One reason Ingo was pulled back in time to Legends Arceus was because a pun in his name that only works in Japanese, was lost in translation.
His name ノボリ (Nobori) can mean "climbing mountains" (山に登り) in Japanese, which is the exact thing Sneasler does in the game.
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@lumiosepost
@dustygogoat
I believe you guys asked the in-universe reason for this question on the latest podcast. Although this is the out-universe reason for this question, I thought you guys might be interested.
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@hsinhsung9487
Ingo don't even sound american. For characters natives from the american, french, hawaiian, brittish and spanish regions, it's legit to translate their still japanese-like names for names of the said languages, but if it's to loose the whole meaning it's also useless...
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@Dharaeyn
I'm not the localizers. There's a reason when I'm looking for Pokémon related inspirations I always look back in the original Japanese text and tend to ignore factors that only exists in localized text. Stuff like this that's lost in translation are too common.
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@hsinhsung9487
HE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIS LOVED ONES AS A JOKE? A LITTLE BIT? A SILLY LITTLE HAHA?
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@InaIshikawa
I pretty much can picture somebody in the game development studio thought this pun was funny and made this decision....... and actually got approved.
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@hsinhsung9487
When you get ported away from your friends family and loved ones to go be a climbing instructor because the gods think it'd be pretty funny based off of your name.
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@hsinhsung9487
"we fucked up his entire life as a joke. isnt it just so funny? point and laugh at his misery...why is no one laughing?"
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@hsinhsung9487
Imagine being sent back to the past, strip away from everything you know, just because a god thought your name would make a funny joke.
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