Reported by Mulholland on Mon Dec 27 20:16:05 2010
Last updated by Mulholland on Mon Dec 27 21:09:48 2010

They just keep 'em coming!

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After the recent leaked pictures regarding the English-language names of the Elemental Monkeys the lads at Nintendo have announced many more names of both their new Pokémon as well as some other miscellaneous nomenture.

Chillarmy is now Minccino.
Gear lost it's ridicuous name and is now known by the rather more interesting Klink.
Shimama has been dubbed Blitzle.
Hihidaruma has retained part of it's name and it now Darmanitan.
Meguroc has become more obvious and it now Sandile *groan*.
Mamepato has taken on the name Pidove which sounds more like cooking instructions than a Pokémon.

There have also been a few changes in the abilities department. The adorably titled Pigeon Heart has lost every ounce of cuteness and is now the rather limply named Big Pecks. We are also to call Overconfidence Moxie and Encourage is Sheer Force.

We are also FINALLY aware of the Pokémon Professor's name: Professor Juniper. This remains inkeeping with the tradition of naming them after trees, but since this tree produces the main ingredient for gin it is infinitely more interesting than naming her Professor Yew.

*puts geography hat on* With the Black City and White Forest keeping their names it is to come as no shock that Huin City has been renamed. However with a name like Castelia City one wonders what the pattern in naming will be in this generation.

However, it is not all change at Nintendo Towers. Gigalith and Munna have stayed the same (yippee!)

So with all these names now released, alongside the previous ones, it makes you wonder how long until we find out the names of the demonic ice cream cones.

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