Turns Out We've Been Saying This Pokémon's Name Wrong All These Years

How bash you pronounce Rayquaza, the legendary dragon Pokémon? No, you're wrong.

Between rival clashes astatine this weekend's Pokémon World Championships 2025, spectators were treated to a useful large surface pronounciation usher for the Sky High Pokémon. Brace yourselves, Trainers.

According to The Pokémon Company itself, Rayquaza is seemingly pronounced Ray-KWAY-zuh, and not the acold much communal pronounciation of Ray-KWAH-zuh. The instrumentality effect to this revelation, however, has been decidedly mixed, with responses connected societal media specified arsenic "False," "Noooo," and "That's Kway Kway."

"This is surely AI," wrote 1 fan, incapable to judge what they were seeing. "It's Ray Kwah Zuh."

"I don't care," added different fan. "Ray-KWAH-zuh supremacy."

"It doesn't substance however galore times The Pokémon Company tries to close us, this is the existent mode to pronounce it and I ain't taking nary for an answer!"

Ray KWAY Zuh confirmed pic.twitter.com/KTU7FlMFbL

Despite these complaints, the pronounciation does marque sense. Like galore Pokémon names, Rayquaza is simply a premix of different words — successful this lawsuit being ray, referring to its celestial nature, and quasar.

"It's named aft quasar truthful it's correct," wrote Arcashine, attempting to pass others, "but antheral I don't deliberation I'll ever beryllium capable to not telephone it Raykwahzuh lol." Yeah.

Why is The Pokémon Company informing fans now? It seems apt that Rayquaza and its Mega Evolved mentation volition popular up successful the Mega Evolution-focused Pokémon Legends: Z-A, acceptable to motorboat connected October 16. Now, to effort and retrieve Rayquaza's close pronounciation erstwhile the clip comes.

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