For record purposes,

Meme Team vs Team NX 2:1

As for the Splatfest, went with Team Snowman and lost most of my matches, despite doing relatively well D:

Still don't get exactly how the Power works, but here is to hope that Team Snowman can win!

The pokken hype was too real I forgot about this and I didn't pick a team

And so ends my 5 win streak. =/ 

I stopped playing after I reached King so I guess I'm partly to blame, but meh, the lag and matchmaking were quite the turn off. 

Quite a close one for NA! But the less popular team wins again!

Miyamoto wanted Sonic in Smash Bros Melee:

http://www.gonintendo.com/stories/254429-naka-on-original-plans-for-sonic-mario-teaming-up-miyamoto-wante

Fudge! Why?! And I was doing well with Team Snow. I blame Platters >: T

Guess nothing has changed in that regard, le sigh.

Darn, was suspecting that Snowman would have won... should have just went with the less popular team, as it looks like this new system didn't really change much :p

Pokemon Naming Difficulties

“We were most troubled with the problem as to whether Pikachu should remain as Pikachu. For Japanese people, Pika comes from electricity and Chu stems from mouse, but outside Japan it would be meaningless and nonsense. Nonsense cannot be valued. People won’t be able to answer whether onomatopoeia they don’t understand the meaning of is good or bad. So we had no other options but to think about them one by one.”

“We made Pikachu [‘s name] the same all across the world. They may not know the meaning, but we secured the Pikachu trademark worldwide, so we decided to just go with Pikachu. But if everything was the same [as Japanese] it would be a total disarray of meaning, since Fushigidane’s name came from it carrying a mysterious (fushigi) seed (tane) on its back. We mixed Bulb – which can also mean Seed – with Saurus from Dinosaurs, and it became Bulbasaur. When we asked Americans just to make sure, they had the image of a reptile or amphibian carrying a bud on their back, so it was OK. For Hitokage, we mixed Charcoal and Salamander to become Charmander. Arbo is also difficult to understand, so we made it Ekans. But the latter is actually an anagram of Snake.”

“We don’t use regularity in determining the English names, but instead everyone had to think their best and use their creativity for each word one by one. By that way, each Pokemon will feel livelier. While we’re taking in puns from each country, mysterious creatures are inserted into them. By having a huge percentage of the 151 Pokemon having different names from Japanese, the anime dubbing also became multiple times harder though… But thanks to [people] putting their best in giving names, it contributed largely to getting accepted by the world.”

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