The release of Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee is forcing Pokemon fans both new and old to wonder a very important question: just how do you pronounce Eevee anyway?<\/b>
\nPokemon Let\u2019s Go Pikachu and Pokemon Let\u2019s Go Eevee are now available on Nintendo Switch and beyond a few version-exclusive Pokemon, buyers should be happy no matter which version they pick up. At least, that\u2019s what anyone would have said before this latest controversy came to light. The voiceover in Pokemon Let\u2019s Go Eevee has shaken a well-established Pokemon name pronunciation that\u2019s stood for decades, leading Pokemon trainers to question: just how are you supposed to pronounce Eevee?
For those who have begun playing Pokemon Let\u2019s Go Eevee, or for those who are familiar with the Pokemon anime throughout the years, Eevee itself has a unique way of pronouncing its own name. To clarify, Eevee, like Pikachu and many other Pokemon, says its name often when vocalizing and communicating with its trainer. And when Eevee says its own name, it sounds like \u201cEh-Veh,\u201d \u201cEh-Vay,\u201d or \u201cEh-Voi.\u201d It would be easy to assume that this is the correct pronunciation of Eevee.
However, that pronunciation doesn\u2019t jive with both the phonetic reading of Eevee or its generally accepted spoken pronunciation from the Pokemon anime. This pronunciation goes all the way back to the 1998 Pokemon TV show episode \u201cThe Four Ivui Brothers\u201d in which the Pokedex itself say it the phonetic way, E. V. or \u201cee-vee.\u201d Though funnily enough, the brothers\u2019 last name is a reference to the Japanese name for Eevee, Eievui (sounds like \u201cee-voo-ee\u201d), another pronunciation entirely.
So what\u2019s the correct way to pronounce Eevee? If you\u2019re going by the official Nintendo stance, the way the anime pronounces it (E. V.) would be the right one. But the more correct answer would be: however you want to name your Eevee. That\u2019s really the beauty of Pokemon. Every trainer gets to name or refer to their own Pokemon however they choose, the same as whether they choose Let\u2019s Go Pikachu or Let\u2019s Go Eevee.
If Pokemon Let\u2019s Go players prefer to refer to their Eevee as \u201cEh-Veh\u201d because that\u2019s what it sounds like when they speak, then that\u2019s absolutely great. Maybe their Eevee is secretly thinking, \u201cI\u2019ve been trying to tell them how to pronounce my name this whole time! Finally, someone understands.\u201d
Pokemon Let\u2019s Go Pikachu and Pokemon Let\u2019s Go Eevee is available now exclusively on Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n

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