So they should say their name like in the anime? Either way, great to hear.

Aww... I liked that tie to the old games. It was kinda lame, but it was tradition! Y'all and whatnot.

Hopefully Pikachu will be the only one to have its anime cry, since its the mascot. The idea of these creatures SAYING their names is just beyond stupid.

About damn time. The sheer laziness in keeping those microphone feedback-esque screeches has bugged me since the series left the anime first aired.

Bah...that's what happens when you have two ways of writing a sentence in your mind as you're typing.

Edit: About damn time. The sheer laziness in keeping those microphone feedback-esque screeches has bugged me since the anime first aired and the series left the original Gameboy.

I've always wanted them to sound like they do in the anime. ALL OF THEM.
They still sound like something from the earlier games.

Would that mean Lucario and legendarys could mind-speak to people, if so AWESOME!
If true i'll give it a focus blast!

Seeing all these updates to Pokemon that seem like something that could have done back in Ruby/Sapphire has made me realize that Pokemon is Dragon Quest.  It's a legendary RPG series that intentionally maintains archaic elements because it's "tradition".

Ruby/Sapphire is also the last Pokemon game I've played and a reason for that is it seemed so unrefined for the hardware.  It felt 8 bit and that no longer made any sense.

If Charizard/Rhyhorn and Poliwag/Ditto don't share cries still, I'm going to be disappointed.

I hope they make the Pokemon sound more like what they "would really" sound like.

I also hope GameFreak keeps Jynx's cry as the longest.