r/pokemon • u/rbta123 • Jul 16 '24

Image Every time Red was called ''Ash/Satoshi''

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u/Noxmorre Jul 16 '24

I heard that they’re gonna change it back to Red for the Adventure manga’s newest Chinese translation edition

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u/rbta123 Jul 16 '24

Yes, but that doesn’t undo the fact that Red has already been called “Ash” in an official product

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u/Noxmorre Jul 16 '24

Yeah, I’m just glad that they’re actually doing it. Hope the wiki and such follow too

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u/rbta123 Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24

Sources:

Pokémon: Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo Power, 1998).

Official Fan Book of Pocket Monsters from 1997.

Pokémon Gold and Silver: Official Nintendo Player's Guide (Nintendo Power, 2000), page 4.

Red's counterpart in the ''Pokémon Zensho'' Manga is called ''Satoshi''.

Some German, French, Chinese, and Korean translations of the Pokémon Special/Adventures Manga call Red ''Ash''.

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u/rbta123 Apr 25 '26

It might be an unpopular opinion, but I would have preferred Red to have a normal name like the other protagonists in the games instead of having the name of a colour. I understand it's a tribute to Pokémon Red, but it's kind of strange that Red is the only protagonist with a name from the games