Thread:Crava878/@comment-24904250-20150622163746/@comment-24904250-20150622221252

Unfortunately, we are not the one who decide what to name these characters. These names were gathered from Japanese and English sources. Also, Pete in SNES/64/BTN/DS are all the same Pete. When we say Pete (BTN), Pete (DS), etc, we mean that what kind of role that this character has in the game. There are only two versions of Petes, the first one is the blue capped, and the second one is the MC from The Lost Valley.

"Jack Pete, Jack Tony, Jack Taro (?)" would be even more confusing. I fail to see how it's better when you combine two names into one.

Pony is named after her ponytail, not the horse. Multiple sources claiming her name as Pony and not Jill: this, this , this ,  this, and many more. You're welcome to do more research.

Also, you playing since 2004 has nothing to do with the fact that the FeMC from The Lost Valley is named Claire. Here's a source from CeeCee, Natsume's Community Manager herself. You can see that the main characters of TLV are named Pete and Claire, the exact same names of the old HM protagonists.

As I said, there are two Claires, and they are two different characters but with the same name. The blonde hair Claire appeared in HMfG, MFoMT, DSC, and the PdHM. The brown haired Claire is the one who appears in TLV and the upcoming Seeds of Memories. These two Claires are two different, unrelated characters.