I'm pretty sure Pokémon Speak is actually older than Pokemon, really. I think long ago, animals were named after the sounds they make (which can still be observed in Chinese), and this trope works on the same principle.
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Pikachu did speak in the Pokémon Speak in Pokémon Yellow which did come out before the first Smash Bros.
Misty was also dressed in her Anime outfit in Pokémon Yellow.
edited 12th Apr '14 8:25:29 AM by Halberdier17
Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre AdventureObviously most Pokemon names don't make sense as onomatopoeia, but that doesn't stop the principle "animals are named after the sound they make, ergo animals make sounds like what they're named" from being the idea behind Pokémon Speak.
It makes a lot more sense when you're Japanese and your mother tongue has a whole portion of its vocabulary consist of onomatopoeia for things that make no sound in any sense of the word, all while consisting of an extremely limited set of syllables that are wholly unsuited for actually approximating animal sounds.
edited 12th Apr '14 9:08:55 AM by Fawriel
It actually kinda makes sense for Pikachu, who seems to have been the one who popularized Pokémon Speak, because its name apparently consists of two Japanese onomatopoeias. It makes less sense when they start applying it to most other Pokemon.
edited 12th Apr '14 9:02:58 AM by beorc
Welcome to th:|^^Yes, but pika is onomopotowhatever for eletric sound type of stuff :P So technically it should be what in game cry sounds like: Electric noise plus mouse noises.
And Fawriel... I don't dislike Pokémon Speak because "its unrealistic", I dislike it because its ****ing annoying trope
edited 12th Apr '14 9:10:25 AM by SpookyMask
I wasn't even paying attention to who likes what or whatnot. I was just responding to the sentiment that Pokemon actually invented the trope (... though now I can't find the post where I think someone said or implied that), and then you were like "not really".
I'm not trying to make you like the trope. Because it is pretty annoying.
I rewatched the Direct, and noticed a couple of minor things at the slideshow at the very end. Namely, Donkey Kong's and Link's dash attacks appear to of changed to (respectively) the roll and the jump attack.
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Well its nice to see some more "Series" related moves in DK's and Link's case apparently.
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As an English speaker, my guess was that Pikachu was an archaic way of saying "rodent" since Pika and chu(mouse) are two different types of rodents or that Pikachu was a pun on Peek-out-at-you, since that is what a mouse does when it hides in your home.
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