Talk:RKS System (Ability)

Name Origin for RKS

The name RKS is phonetically similar to Arceus, which has a similar ability and concept. If someone could add this when the article is created that would be great :D ----Celadonkey (talk) 14:05, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Actually, RKS stands for Record Keeping System, or Record Keeping Server. Which makes sense considering the fact that Silvally changes type depending on a memory held. (Yater31 (talk) 15:50, 18 January 2017 (UTC))

It could easily be both. The acronym could have been chosen first to make the reference, then the name created so it would make sense in-universe. (I don't recall any mention of that meaning in-game, though) The fact that the Polish and Russian names use the same acronym seems to support this, unless there's an acronym that would fit in those languages that I'm not aware of. There's also the multiple instances of languages using Alpha in the name-Alpha doesn't really have anything to do with record-keeping, but it certainly has a strong tie to Arceus. (it's even its category in the PokeDex) TechSkylander1518 (talk) 16:02, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Actually, RKS might also be a reference to Arceus, which makes sense considering the fact that the ability is very similar to Arceus', the pokemon's line is an obvious reference to Arceus, the Japanese name AR System which might also be a reference to Arceus, and how the name in some other languages "Alpha" or "Primevo" might be a reference to Arceus, the Alpha Pokemon. --Rainzoneg (talk) 09:30, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

...Those are the points that I already made. TechSkylander1518 (talk) 22:40, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

It seems pretty clear that it was named with Arceus in mind. That being said, Record Keeping System is viable too, with Memories and all. Even with all that, on many Pokémon pages for name origin it says "may be based on" or "may be named after". So with all of this, why haven't we added this to a trivia section? --Celadonkey 18:34, 16 February 2017 (UTC)