>>37864981>>37865173>>37866400Pikachu -> Japanese name
Minun -> Japanese name
Plusle -> phonetic inscription of Japanese name
Pachirisu -> Japanese name
Dedenne -> Japanese name
Togedemaru -> Japanese name
I think that might just be the tradition now for pika-clones. Unless you ignore Plusle/Minun for their names just being thematically accurate, Japanese OR English, or Emolga, who the translators decided sounded better with an L instead of an N, they all seem to fit that pattern (and even those 3 either DO fit, or are intensely close).