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Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 04:03:19 No.36242959 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>36242964 >>36242971 >>36243622 >>36243671 >>36244945 >>36246260

It's based on Jackie Chan, the localization team has better insight than you, you can't prove otherwise

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 04:04:50 No.36242964 Report

Quoted By: >>36242975 >>36243578

>>36242959
It's actually based off of me

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 04:05:28 No.36242971 Report

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>>36242959
It's actually based on a famous Japanese boxer (Ebihara Hiroyuki), but whatever floats your boat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 04:05:52 No.36242973 Report

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If it was really based on Jackie Chan it would have a ladder and a baby

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 04:05:56 No.36242975 Report

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>>36242964
Jackie?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 06:11:04 No.36243578 Report

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>>36242964
Yikes, I feel bad for you anon. Hitmonchan is a bottom barrel shitmon.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 06:24:41 No.36243622 Report

Quoted By: >>36243655

>>36242959
Doesn't matter what it's named, it matters what you name it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 06:33:30 No.36243655 Report

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>>36243622
Hitmonali or Hitmontyson would have made more sense

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 06:38:57 No.36243671 Report

Quoted By: >>36243689

>>36242959
The point is that it's based on [famous martial artist]. So the localization is accurate.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 06:42:45 No.36243689 Report

Quoted By: >>36243901 >>36243920

>>36243671
>Sawamular is derived from Tadashi Sawamura, a famous kickboxer.
>Ebiwalar is derived from the Japanese world champion boxer Hiroyuki Ebihara.
No, accuracy would have been naming them after a kickboxer and a boxer

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 07:36:57 No.36243901 Report

Quoted By: >>36243927

>>36243689
Name one kickboxer

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 07:42:49 No.36243920 Report

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>>36243689
Kickboxing and boxing count as martial arts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 07:45:56 No.36243927 Report

Quoted By: >>36243934

>>36243901
Rick Roofus

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 07:47:56 No.36243934 Report

Quoted By: >>36243938

>>36243927
>Rick Roofus
I didn't know who he is so my point stands.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 07:49:01 No.36243938 Report

Quoted By: >>36243958

>>36243934
Ignorance is not a defense anon

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 07:57:25 No.36243958 Report

Quoted By: >>36243961 >>36243965 >>36247502

>>36243938
Translations are done assuming ignorance of the target audience, though, so he's right.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 07:58:22 No.36243961 Report

Quoted By: >>36243987

>>36243958
Ignorance of foreign culture, not their own

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 07:59:44 No.36243965 Report

Quoted By: >>36243993

>>36243958
>assuming ignorance of the target audience
but apparently not types, considering all the shit that Solgaleo gets

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 08:04:37 No.36243987 Report

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>>36243961
Jackie Chan was part of the culture in the 90s, while only enthusiast would know about famous kickboxers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 08:05:17 No.36243990 Report

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>>36243987
Why would you name a boxing pokemon after Chan and not Ali?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 08:06:27 No.36243993 Report

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>>36243965
Translation does not have anything to do with game mechanics, that one is entirely on Gamefreak.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 08:07:32 No.36243998 Report

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>>36243990
Most likely licensing rights. Lee and Chan are common names.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 08:10:12 No.36244008 Report

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>>36243998
But there are hundreds of millions of Muhammads

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 08:11:43 No.36244016 Report

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>>36243998
>Licensing rights to a last name

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 13:12:13 No.36244945 Report

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>>36242959
> A Boxer pokemon based on Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali
> Named it after Jackie Chan

What an insight!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 16:59:11 No.36246075 Report

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>Taking the thread seriously when it's clearly mocking Venufags

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Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 17:26:14 No.36246260 Report

Quoted By: >>36248517

>>36242959
>japanese company naming one of their characters after a chinese person

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 20:40:46 No.36247502 Report

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>>36243958
At this point they shouldn't have name other pokémons with something that ignorant target wouldn't get.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Aug 2018 23:02:30 No.36248517 Report

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>>36246260
But then why would they call it HitmonCHAN

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