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Wow, thanks i almost wish i could be in Japan.

!st comment woot!

Hey someone on the forums posted this spanish pokemon site that *might* have nearly all the english names for the pokemon:

http://zonasafari.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1295124170&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&

Are these official?

@Shuckle-rock$ it's the list that's been floating around for a while...some names from it have been confirmed but the list itself hasn't

When does Best Wishes start for the US???

@TheIceMan Feb 12 at 9:00am (this week's episode will be at 8:00; all the ones after it will be at 9:00 starting Feb 5)

That list of BW Pokemon names is old and has been posted in the Talkbacks several times now. It seems pretty legit and more and more names are being confirmed from that list but we've already said we're not updating the Psydex with new English names until we have official sources.

I was wondering, why are the japanese names for Gen 5 pokemon on this site different than what I've seen on other sites for the japanese names. I'm just wondering why that is.

Will the US be able to get the Liberty Pass anytime after the release of B&W?

@Biosci a lot of other sites have been taking Romanization into their own hands, I'm pretty sure. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Psypoke has been keeping the names the original Japanese names without 'paraphrasing'.
Example, Wooguru is Braviary's name in Japanese, so a lot of people were just calling it Wargle because they knew that's where the Japanese name was trying to go with it.

@Biosci What Spoinkable said. In Japanese, there's the exact transliteration and the trademarked "what it's supposed to be."
Charizard is Rizadon but it's officially spelled Lizardon.

Yeah, we've always gone with the straight translation without trying to fix anything. This is why I've always insisted on having Zorua's Japanese name as "Zoroa" despite the Pokemon being revealed in a Japanese magazine with the English name "Zorua," which makes no sense but unfortunately made its way across the ocean for the English name.

Thanks, and does anyone know if zoroark's illusion ability does anything with type? I tried to test it out when I fought N, but zoroark to the form of gigigiaru and I use a fight type move and either way that would be super effective, so yeah please answer.

I readed that that more details about the celebi destribution in europe are going to be released in hgss official site some day by now

@Biosci It doesn't change type, Z will still be weak to Bug and Fighting.

This years VG Championships for black and white are announced. Main changes are Your team can only be from the Unova Pokedex and ... Well thats all I know for now everything else looks about the same, until the next update for the site.

Here's a list of English names. The same website says they are confirmed now, but I'm a little iffy about some of them. Stoutland? What kind of pokemon name is that? Some of them look legit though.

http://pokebeach.com/2011/01/potential-english-black-and-white-pokemon-names

sorry guys, I didn't realize someone had already posted this. My bad...

more names just confirmed by IGN!! :D