>>57086290Kek, that seems familiar. Was that a mistake in ORAS Matt's doc or am I misremembering this hard?
>>57086348>The localization namelists further confirm that. They're not even listed among plot characters, they appear only in the "Trainers" section alongside all Lasses, Youngsters, Campers etc.Ouch but sadly that makes sense
>This means that their names aren't even explained in any wayWhat do you mean by that, though? Their JP names are sort of self-explanatory, and their localized names aren't awful either IMO
>Izumi = spring/fountain; Shelly = (sea) shells>Ushio = apparently all kinds of sea related meanings like tide, current, sea water and (if used as an abbreviation) some kind of fish soup; Matt = apparently "possibly from mast">Homura = flame (obviously of the fire kind but can apparently also mean "intense emotions"/passion); Tabitha = anagram for habitat>Kagari = can apparently mean iron basket for torches or some sort of bonfire; Courtney = similar to countryAt least in my opinion, for characters deemed unimportant, their names are nicely chosen. Not sure what further explanations would be required, maybe I'm misunderstanding something
>And I was curious what tf were they thinking when naming Tabitha (after all, it's not a typical name for a male). It's possible that they were thinking nothing at all.I'm not native nip so take this with a grain of salt, but his Japanese name "Homura" is apparently more of a female name choice as well... In which case "Tabitha" was a pretty smart localization imo.
>It also kind of explains why 4Kids misnamed them as Isabel and Harlan in their debut episode.How far apart were the AG anime & RS game localization from each other? I always guessed they didn't have final names yet so 4kids were given either placeholder names or possibly beta-English names. "Isabel" & "Harlan" are very close to "Izumi" & "Homura" so it's not like there wasn't at least some thought put into those
