Pokemon Scarlet and Violet: Lechonk's Name May Be More Important Than You Realize
The Pokemon Company dropped a new trailer for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet recently, giving fans a fresh look at the games and revealing some of the new Pokemon that they will be able to catch come launch in November. Coming out of the latest Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer, one new Pokemon in particular has been embraced by the community, with praise for its cute design and funny name: the Normal-type pig Pokemon Lechonk.
Lechonk is seen briefly in the latest Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer, with one of the Pokemon trainers encountering a level 2 Lechonk in the early game. Pokemon fans don't get to see the whole battle play out, but they do get to see Lechonk attack Quaxly before the footage moves on to somewhere else. Despite Lechonk only getting a few seconds of screen time, it has already had countless memes made in its honor, and it will be interesting to see how fast The Pokemon Company capitalizes on its popularity with plushies and other merchandise.
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Not only is Lechonk one of the more popular new Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, but its name also lends further credence to a theory about where exactly the new games will be set. The Pokemon Company still has yet to reveal Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's region, but the consensus is that it's based on Spain, and more specifically, the Iberian Peninsula, and Lechonk is actually more proof in support of that theory.
As it turns out, «lechon» is Spanish for «suckling pig» or «piggy.» Needless to say, it would be an odd choice to give Lechonk a Spanish name if Pokemon Scarlet and Violet aren't set in a region based on Spain. Besides borrowing «lechon» for Lechonk's name, the «chonk» is
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