Pokemon Gold / Silver (Beta) Archive

Round 2 of the Pokemon Gold/Silver Beta Localization Challenge featured this steel shark thing:

This was a tough one to localize, since I asked people to forget anything they learned about the Gold/Silver Beta before suggesting a new localized name. As pointed out to me by someone on Twitter, The Cutting Room Floor lists this Pokemon’s name asイカリ (ikari). Two kanji are listed next to the name in the notes: 錨 and 怒リ. Both of those characters are pronounced “ikari”, but one character means “anchor” and the other is “rage”. So Anchorage is the perfect name for this guy in English.

Can anyone beat that localization? Here are the top suggestions from Twitter and Instagram!

• Shankor / Shanchor
• Sharchor
• Fangchor
• Shankery
• Megaloadin
• Hainker (from German Hai (shark) and Anker (anchor))
• Anchorbiter
• Hookjaw
• Ankor
• Chain Chomp

Most people suggested some variation of Shanchor, so next time I gotta pick a harder one >:]

A week or so ago on Twitter, I challenged people to come up with a localized English name for this prototype Pokemon from the Gold/Silver demo leak:

I received a lot of good responses! Here’s a short list of some of the most popular ones (based on likes) and also some personal favorites:

• Purrent
• Shockat / Shockitty
• Voltiger
• Amplidude
• Cirkitt
• Ampster
• Chubbs McFattybolt
• Tigawatt
• Wattashock
• Volcub / Circub
• Thunpurr / Zappurr
• Bob
• Amplirunt
• Tiger Electronics

Of course, I ignored the character limit for the best-of list 😉 That was fun, so I might do a few more in the coming weeks.