>>27556621Dear god, I remember that. It's especially poignant to compare them to Trump now. The PQ was especially ridiculous.
>>27556809I would reply in French, but I've lost my fluency after living in Ontario for 4 years.
Someone in the comments here mentioned that very thing, that the names work really well for people in France but people in Quebec find them cringeworthy (and most of the French-speakers in the comments are indeed cringing at the fact that the names are being called "French-Canadian"):
http://www.mtlblog.com/2016/07/french-canadian-versions-of-pokemon-names/Not to mention that some names only work with European French pronunciation (Woobat's and Wimpod's) and/or slang (Exeggcute's and Unown's), which is harder for the player to get since the games don't have voice acting, and taps into Quebec's love-hate relationship with France in general.
