The english names are out now...and since the Pokemon are in english here...
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The tags for Pokemon species don't use the (pokemon) qualifier and it's currently tagged "Tsutaaja" not "Tsutarja".
I guess they do need aliases, though.
source: http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/en-us/the-starter-pokemon/
For future implications, etc:
Most Pokemon now are tagged with their Japanese names as they are romanized at
http://veekun.com/dex/pokemon/search?sort=evolution-chain&introduced_in=5
except for some really obvious English ones like:
giaru -> gear
bikutini -> vicitini
suwanna -> swanna
and Reshiramu -> Reshiram, Zekuromu -> Zekrom
while others have remained
baffuron, reparudasu, yooterii, zeburaika
It's a real mess. Would there be a way to find out all the romanized names they trademarked? I only read of one being posted here (forum #45337)
S1eth said:
It's a real mess. Would there be a way to find out all the romanized names they trademarked?
Go to http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Japanese_Pokémon_names and look under the "trademarked" column.
S1eth said:
For future implications, etc:
Most Pokemon now are tagged with their Japanese names as they are romanized at
http://veekun.com/dex/pokemon/search?sort=evolution-chain&introduced_in=5
except for some really obvious English ones
Here, or elsewhere? Our guidance on Pokemon tagging is:
"Tagging Pokémon
When tagging the Pokémon, use their English names instead. Because of the sheer number of individual Pokémon, remembering their English names is already a mammoth task, let alone their equivalent Japanese names. More importantly, the Japanese names cover a large number of highly ambiguous words that can and will conflict with other characters and artists."
Basically, we make a very very rare exception for English names here to avoid potentially catastrophic ambiguity inherent in using the Japanese.
So are you saying that only the new ones that until now did not have English names are currently using the Japanese, or that we have a lot more Japanese-name Pokemon tags than I thought?
If I'm interpreting S1eth right, he meant that Danbooru's current Pokemon creature tags are based on the romanizations on the site he linked. So as we receive more info on the localized names, we could use that site to find the Pokemon on Danbooru.
The Bulbapedia site jjj14 linked is a better resource to use, since it neatly lists their JP and EN names in a table. Click here if you want to go directly to the new Pokemon that debuted in Pokemon Black and White.
Fun fact: 155 new Pokemon have been introduced in Pokemon Black and White. Only 152 more to go!