Tropical Cyclone Naming

<!--Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and in this case also by the Video Game Meteorological Association (VGMA). These naming list is to help people keep track of the storms and to prevent confusion. When a storm reaches tropical storm force winds (33 knots / 66 km/h / 38 MPH) it is assigned a name.

History
The VGMA has been pondering over the decision if they were going to name storms or not. The 2017 Nintendo Hurricane Season was really disastrous with many hurricanes (8, 9, and 13) producing major damage. People were confused on the fact that Hurricane Fourteen back in 2016 and other storms with the same numbers in previous years. So in December of 2017, the WHO and VGMA decided to name storms by popular demand. In November of 2018, the VGMA started the process of naming typhoons in the Atari Ocean. That process with start in 2019. In the Xbox Basin, tropical cyclones were given names in 2019. This was a last minute decision as Cyclonic Storm Apricot formed a week later. The Moto, Apple, Galaxy, and even the Vita Basins were given names around the same time as the Xbox Basin and will be used in the 2019-20 seasons starting on July 1 (for Vita, it will be used once a tropical cyclone forms).

Nintendo
This list is based off the Atlantic naming scheme. It uses the Alphabet from A-W (excluding Q and U). The names don't follow a male and female pattern however. If a storm is significant or other basins use one of the names, then it's retired and never used again. However there's no replacement name since there's no six-year cycle. If all of the names are used on the list then there's a Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet or a name an everyday object or video game reference list used depending on what year it is. New names will be picked on October 2019 for the 2020 season.

Sega
This list is based off the Pacific naming scheme. It uses the letters A-Z (excluding Q and U) The names don't follow a male and female pattern. If a storm is significant then it's retired and never used again. However there's no replacement name since there's no six-year cycle. If all of the names are used on the list then there's a Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet or a name an everyday object or video game referenced list used depending on what year it is. New names will be chosen in the spring of 2020 during the WMO during the 42nd session of the Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee meeting for the 2022 season.

Tomodachi
The Tomodachi Basin Naming scheme uses the letters Q,U,X,Y,Z. If all of those names were used, then the Hebrew Alphabet would be used. New names will be picked on October 2019 for the 2020 season. When a storm gets retired, it would not get replaced.

Atari Ocean (West Pacific Imitating)
Tropical cyclones that form in the Atari Ocean are classified as typhoons. They are given names when 10 minute sustained winds reached tropical storm force or at least 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h). They are a total of 50 names on the list. Names fit with certain themes. In Cheesevia and Steakia, storms have to cost at least 19 million USD or have killed at least 300 deaths to be retired. Unlike the other seasons, when a name gets retired, it will be replaced. The naming process will start in 2019.

Xbox Ocean
Tropical cyclones that form in the Xbox Ocean are known as Cyclonic storms. When winds reach 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h) (3 minute sustained), they are named. This list is used from left to right. Names that are so deadly and/or destructive are retired and replaced with a new name in the WMO and VGMA meetings, both which usually occurs in the spring of the next year after a season. The naming process started in 2019.

Moto Ocean
Tropical Cyclones that form in the Moto Ocean are known as Cyclones. When winds reach 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h) (10 minute sustained), they are given a name. These are used from left to right. Names that are so deadly and/or destructive are retired by the WMO and VGMA which usually occurs in the spring of the next year after a season. They do not rotate a regular basis. Instead, a huge list of names are used. This list comprise of the first 50 names and will be given 25 additional name once the first 25 names are used. Also, it would be rare for a name to be reused again.

Apple Ocean
Tropical cyclones that form in the Apple Ocean are called Cyclones. When winds reach 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h) (10 minute sustained), they are given a name. This list doesn't start back to A when a new season begins. Instead, it keeps going. When a tropical cyclone becomes deadly and/or destructive, the name gets retired and replaced with a new name by the WMO and VGMA. The list starts from List 1 and will keep going onto List 2 and so on.

Galaxy Ocean
Tropical Cyclones that form in the Galaxy Ocean are called Cyclones. When winds reach 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h) (10 minute sustained), they are given a name. This list doesn't start back to A when a new season begins. Instead, it keeps going. When a tropical cyclone becomes deadly and/or destructive, the name gets retired and replaced with a new name by the WMO and VGMA. The list starts from List 1 and will keep going onto List 2 and so on. The C-D, J-K, and Q-R names are the same gender names.

Vita Ocean & Pear Sea
Storms that form in the Vita Ocean and Pear Sea are called hurricanes similar to the Nintendo Ocean. These names won't start back to "A" as cyclogenesis itself is rare. It starts as soon as a storm forms. When storms become so deadly, destructive, and/or makes landfall in general, the name gets retired and replaced with a new one in the fall.

Exhausted List
This list for when all the names have been used in the Nintendo and Sega Basins. It goes in a even and odd year pattern depending on which basin it is. This covers letters A-Z. This list has the contents of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet or a name an everyday object or video game reference depending on what year it is. When a storm is known to be devastating or deadly, then the name gets retired and a replacement name is given.

Hebrew Alphabet
If the Tomodachi basin's names are exhausted, then the Hebrew Alphabet system has to be used. The alphabet will start from Alef to Tav (excluding some letters). The letters pronounce as in the Latin letters not the letter itself.