>>41182847We can refer to groups of connected games with just abbreviations. Platinum has a specific distinction of adding a lowercase t so as to keep it distinct from Pearl which is right next to it. Pt is also used on the Korean box art and by various official sources.
>Red, Green, and Blue = RGB>Red, Blue, and Yellow = RBY>Gold, Silver, and Crystal = GSC>Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald = RSE>Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum = DPPtWhen referring to all games in a Generation, there used to be the unwieldy way of putting a backslash between the games in each region, but it's far easier just to say the Generation name with Generation shortened to Gen for ease of use. The exception to this seems to be GSC vs Gen II as it was the shortest Generation and thus the easiest to abbreviate.
>Red, Green, Blue, Pikachu/Yellow = Gen I>Gold, Silver, Crystal = Gen II>RSE/FRLG = Gen III>DPPt/HGSS = Gen IV>BW/B2W2 = Gen V>XY/ORAS = Gen VI>SM/USUM/LGPE = Gen VIIKeeping in mind these specific rules and exceptions, it would seem obvious that
>Sword and Shield = SSBecause we wouldn't simply call SoulSilver "SS" when it's by itself. We would use the full name. And of course, should we be talking about these games out loud, we don't speak in letter/number abbreviations, so we use the actual names. So if you were to see HGSS written out, you'd say HeartGold and SoulSilver. If we saw ORAS, we'd say Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire instead of "Oh-rass". As new people enter the franchise and don't have context for why we began using certain abbreviations, they begin using abbreviations like SuMo and SwSh without understanding why we originally had four character abbreviations and without realizing how inconsistent it is with previous abbreviations.
However, despite me typing all this, official sources have decided to go with SwSh this game. It's not the first thing I disagree with for this game.
