design
Not feeling the name as much

Sprigatitio tho?Good design as well
I LOVE THAT NAME THO HOLY COW

Quaxly is cool too dw lol

 

[Schnee117]

Still no Pokemon Sleep btw

 

[SnakeFighter64]

gatito means "tiny cat" in Spanish, so it seems like Spain like everyone else is speculating

Japan, Europe, and America (and not even the interesting parts of America). Seriously. Why? For a series based around interesting and creative wildlife designs you’ed think they’ed go someplace that irl has tones of interesting and exotic wildlife already. Or do the people there have too much melanin for you GameFreak?

 

[TheMightyP]

Still no Pokemon Sleep btw

Pokemon Coma

 

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Will need to see more but it does potentially look like a step up from ShSw. Not really surprising considering Let's Go was years ago now, but I can't say I'm a fan of the new characters/Pokemon. Definitely seems that the region is based on Spain especially given the starter names.

Starters always come down to their final evolutions, so I'll hold judgement. The trainers on the other hand are pretty bland IMO. There are some slight differences, but it's mostly just the hair.

Unless the Fuecoco is like Snivy, I guess we'll be seeing a split from the Chinese zodiac for the first time. All that's left is Snake, Horse, Ox, and Sheep.

Sprigatito looks like a Grass type Litten. Am getting a lot of Fennekin vibes from it. I really hope it stays a quadrupedal.

Will be interesting to see if Quaxly ends up as Water/Flying for its base/final typing. Hopefully there will be enough to differentiate it from the Swanna line. Looks ironically like a Blue Footed Booby.

That fire starter gives me massive Bubble Bobble vibes though.

Reminding people that we have Bubble Bobble emotes. lol

 

[MooMew64]

Okay, so

- This game has probably already had nearly two years in the oven

- It's clearly following off of PLA, which they said future games would

- It still has like, 9 months before it goes gold and third version DLC, if SwSh is any indication

- PLA and BDSP were different teams, so that means that they're going to continue doing annual releases via different teams that handle different games.


I think I'm like, 80% onboard now, but still man, this is really fast.

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

I freaking NEED Sprigatito.

Also, I'm actually half Puerto-Rican, and my family on my father's side all speak Spanish. So seeing Pokemon with Spanish naming conventions is sick as crap to me, I love it. I'm not super knowledgeable on Spanish, (Though I plan on learning it soon) but I can definitely tell that Sprigatito and Fuecoco have "gato" (Spanish for cat) and "fuego" (Spanish for fire) pretty clearly mixed into their names. That's real neat!

Edit: Quick correction, Sprigatito's name is closer to "gatito" than "gato", but ya know what I mean, haha.

 

[Z25]

Still no Pokemon Sleep btw

There because it’s sleeping, probably permanently

 

[Guynamednelson]

Hope Pokémon learned from all the criticisms that they got slammed with from the start of Sword and Shield.

The Pokémon fanbase was at its total worst then and I don't want a second round of migraine please.

Remember the rule: If a Pokemon generation is the second one a system has, it will be better than the first one.

It was true for BW vs. DP. It was true for SS vs. XY. And if you consider it the second generation for the black-and-white Game Boy instead of the GBC's generation, it's true for GS vs. RB too.

 

[Noipoi]

What did I say, Noipoi

Legit, no joke, I hope the two months of Xenoblade 3 discussion are super enjoyable for you.

Cuz once Pokémon hits that’s all the thread’s gonna talk about.

Again.

 

[GilTheGreat19]

I wonder what the legendaries will look like tho

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Will need to see more but it does potentially look like a step up from ShSw. Not really surprising considering Let's Go was years ago now, but I can't say I'm a fan of the new characters/Pokemon. Definitely seems that the region is based on Spain especially given the starter names.

Starters always come down to their final evolutions, so I'll hold judgement. The trainers on the other hand are pretty bland IMO. There are some slight differences, but it's mostly just the hair.

Unless the Fuecoco is like Snivy, I guess we'll be seeing a split from the Chinese zodiac for the first time. All that's left is Snake, Horse, Ox, and Sheep.

Sprigatito looks like a Grass type Litten. Am getting a lot of Fennekin vibes from it. I really hope it stays a quadrupedal.

Will be interesting to see if Quaxly ends up as Water/Flying for its base/final typing. Hopefully there will be enough to differentiate it from the Swanna line. Looks ironically like a Blue Footed Booby.

Its for sure better then Sword and Shield already



But why go back to the two version method. I know why but ****ing why

 

[Hadokeyblade]

I freaking NEED Sprigatito.
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Also, I'm actually half Puerto-Rican, and my family on my father's side all speak Spanish. So seeing Pokemon with Spanish naming conventions is sick as crap to me, I love it. I'm not super knowledgeable on Spanish, (Though I plan on learning it soon) but I can definitely tell that Sprigatito and Fuecoco have "gato" (Spanish for cat) and "fuego" (Spanish for fire) pretty clearly mixed into their names. That's real neat!

It'd be cool to have a region actually based on the carribean someday. Somewhere close to home.

 

[TheMightyP]

Japan, Europe, and America (and not even the interesting parts of America). Seriously. Why? For a series based around interesting and creative wildlife designs you’ed think they’ed go someplace that irl has tones of interesting and exotic wildlife already. Or do the people there have too much melanin for you GameFreak?

As cool as an Africa region would be I do not want Pokemon fans to have that for obvious reasons.

Also, New York and and Britian are pretty damn melanated

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I wonder what the legendaries will look like tho

Whichever game has the purple legendary is the one Im getting

 

[GilTheGreat19]

This is Cawthorne, a Smogon Steel/Flying fakemon.

If Quaxly ends up looking something like this, I'm game

 

[Noipoi]

I wonder what the legendaries will look like tho

As long as they’re more interesting than Zacian and Zamazenta…

Solgaleo and Lunala were such badass designs, let’s get more of that.

 

[TheMightyP]

I wonder what the legendaries will look like tho

Judging by the names, Crayola and CraZArt

 

[GilTheGreat19]

Zacian and Zamazenta…

Nah I think those two were interesting
Zacian holding the sword in its mouth is something unique and different imo
and having Zamazenta's "Shield" look like a mane is smart

 

[SnakeFighter64]

As cool as an Africa region would be I do not want Pokemon fans to have that for obvious reasons.

Also, New York and and Britian are pretty damn melanated

I was just being frustrated and lashing out at something arbitrary that the places I would love to have regions based on (Africa, South America, and Australia) have in common. I’m tired of Europe and Japan and there certainly are more interesting places in America to go to. Like Alola (which I actually forgot about somehow).

 

[Noipoi]

I was just being frustrated and lashing out at something arbitrary that the places I would love to have regions based on (Africa, South America, and Australia) have in common. I’m tired of Europe and Japan and there certainly are more interesting places in America to go to. Like Alola (which I actually forgot about somehow).

I think Spain is different enough from the rest of Europe to be distinct.