I was contacted this morning by a person (going by MO) claiming to have some inside credentials (from NOA) into the games, so I’ll post some information that he sent me, but this should not be considered anything but a rumor until I get some proof. You know me though… I do love rumors :3 Small update, I’ve added in possibilites of what the alleged Pokemon names could mean. Someone else did name translating too, look in the comments!
- Besides the Kurimori gaf, the Japanese names from the GameFAQs post ARE more or less correct.
- Pokabu’s evolution is named Boirubuta (ボイルブタ) and is reminiscent of a “stove” (Basically boil + pig). Final evolution is named Ranranbo (ランランボ) (Ranran = flaming). Ranranbo is a boar with steam coming out.
- Tsutaja’s evolution is named Tsutawaiya (ツタワイヤ) (tsuta = ivy) and final evolution is named Tsutatesura (ツタテスラ) (Tsuta = ivy). Final is a green cobra-ish Pokemon.
- Mijimaru’s evolution is named Yuudatsu (ユウダツ) (datsu = otter) and final evolution is named Rakkobushi (ラッコブシ) (Otter Warrior). Rakkobushi is a big otter with shells across its body.
- Heracross gets an evolution named Atokurosu (アトクロス) (Kurosu = Cross)
- New pokemon resembling an umbrella named Kasame (カサメ) (could be mixing umbrella + shark)
- New steel type called Toraroiya (トラロイヤ) (No idea, but tora = tiger)
According to source these pokemon are Serufiru (セルフィル) (Seru = cell) for the green one, Gizajemu (ギザジェム) (Jemu = gem) for the rock one, and Goshikkuro (ゴシックロ) (combining Gothic + black) is the black dress one.
Thoughts?
<3 pokejungle
Hi, I love your site.
Thought maybe I could help with the meanings of the alleged names for these new pokemon.
The name for Mijumaru’s evolution may also be related to the word ‘yuudachi’, which means sudden rain in the afternoon.
It could be a combination of that and ‘udatsu’, which is a part of the roof/wall in traditional Japanese houses made to prevent fire from spreading.
Also, another interpretation for the name Rakkobushi could be ‘rakko’ (otter) and ‘kobushi’, which means fist (the same kanji is used for ‘ken’ in ‘Tekken’ the fighting game).
That further cements the idea that Mijumaru’s evolutions will have Fighting as their secondary type.
Tororoiya may be a reference to Tlaloc, the god of weather in Aztech myth (which is romanized ‘torarokku’ in Japanese) but this kind of goes against the statement that this pokemon is a steel type… It would make more sense if it was water or electric type (weather = rain, thunder).
I’m not asking if they’re entirely false or not, we’ve established already that the source seems somewhat credible.
I’m asking if the source has any idea of the typings of the Pokemon?
If Mijumaru’s final evo is a big shelly otter, I will like die, I’d HATE that -__-
I really like the idea of a steel tiger, it’d probably look really awesome. {Maybe there’s a pre-evo of a tiger cub, that’d be so adorable!}
STEEL TIGER… *-*
dudee a pre-evo would be DA BEST!
please make it hapen game freak~