News: Pokémon to drop the accented e from name

[bobandbill]

As written in the article, at least I won't have to type or copy-paste é so darn much now...

 

[DimasFavorite]

My autocorrect was finally figuring it out too… 😭😂

 

[Solo_the_Nerd]

The accent in "Pokémon" is as iconic as Pikachu itself. Plus, it helps people outside the community say it right.

 

[Rock_Salazar]

But with the "é" it makes it short for Pocket Monsters. Without the "é" that meaning is lost.

 

[PoryKid575]

I don't mind the change too much (I just type "Pokemon" 99% of the time anyway), but that updated logo looks super cursed.

 

[Weasel D. Garp]

Keep the é, you just need to Alt + 130 to type it. What are they thinking...?

 

[Palamon]

nice try bobandbill i'm not falling for that one

 

[Devalue]

First regional Pokemon, now regional spellings. What next? Regional font? Will Pokemon be Comic Sans in America? Or, given poor reading comprehension, Wingdings? ...Does the forum allow that?

Pokemon

Yes, apparently.

 

[Fact Checking Gardevoir]

So, it will now be Pokemon, monsters who poke!

 

[𒈟Lavemu𒐫]

i never thought they'd do that lol, gonna be weird seeing the new backs of the pokemon cards!

 

[Mewtwolover]

Keep the é, you just need to Alt + 130 to type it.

There's no need for that combo, just press ´ and e to type it.

 

[Cyddeon]

That's lame, they just a 30 year old franchises name sound stupid by removing a single accented E

 

[Rock_Salazar]

Wait a minute. Was this an April Fools Day prank?

 

[bobandbill]

 

[PoryKid575]

It got me as well lol, I didn't even think about the date when reading.

 

[Cyddeon]

I fell for it... I forget it even exists 🤦🏻

 

[Weasel D. Garp]

Ach, and here I was thinking Pokémon was the next thing to get messed up... I'm just glad they're still keeping the é.

éééééé

 

[Alex_Among_Foxes]

I've gotta at least ask, even if I don't expect an answer. Was I the first person to call it out as a joke? Cause I know I didn't see any posts about it here when I mentioned that elsewhere lol. :p

 

[Palamon]

I knew it was a joke because I saw a link to "april fools pranks" in the article itself I just decided to be more subtle in the way I called it out as a joke.

 

[Fact Checking Gardevoir]

I guessed it was a prank as soon as I saw the day it was posted! ^^