But hey, maybe TPCi won't dub it. Smash was localized by Nintendo themselves so Greninja doesn't sound off. Maybe if Bamco does the localization we might get really good beastly grunts.
You mean you don't want them to say their English names when the game is localized for the West? Why?
Because Japanese did it better. As you can hear it, they put more emotion when they speak their name and they're given a bit more leeway (see Blaziken going ATATATATA! despite not having those for his syllables). Also they're fine to groan or cry out. They use professional voice actors and actually voice over the whole deal rather than say a name and replay it.
This is not the case for English dub. While it's noticeable in 4kids dub the current TPCi dub has this problem much more obvious. It's like they recorded someone say the Pokemon's name once then simply replay it.
You can easily compare Pikachu's performance vs. say Geodude. Pikachu has much vocal range vs. Geodude's repeated stuff.
Because that's some baby shit that the anime has everyone believe is canon. Pokemon make animal noises, just go watch any of the animated specials made to advertise upcoming games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8_xSG2saCk - Pokemon Origins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-X03D3tSVU - Black 2 White 2 Special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eju1zieC5rM - Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Mega Evolution special
The only time the anime has bled into the games is Smash (not canon anyway) and Pikachu saying his name in Gen 6 which is an exception because Pikachu.
I love it when people post this misinformation / myth!
Go play a game as far as Gen 1 and talk to a Pokemon, like say Jigglypuff or Machoke. I'll wait.
Or better yet...
And no don't give me that "Mewtwo is a psychic!" shit.
The anime is its own canon, and the games have their own too. Origins is a fucked up special.
I'm pretty confident they won't dub over.
Hasn't it mostly been grunts and stuff anyway.
Nah. While it's not obvious to say Lucario or Suicune, it's quite easy to hear Gardevoir say "Sirknight" or Weavile say "Manyula". Even Blaziken goes "Sha sha!"