Combine these three things...








...and you have Zoroark.

(The Lombre has it's toes.)

Do you guys think that's their Japanese name? Their english name might start with like a P, and the movie will be called "Phantom Champion P" in North America. Highly doubtful, but that might actually just be their Japanese names.

I saw somewhere that Zoroark's Japanese name was Zoroaaku, but that has since been removed from the website, so I'm not certain about that. Zoroark just doesn't sound Japanese enough to me, though. Know what I mean? They gave us Lucario as Rukario, correct? Or something like that. But that just looks...Asian, you know? Zoroark looks too American. Combo of Zoro the Mexican vigilante and "ark" if you ask me.

That's because Zoroark is a romanization of the name, just like "Lucario" is the romanized equivalent of the Japanese name "Rukario." Zoroark's name in Japanese symbols is ?????, which would be translated literally as "Zo-ro-a-a-ku," meaning that the straight translation of the Japanese name is indeed Zoroaaku. The reason the Corocoro scans say "Zoroark" is that the Japanese media sometimes likes to use English characters and words, such as giving us the name "Zoroark" all cleaned up and in English letters. It could also be the intended name for the Pokemon even though "Zoroaaku" is the closest that can be achieved through Japanese syllables.

maybe we can see a mexican fence hopping pokemon next..

Perhaps I've been misunderstood. That's probably my bad for poor wording. What I meant was that the name "Zoroark" looks to, as Frost said, Romanized. I didn't mean the Pokemon itself had to look Asian or something, I meant the name itself just doesn't look like the Japanese name for a Pokemon. Frost, you make a good point with "Lucario" merely being a Romanized form of "Rukario." However, did that not stick as his English name? In some other cases the Romanized version of the Japanese name becomes the English name. For example, "Serebii" becomes "Celebi." Very similar. The point I was trying to get across before was that Zoroark was more than likely the English name derived from the Japanese translation of Zoroaaku. To your average American Pokemaniac, Japanese names would appear--for lack of a better term--clunky and hard to pronounce. The whole reason the names are Romanized in such a way is so that they roll off the tongue so to speak. Just easier to pronounce. Which of the two names seems to be easier to say? I was merely trying to answer Ryanh118's question about a different possible English name before. I didn't mean to say Zoroark isn't Asian enough to be a Pokemon or however it sounded. Zorua, however, does sort of sound as if it has yet to be (word of the day, kids) Romanized. It just isn't as fluid a pronunciation, you know?. Though I find it unlikely they'd release the English name of only one of the two now-revealed Pokemans.

What's with all the racism on the forums lately?

Yes, but that's almost entirely Nintendo of America's decision. For every "Pikachu," "Lugia," "Lucario" or "Celebi," we have just as many Pokemon like Seripu ("Sleep"), Shawazuu ("Showers"), Sandaasu ("Thunder") and Buusuta ("Booster") becoming Drowzee, Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon.

This is true, but would it really have been practical to leave some Pokemon in English games with names like Sleep and Booster? It seems uncreative and sort of a cop-out, and I'm certain I'm not the only one who would feel that way. Come on; "Thunder used Thunder!" Wow, Nintendo. I'll agree that it is Ninendo of America's decision, but the names of the new reveals seem like they would be pleasing to most fans as is. If they revealed him/her as "Big Fox" and Zorua as "Little Fox," then I'm certain people would be concerned as to whether or not that would change to something better. There's a bit of a menacing and dark ring to them as is. I'm not saying people won't find it stupid and I'm not saying there aren't better names out there. I just personally feel like this name is going to stay. If in a month or so they let something new out, well then I've been poorly mistaken. If the names stay, I'm not exactly going to gloat about it. Very trivial.

I personally think it looks cool, and keep in mind just because they have a non-evolutionary pokemon such as Absol, doesn't mean they have any reason to give it evolutions.

I'd love an evolution for Absol as well, but there's nothing that really warrants GameFreak giving him one unless they simply feel like it.

Now that I think about it, a lot of the "promoted" pokemon I didn't/don't care for, such as Lucario (blasphemy, I know). However, each gen has given us more cool pokemon than not imo, and since I actually like Zoroark, I'm pretty optimistic this time around.

I'm probably not evolving it. I'll call it Okamiden

Okami Chronicles? First game was great, not sure if Okamiden will be able to follow it though. But why would you name it Okami Chronicles? Well I guess Chibiterasu is one character too many to fit, though Amaterasu fits.

Both of these pokemon are dark types.

see someone agrees! ^^

I would rather them be creative and make mostly new Pokemon, if not new forms from breeding two different Pokemon rather than just pre/evolutions. I feel like generation III wasn't very creative Pokemon and generation VI really strayed away from more realistic Pokemon. Plus, half the new ones were legends or pre/evolutions. I miss the generation I creativity.

@MirageWingZapdos: I'm not sure if it's a rule anymore, but try not to double post, there's a edit button at the bottom of all your posts.

I like it just cause it's a fox & suprisingly cause it's a dark type...but it's evolved form does look like failure waiting to happen & I mean in motion...at least ninetales look fantastic...this...is just wrong wrong wrong...I hope they make up for this big time cause besides it being a dark type which is really really needed & it being a fox which while welcoming I would really perfer more of the youko idea being used as opposed to...whatever this is suppose to be...there is nothing much else to this pokemon for me in anyway what so ever...meh...

oh & @Dan Roswald, I agree with your statement...Gen I had a really good variety of good pokemon appearance wise & to be honest for me...I don't see a single pokemon in Gen I that is as bad a visual design as some of the Gen III mainly & Gen IV pokemon I seen recently...

Yeah, but even Voltorb and Electrode had purposes for their design.

&...& I actually like design anyway but absolutely dispise design per say for example...

anywho I see things making sense from both ends so I shall now say that that was merely opinion & nothing else...& I saw Zoroark & Zorua in a pic that was clearly from a magazine & the texture made Zoroark actually look like a likable pokemon...however my previous point stays fully valid...I look forward to knowing the moveset & other type attack compatibility of this pokemon...