The Official B&W/5th gen Discussion Thread - GAMES OUT EVERYWHERE

[The Riddler]

Just saw a commercial for the game. Unova is pronounced "You-nova".

I thought it'd be Oo-nova.

[Neerb]

Just saw a commercial for the game. Unova is pronounced "You-nova".

I thought it'd be Oo-nova.

Like Oo-nicorn, Oo-nited States, and Oo-niversity?

[The Riddler]

Like Oo-nicorn, Oo-nited States, and Oo-niversity?

All examples of "Uni". Uni = Yoonee.

Usually UN is "Uhn", as in Uhn acceptable, Uhn der, etc.

Unova, as a name, sounds more proper as Oonova.

[Kayo]

All examples of "Uni". Uni = Yoonee.

Usually UN is "Uhn", as in Uhn acceptable, Uhn der, etc.

Unova, as a name, sounds more proper as Oonova.

I've assumed it was to be pronounced You-nova this whole time, and even though I knew that I was always reading it as "Oonova" or "uh-nova" or even "uhn-uv-a" for whatever reason, probably because I still have a feeling the "ov" is from the phonetic pronunciation of "United States OF America"

But I digress. I'll probably alternate between those 4 pronunciations. D:

[JrDude]

I always alternated the pronunciations in my head, but the one I thought the most was the correct one.

[bluaki]

There is no pronunciation issue with Isshu; any player should be able to easily pronounce it with little variation or ambiguity. Why did they have to change it D:

[Neerb]

There is no pronunciation issue with Isshu; any player should be able to easily pronounce it with little variation or ambiguity. Why did they have to change it D:

Well obviously, Nintendo had some kind of isshu with it.

[Zero]

Well obviously, Nintendo had some kind of isshu with it.

Fuck you lol

[SkyMyl]

Well obviously, Nintendo had some kind of isshu with it.

why

[Kayo]

Well obviously, Nintendo had some kind of isshu with it.

Made my day.

[Mystic]

Well obviously, Nintendo had some kind of isshu with it.

<3

[FruitFlow]

Isshu sounds better than Unova.

[Neerb]

Let's see, so far we have:
Kanto
Johto
Hoenn
Sinnoh
Unova
Orre
Fiore
Almia
Oblivia

Hm... well, other than Almia (and who cares about Rangers anyway), all the names seem to have an "o" in them. Perhaps NoA wanted to keep that?

Or, perhaps it has to do with my pun earlier; after all, if "isshu" sounds exactly like a real word in English, they might change it to be more distinct.

[FruitFlow]

I highly doubt a single letter has anything to do with the change.
This might just be their attempt at being original.

And we all know how Nintendo is when it comes to "originality".

[Kayo]

Because no one wants to talk about an "Issue region" when we have IRL Issue regions in the Middle East and what not? Really, I have no clue whatsoever.