Gym Leaders and Elite Four Discussion Thread [Read First Post]

[Excitable Boy]

I meant what the name itself meant, not your opinions on TPCi's capabilities on naming characters. You wouldn't be saying that if you never knew of the JPN names.

What makes you say that? If anything, knowing the Japanese name gives insight into why they named him Corless.

[matt0044]

What makes you say that? If anything, knowing the Japanese name gives insight into why they named him Corless.

I mean, liking the name on its own without the basis being your prior knowledge of the Japanese names mostly.

[SasakiThePikachu]

I don't know, how does a Marlon look?

Like this:



I hear Marlon, I think Brando. *shrugs*

It's not a horrible name...it's just not a 'young, cool, tanned big-bro type fisherman dude' name. At least not to me. But ah well. I still love his character design, so I'm sure I'll get used to it in time. He seems like a great character.

[Dr. Leggs]

Hot damn. I never realized the humongous amount of discontent localized names made.

Marlon is fine. Corless is fine. There's nothing wrong with either of them.

[matt0044]

It's not a horrible name...it's just not a 'young, cool, tanned big-bro type fisherman dude' name. At least not to me. But ah well. I still love his character design, so I'm sure I'll get used to it in time. He seems like a great character.

When you think about it, old people with old sound names had those exact name when they were young.

Hot damn. I never realized the humongous amount of discontent localized names made.

When you get use to a character's name from one version and a different name is given to another version that's being released in your country, it can take some time to get use to. Some people take the change harder than other's, hence, the discontent. This wasn't (much of) an issue back before Generation four/five.

[Nyarlathotep]

Marlon is fine. Corless is fine. There's nothing wrong with either of them.

Yes, there is.

When you think about it, old people with old sound names had those exact name when they were young.

But we do not happen to know them when they are young.

[Bardische]

When you think about it, old people with old sound names had those exact name when they were young.

Which means the names we have right now are gonna sound old when we're old, and our name species will soon die out. Then the cycle repeats :S

Whatever happens, Akuroma is still the coolest person in the games so far. For me at least.

[Dr. Leggs]

Yes, there is.

Mind telling me then what the objective faults with either of those names are?

[gliscor&yanmega]

Yes, there is.

No, you simply don't like the names.

Unless the name is essentially insulting, there can never be a problem with a name, it's a name. It's simply a matter of personal like and dislike, of which is an opinion and as such, holds no grounds in determining if there is "something wrong" with a name.

How can there even be "something wrong" with a name...I mean come on.

[Räven]

No, you simply don't like the names.

Unless the name is essentially insulting, there can never be a problem with a name, it's a name. It's simply a matter of personal like and dislike, of which is an opinion and as such, holds no grounds in determining if there is "something wrong" with a name.

How can there even be "something wrong" with a name...I mean come on.

There is nothing wrong with the name Marlon, but, oh, come on, it doesn't really suit our 8th gym leader who is a diver with an incredibly dark tan on only half of his body, who is teenage, and one of those "big-bro" kind of people. When I hear Marlon, I think of a 60-year old guy wearing a tux.

[matt0044]

When I hear Marlon, I think of a 60-year old guy wearing a tux.

Who know? Maybe that 60 year old man was once a surfing dude in his day. Plus, Marlon IS named after a fish.

[R_N]

There is nothing wrong with the name Marlon, but, oh, come on, it doesn't really suit our 8th gym leader who is a diver with an incredibly dark tan on only half of his body, who is teenage, and one of those "big-bro" kind of people. When I hear Marlon, I think of a 60-year old guy wearing a tux.

He isn't a "big bro" at all
He doesn't even bother helping you with plasma.


Also old people were young once!

[Räven]

Who know? Maybe that 60 year old man was once a surfing dude in his day. Plus, Marlon IS named after a fish.

Yea, I'm sure they actually had surfing in the late 1940's.

[matt0044]

Yea, I'm sure they actually had surfing in the late 1940's.

You mean 1950s, right? And I meant that old people had those "old-sounding names" when they were kids.

[R_N]

Yea, I'm sure they actually had surfing in the late 1940's.

For centuries surfing was a central part of ancient Polynesian culture. Surfing might have been first observed by Europeans at Tahiti in 1767 by Samuel Wallis and the crew members of the Dolphin who were the first Europeans to visit the island in June 1767. Another candidate is the botanist Joseph Banks[1] being part of the First voyage of James Cook on the HMS Endeavour, who arrived on 10 April 1769 on Tahiti. Lieutenant James King was the first one who wrote about the art of surfing on Hawaii when completing the journals of Captain James Cook upon Cook's death in 1779.

yes, quite

[Dr. Leggs]

Yea, I'm sure they actually had surfing in the late 1940's.

...Praying that this is a joke.

And yes it may not sound like a perfect fit to you, but that does not mean there's anything wrong with the name itself.

[Charmed]

Marlon is Shizui's English name? Oh my God. It's genuinely terrible. I was hoping that he would have a cooler-sounding name like Finn. Ugh. I'm so depressed, but at least I still have Roxie. I've grown to like that name.

[Machoke]

There is nothing wrong with the name Marlon, but, oh, come on, it doesn't really suit our 8th gym leader who is a diver with an incredibly dark tan on only half of his body, who is teenage, and one of those "big-bro" kind of people. When I hear Marlon, I think of a 60-year old guy wearing a tux.

First off, Marlon is more mid twenty. And seriously, stop judging by names. It´s just a name to call someone. You guys are making such a big deal out of this..

Also, I would love to know what exactly a Roxanne would be, or a Misty, an Erika, a Norman, a Whitney.. how about Clair? Candice, Gardenia, Lenora.. seriously. What stereotype fits their name then?

[Nyarlathotep]

Let the people dislike the name. No one is obligated to like everything in the franchise.
I am getting used to Marlon, even though the name does not fit him.

Corless is just bad.

[A_Merry_Snowrunt]

1) Marlon reminds me of Malon. Cute.

2) What's this about the Elite 4 being downloadable content over at the Discovery forum?

3) I'm sad that Wallace doesn't have a Lumineon. It suits him perfectly.

[sSerenity]

Please don't whine on English names, the french ones are the ugliest ever seen

[Ver-mont]

Please don't whine on English names, the french ones are the ugliest ever seen

I've just seen "Amana"... which, in fact, is even worse a choice than Marlon.

[Machoke]

What are they then? Strykna for Roxie and Amana for Merlon? Sound okay to me. Then again, they all look fine to me.

[Xweek]

Marlon's fine to me. Corless is just terrible to me though, so obvious and yet nonsensical at the same time. Achroma had the same meaning and would have been fine for English.

[Räven]

Guys, lets shut up about Marlon. The real bad naming here is Corless. What f****** parent would name there kid Corless?