Pokken won't be called Pokken in Germany because apparently the name is too sick

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lionpetercarmoo on 13 November 2015

And this is why Nintendo will fail

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Teeqoz on 13 November 2015

So your source is your wall?

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S.Peelman on 13 November 2015

It's a stupid name and most people will probably not even realize what it's refering to, so they actually should change it. It means "small pox" in Dutch as well.

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Boutros on 13 November 2015

Took only two posts! Better luck next time!

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StarOcean on 13 November 2015

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/180304-pokken-tournament/72363835 Apprently because "Pokken" is German for smallpox

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Alkibiádēs on 13 November 2015

lionpetercarmoo said:
And this is why Nintendo will fail

Because they don't call their games smallpox tournament? Ok?

"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides

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Teeqoz on 13 November 2015

Boutros said:
Took only two posts! Better luck next time!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokk%C3%A9n_Tournament

Wikipedia says it's called Pokemon Tekken in Germany though, I think Rol just failed with the source this time

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Boutros said:
Took only two posts! Better luck next time!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokk%C3%A9n_Tournament

Wikipedia says it's called Pokemon Tekken in Germany though, I think Rol just failed with the source this time

Wow. It was a test within a test. We failed.

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Teeqoz on 13 November 2015

RolStoppable said:

Boutros said:

Wow. It was a test within a test. We failed.

Better luck next time!

One has to wonder why you're only just now posting this. It was announced 3 months ago. I bet you're doing it to troll Nintendo.

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Nautilus on 13 November 2015

So they actually changed for no reason.

My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

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