Natu (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

As revealed in a Penny Arcade Staff Podcast by Jeff Kalles, who assisted in the naming of many [[Generation II]] Pokémon, the word Natu is short for nature. At the time, Nintendo's English translators were looking to have a Pokémon for every letter of the alphabet, so they could create a letters book for the younger audience.  They did not have a creature for the letter X, as there had been no English-language Pokémon with X as the first letter of their name.  Kalles read that the word Xatu is a kind of totem pole, and assigned that name to the evolved form of this Pokémon, while assigning this pre-evolved form the abbreviated form of the word Nature.