Western Pokemon = Pro-Wrestlers

They wanted to turn Pikachu into Kinnikuman/MUSCLE/Ultimate Muscle. The very thought causes my brain to melt. Every single Pokemon would've been Machop/Machoke/Machamp in cosplay. *shudder*
 
Ah, localization in the 90's. So much extreme attitude, so little time.
 
I wish we knew what their justification for it was, considering that cute things have ALWAYS sold. Maybe they figured that battles=exclusively male audience or something, and took the additional leap that a male audience would never want to play with anything that could be considered cute (which is pretty strange even if it's mostly true. I've never understood it, but...)
 
I wish we knew what their justification for it was, considering that cute things have ALWAYS sold. Maybe they figured that battles=exclusively male audience or something, and took the additional leap that a male audience would never want to play with anything that could be considered cute (which is pretty strange even if it's mostly true. I've never understood it, but...)
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This is the justification for it, I think:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanKirbyIsHardcore

"Americans don't like cute, they like macho and bloody."
 
I am laughing at the thought of that, it's pretty funny. :D Allthough it is weird thinking about it. o_O
 
xD Mega-hahahaaaa material! Thank God for Yamaguchi setting himself a challenge!
 
looks like Doozy Bots and Saban Sailor Moon have something else to join them in What Could Have Been (Butchered) Land.
 
Americans wouldn't accept "cute little monsters"? I'm a 15 year old guy, and I still love the cute ones, like Eevee.
 
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