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{P}{C} → Right Back at You
Discard all Energy attached to this Pokémon. During your opponent’s next turn, if this Pokémon is damaged by an attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), put damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon equal to the damage done to this Pokémon.
· BREAK Evolution rule: Wobbuffet BREAK retains the attacks, Abilities, Weakness, Resistance, and Retreat Cost of its previous Evolution.
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Dale Ballenger II
Wobbuffet BREAK picture isn’t right. Please re-upload this jpeg ASAP *bump*
Otaku
YES, it is. The PREVIEW won’t display properly because BREAK Evolutions are all sideways. HOWEVER, if you click the link featuring the cards name, which is located where the image SHOULD be, you’ll bring up a nice, large, clear scan of the card.
Dale Ballenger II
Picture is horizontal. Should be verticle so I can print a proxy. Please fix.
Otaku
1) I’m not sure they can fix it; if you’ve noticed, it hasn’t changed even though various BREAK Evolutions have similar requests under them.
2) As a reference for others to read, it is handier to have it horizontal; so, even if they can give it a vertical orientation I’m not sure if they would at the cost of the other group.
3) Wait, you can’t print a proxy unless its vertical? I mean, it is a pain for me to tweak my printer settings, but I can do it…
Dale Ballenger II
It would be nice if it were as simple as changing printer settings.
lolmart14@gmail.com
Just use Proxycroak
Dale Ballenger II
Thanks Lorenzo I’ll do that.
Ambassador
The original name of Wobbuffet’s attack is そっくりがえし [𝐒𝐎𝐊𝐊𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐇𝐈]. With Wobbuffet’s original name – ソーナンス [𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐔] – and mannersism being an homage to Hayashiya Sanpei’s catchphrase and mannerisms, I was wondering if this attack might tie into that some how. There’s an old Japanese variety show called そっくりショー, and while it’s not necessarily the case Sanpei was ever on that specific show, he was almost certainly on similar shows, and the attack’s name is a callback to old panel shows in general.
The translation team seems to have completely missed this cultural allusion. When plugging そっくりがえし into search engines, I got a number of results for translations / requests for the meaning of (similar) phrases to be explained, and “Right Back At You” often shows up as a suggested translation, and it misses the mark.
そっくりショー aired from 1966-1977 and it was a show about celebrity lookalikes and impersonators, the premise as follows;
“Each episode, five celebrity look-alikes nominated by viewers were invited to participate in this viewer-participation program, and one champion was chosen from among them. If the guest was a singer, the look-alike sang his or her own song. If the guest was a celebrity who did not sing, the look-alike sang a song or choreographed a song that suited his or her image. The judging method was based on the judges presenting the entry numbers of the look-alikes, and the look-alike with the most support would become the champion, winning a medium-sized trophy and 50,000 yen in prize money.”
It was a production of Yomiuri TV, based out of Osaka, and the show was regularly sponsored by companies located within the Kansai region of Japan. I trust I don’t have to outline this for anyone familiar with Pokémon in 2023, but with the Johto region being an “in-universe version” of Kansai and some surrounding regions – if you want to visit Goldenrod City irl, fly to Osaka – this all the more suggests to me that the attack is a callback to そっくりショー.
So what am I getting at here? Given the aforementioned synopsis for そっくりショー, some variation on “Look-Alike” probably would’ve been a better translation for the attack (e.g. “Look-Alike Strike”, etc.). Another thing crossing my mind would be that there’s a strange puppet show in English television called “Spitting Image” – I don’t like it, but you’d have retained the TV show allusion, you’d have retained a reference to that kind of manic variety show energy, and I think most importantly, you’d have retained a sense of celebrity impersonation.