Zorua/Zorark English name.

[Riku]

What do you think there English names will be? Will they stick with the same names as Japanese like Arcues, Shaymin etc. or will they have new English names like most other Pokemon, if so, I'd better not get too used to calling them these names.

 

[Falconwing]

We already have enough Zoroark threads. And there is nothing to go on to predict names.

 

[Pidgeot]

They'll probably stay with the same name. If not, it'll be slightly different, like how Rukario became Lucario.

 

[Riku]

Well ideally it'd have to begin with a Z, otherwise they'd have to change the name of the anime as well. Although they did chance the name of Movie 12 I suppose.

 

[Jukain]

If it isn't changed, the name wouldn't be any stranger than some other names that were unchanged. I don't foresee any spelling mishap unless they want to stress the "zorro" part of it's name. Hopefully, they realize that is the intention. If they change the name, I'll just have to get used to it. They will always be little and big Z to me.

 

[dman_dustin]

And there is nothing to go on to predict names.

Um it's a dark type illusionary fox, what the hell could possibly be more needed to predict it's English name?

Aside from the fact that I would like it to remain a "Z" if it doesn't maybe Illumox or something like that

 

[Terram]

I bet they'll stay the same

 

[Duckgon Z]

Zolua and Zolak?

 

[KedaseDerragar]

They'll probably stay with the same name. If not, it'll be slightly different, like how Rukario became Lucario.

Actually, Lucario was always Lucario, even in Japan: "Rukario" is a direct transliteration from the kana that some people insisted on using for some reason, but as far as I know "Lucario" was always the official Romanization of the name.

And I think the same thing will happen with Zorua and Zoroark. The elements of the name are as obscure here as in Japan, and there's an apparent trend of most if not all movie Pokémon retaining the same name in Japanese and English.

 

[63cohen]

They'll probably stay with the same name. If not, it'll be slightly different, like how Rukario became Lucario.

Well, that change took place because the L and R are the same in Japanese, so you can interchange them.

 

[The Outrage]

We already have enough Zoroark threads. And there is nothing to go on to predict names.

I got a pretty accurate prediction with Torterra. You just make some lame contraction of two words that describe the Pokemon.

 

[Joshawott]

Zolua and Zoloark were my guess until I realised 'Zorro' reference. So Zorua and Zoroark will probably say.

 

[V Faction]

I got a pretty accurate prediction with Torterra. You just make some lame contraction of two words that describe the Pokemon.

Contraction? I believe you mean Portmanteau.

 

[The Outrage]

Contraction? I believe you mean Portmanteau.

I suck at English, I will admit that.

 

[make_it_worse]

Wolfang..

 

[dman_dustin]

Contraction? I believe you mean Portmanteau.

Actually I think Outrage was likely going for "Compound" (with the whole "C" thing) although I'm not sure how accurate that would be in this case, since Portmanteau does apparently fit better.

Even the word I use "amalgam" is worse off apparently than Portmanteau (since Portmanteau specifically refers to combination of words while amalgam at the basest definition is the mixture or combination of two things).

 

[V Faction]

Well why don't we just compound them into a contraction: amalga'manteau.

 

[Falconwing]

Okay fine... here's my random speculation, since people seem to think it's possible.

Since Zorro is a spanish word and ark is obviously from dark... I think they'll stay the same. Safe and boring.

 

[Jeff]

... or you could just not bother with the SAT words and call it a "combination"

And yeah, I'm guessing they'll both keep their Japanese names as Riolu and Lucario did.

 

[Soulweaver]

I could expect them to be Zoroa (I still can't understand why the English name circulating spells it with U, since the katakana for the name have ロ, not ル) and Zorark (as the thread title spells it, though the commonly used is Zoroark).