Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Pokémon franchise Pokemon Company said in February that it would release a new pair of handheld Nintendo 3DS game counsel, "Pokémon Sun And Moon" However, its partial owner, Nintendo has announced Pikachu's name change which sparked backlash in Hong Kong people who live in Hong Kong were displeased upon learning that the name of the original 151 Pokémon would be translated into Mandarin instead of the more largely spoken Cantonese