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Parked domains - American name info?

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As seen below, I've located some domains that are registered by one of TPCi's registrars, Melbourne IT.

http://www.pokemonbw.com/ (registered March 11)
http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/ (registered Jan 8)
http://www.pokemongray.com/ and http://www.pokemonbrown.com/ (registered Nov 18, 2008)

Of course, Gray and Brown are there just for sake of not being bought, but the other two confirm that the games will be called Black and White in North America, not Dark and Light.

EDIT: In addition, http://www.pokemonzoroark.com/, http://www.zoroark.com/ and http://www.pokemonzorua.com/ redirect to pokemon.com, possibly confirming that these will be the English names.

Also, very randomly, there are registered domains between pokemon6.com and pokemon20.com that were registered in 2001.
 
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Good finds. However the Zorua/Zoroark ones only tell us they're planning to keep the names the same, not that they defiantly will.

I might look at the source coding for the Japanese Pokémon Black/White Website and see if I can find anything interesting.
 
Already done, Takoto. Nothing. I looked in the source and in the Flash file.
 
immewnity said:
Already done, Takoto. Nothing. I looked in the source and in the Flash file.
Click to expand...

Ah, right. Damn. I guess Nintendo/GameFreak are smart enough not to accidentally leave information there, or just leave any hints. xD
 
Unlike TPCi, when they leaked Spiky-Eared Pichu's name in the coding.
 
Well, of course the names would be the same. This isn't a gambling issue or anything. they are colors.
 
Great finds! That should put the unfounded version name worries to rest, hopefully.

And the Zorua/Zoroark ones actually don't confirm those are their US names, since those domains will only ever be used for redirects and could just as logically have been acquired solely for trademark protection. But I still think it's likely those will be the English names, since all the movie Pokémon in recent years have had the same name in both Japanese and English.
 
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